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Coastal Puget Sound and vicinity photograph collection, 1909-1914

Overview of the Collection

Title
Coastal Puget Sound and vicinity photograph collection
Dates
1909-1914 (inclusive)
Quantity
221 printed photographs and 54 printed scans (1 box) ; various sizes
275 nitrate negatives (3 boxes) ; approximately 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (14.6 x 8.89 cm)
Collection Number
PH0794
Summary
Photographs of scenes around Alaska, Renton, and Seattle; ships; buildings at the A.Y.P.E.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Selections from the collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of the Visual Materials Curator is required to view original photographs. Contact Special Collections for more information.

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Languages
English
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Content Description

Photographs depicting Puget Sound ships, Seattle's Golden Potlatch festival, and various locations throughout Washington and Alaska. Images of ships including steamers, gunboats, torpedo boat destroyers, and cruisers. Potlatch photos include a re-enactment of the arrival of the steamer ship Portland, the Pageant of Alaska parade, and street decorations in downtown Seattle and Pioneer Square. Collection also includes photos of downtown Seattle, Alki Beach, the Renton flood of 1911, Funter Bay, the Forestry Building from the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition, the Maple Valley Railroad station, and Luna Park on the Duwamish Head.

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

View selections from the collection in digital format

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Museum of North Idaho, 12/2001.

Processing Note

Processed by Erin Whitney and Marion Brown, 2008; Beck Prigot, 2016; processing completed in 2016.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Cable ships--United States--Photographs
  • Cruisers (Warships)--Photographs
  • Floods--Washington (State)--Renton--Photographs
  • Gunboats--Photographs
  • Ships--Washington (State)--Photographs
  • Steamboats--United States--Photographs
  • Torpedo-boat destroyers--Photographs
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

  • Admiral Line--Photographs
  • City of Seattle (Ship)--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Alaska--Photographs
  • Alki Beach Park (Seattle, Wash.)--Photographs
  • Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs
  • Washington (State)--Photographs
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