University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0794Coastal Puget Sound
and vicinity photograph collection1909-1914221 printed photographs and 54 printed scans (1 box) ; various sizes275 nitrate negatives (3 boxes) ; approximately 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.
(14.6 x 8.89 cm)Collection materials are in
English.Photographs of
scenes around Alaska, Renton, and Seattle; ships; buildings at the
A.Y.P.E.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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Gift of the Museum of North Idaho, 12/2001.
Processed by Erin Whitney and Marion Brown, 2008; Beck Prigot, 2016;
processing completed in 2016.
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Admiral Line--PhotographsCity of Seattle (Ship)--PhotographsAlki Beach Park (Seattle, Wash.)--PhotographsFloods--Washington (State)--Renton--PhotographsSteamboats--United States--PhotographsCable ships--United States--PhotographsSeattle (Wash.)--PhotographsAlaska--PhotographsWashington (State)--PhotographsShips--Washington (State)--PhotographsGunboats--PhotographsTorpedo-boat destroyers--PhotographsCruisers (Warships)--PhotographsBlack-and-white negativesPhotographsWashington (State)
Ships11Admiral Line steamship Admiral
Watson sinkingSeptember 29, 1915Scanned from negative
12Steamer A. G. Lindsay at
Pier C, Seattlebefore 191513Square rigger A. J. Fuller
at Pier 9, Seattlebetween 1909-191814Ship Alice
Cooke at dockcirca 1900s-1910s 15German steamer Amasis at
dock, probably in Seattlecirca 1900s-1910s16Three-masted ship Amiral de
Cornulier at Northern Pacific Railroad Company dock, Seattlecirca 1900s-1910s17Ship Arizonan at dock,
probably in Seattleafter 190218Steamer Armeria at dock in
Seattlecirca 1900s-1910s 19Steamer Athlon at Colman
Dock, Seattlecirca 1911-1912 Written on negative: Steamer "Athlon" on Navy Yard route Seattle
- Puget Sound
110Steamer Bellerophon,
probably in Seattlebetween 1902-1914111Steamer British Columbia at
dock, possibly Pier 3, Seattlecirca 1900s-1910s 112U.S. Army Transport Cableship Burnside at Orient Dock in Seattlecirca 1910 113U.S. Army Transport Cableship Burnsidecirca 1910114Steamer Calista at
dockbetween 1911-1922Scanned from negative
115Mail steamer Camosuncirca 1900s-1910sWritten on negative: British Columbia Mail Steamer
116Steamer Charles Nelson
docked at Pier 9between 1901-1913 117Steamer Chicagobetween 1908-1913118Steamer Chippewa at dock on
the Seattle-Tacoma runafter 1907 119Steamer Chippewa and war
vessels entering the Seattle harborcirca 1914 120Steamer City of Seattle at
dockbetween 1909-1921 121Passengers on the deck of the steamer
City of Seattle in the Inside Passagecirca 1915 Caption on negative: Viewing the A[l]askan Scenery
122-23Passengers aboard steamer City of
Seattle19151913Written on negative of photograph 22: On board Str "City of
Seattle" - returning from Alaska - July 26-Aug 6, 1915
Written on negative of photograph 23: Enjoying Alaska on the
P.C.S.S.C. "City of Seattle" 1913.
124Officers on the deck of steamer City of Seattle during the Alaska run in the Inside
Passagebetween 1901-1921 125Steamer Col. E. L. Drake
and another ship, probably in Tacomaafter 1905126Steamer Columbian, probably
in Seattleafter April 1907127-28Washington State Naval Milita gunboat
Concordafter 1911 129-30U.S. torpedo boat destroyers Davis and Fox in
Seattleprobably July 17, 1912 131Steamer Defiance at Colman
Dock, Seattlebetween 1900-1912 132U.S. Army Transport Dixearly 1900s 133U.S. Army Transport Dix
loading grain for the Pacific Islands, Great Northern Dock, Seattle
early 1900s134Steamer Dode at dock,
possibly in Seattleearly 1900sScanned from negative
135Steamer Doncella at Pier 3,
Seattleearly 1900s 136Steamboat Doveafter 1902137Fireboat Duwamish at dock
in front of Fire Station No. 5, Seattlecirca 1912Scanned from negative
138Fireboat Duwamish and
steamer Inland Flyer at Fire Station No. 5 pier,
Seattlecirca 1910Scanned from negative
139Pacific Cold Storage Company steamer
Elihu Thomson at dockafter 1900 140Steamer Fortuna at
dockafter 1906 141Steamer Fortuna on Lake
Washington approaching the Hazelwood Dock in Seattlebetween 1906-1927 142Ship Gardiner City at the
dock, probably in Bellinghambetween 1889-1914Scanned from negative
143Steamer George E. Starr at
the dock in Seattlebefore 1911Scanned from negative
144-47USS H-1 and
crewbetween 1913-1920 148USS F-3 and
crewbetween 1911-1922 149Steamer Hallamshire at
dock, probably in Seattlebetween 1907-1915150British steamer Harlesden
at dock, probably in Seattlecirca 1910s151Steamer Indianapolis at
dock on the Seattle-Tacoma runafter 1906 152-53Steamer Indianapolisafter 1906 154Steamer Iroquois at
Northern Pacific Railroad Company dock in Seattle on the
Tacoma-Seattle-Victoria runafter March 1907Scanned from negative
155Steamer Iroquois at
dockafter March 1907 156Alaska Steamship Company steamer
Jefferson at pier, Seattlebetween 1904-1925 157Steamer Kennewick at
Northern Pacific Railroad Company dock in Seattleafter 1908Scanned from negative
158Steamer Kitsap at Pier 3,
Seattlecirca 1900s-1910s159Steamer Kulshanbetween 1910-1938 160Steamer Kumeric at
dockafter 1906161Steamer Latouche at
dockcirca 1910Scanned from negative
162Steamer Latoucheafter 1909163British steamer Lucericbetween 1910-1916164Steamer M. F. Plant by
Northern Pacific Railway Company building, Pier 1, Seattlecirca 1900s-1910s 165Steamer Mackinaw at Pier
9circa 1900s-1910s Print is reversed.
166Steamer Magnoliabetween 1907-1918 167Steamer Maramabetween 1907-1918 168Steamer Meteor, probably in
Seattlecirca 1900s-1910s169Great Northern steamer Minnesota at Great Northern Dock, Seattlebetween 1904-1923170Steamer Missourian at
dockbetween 1903-1917171Three-masted ship Montcalm
at dock, Seattlecirca 1900s-1920sScanned from negative
172SS Ningchow, probably in
Seattlecirca 1900s-1910s173Alaska Steamship Company steamer Northwestern at Alaska Steamship Company dock,
Seattlecirca 1909Scanned from negative
174U.S. Battleship Oregon1912Written on negative: "The Bulldog of the Navy"
175U.S. Cruiser Pennsylvania
entering the Seattle harborprobably July 1912 176U.S. Cruiser Pennsylvania
in the Seattle harbor during the Golden Potlatchbetween July 15-20, 1912 177Steamer Potlatch at launch,
Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, SeattleJuly 18, 1912 178Steamer Prince George at
the Grand Trunk Pacific Dock, Seattlebetween 1910-1914Scanned from negative
179Steel freighter Princess
Ena at dock in Seattleafter 1906Scanned from negative
180Steamer Princess Victoria
docked at Pier A on the Seattle-Vancouver-Victoria run, Seattleafter 1903 181Steam merchant Protesilausafter 1909182U.S. Cruiser Raleigh in
Seattle harbor during the Golden Potlatchbetween July 15–20, 1912183Steamer Ramona at
dockbetween 1902-1911 184Steamer Reliance at
dockbetween 1902-1926Scanned from negative
185Ship Resolute at dock
between 1902-1928 186Steamer Riverside in front
of the Seattle Fish & Oyster Company, Seattlebetween 1908-1913 187Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer Sado
Maru on the Japan line at the Great Northern dock in Seattlecirca 1910s 188Steamer Santa Ana at Pier 2
(Northern Pacific Railway Company dock), Seattleafter 1899189Steamer Senatorbetween 1898-1916 190Steamer Sentinel docked in
front of Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad building, Pier A,
Seattlebetween 1906-1916 191Kosmos steamer Serapiscirca 1900s-1910s192Steamer Siouxbetween 1910-1924 193Kosmos steamer Sisak,
probably in Seattlecirca 1910s194Steamer Spokane south-bound
in the Inside Passagebetween 1902-1911 195Steamer Spokane in the
Wrangell Narrowsbetween 1902-1911 196-97Steamer State of California
at Pier B, Seattlebefore August 17, 1913198-100U.S. Cruiser St. Louis in
the Seattle harbor during the Golden Potlatch of 1912July 15-20, 1912 1101Northwestern Fisheries Company three-masted ship
St. Paul at dock circa 1900s-1910s 1102S.S. Suveric, probably in
Seattleprobably 19111103Steamer Tacoma at Colman
Dock, Seattlebetween 1910-July 30, 1914 1104Steamer Tacoma Maru at Pier
9 (Gaffney Dock), Seattle between 1909-1914 1105Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer Tamba
Maru at dock, probably in Seattle circa 1900s-1910s1106-111Pacific Coast Steamship Company freighter
Tampico sinking at anchor at Pacific Coast Coal
Company dock, Seattle between May 18-June 25, 1911 1112Steamer Telegraph at Colman
Dock, Seattlebefore April 25, 1912Scanned from negative
1113Steamer Teucerafter 19051114Steamer Triton in
Seattleafter 1909Scanned from negative
1115Steamer Umatilla in
Seattlebetween 1908-19181116Ships Utopia and
Seattle Maru in Seattleprobably 1909 1117Steamer Vashon at Tacoma
Municipal Dockbetween 1905-1911 1118Steamer Virginian, probably
in Seattlecirca 1900s-1910s1119Steamer Waialeale at Pier
2, Seattleafter 1904Scanned from negative
1120Steamer Yucatanbetween 1906-19131121Steamer Zapora unloading at
the Tacoma Fish Dock in front of the International Fisheries
Companyafter 1905 1122Floating crane and war vessel at the Puget Sound Navy
Yardcirca 1900s-1910s1123Caisson built by the Seattle Construction and Drydock
Company at Puget Sound Navy Yardcirca 1912Written on negative: Caisson for new dry dock. Made by S.C.
& D.D.C.
1124Steamship, probably in Seattlecirca 1900s-1910sScanned from negative
1125Steamship and S.S. Jefferson at Pier 2, Seattle between 1908-1909 1126Ship at Pier 9, Seattle circa 1910sSeattleGolden Potlatch1127People and decorations in front of Mutual Life
Building, 605 1st Avenue, Seattlebetween July 15–20, 1912 1128-129People and decorations in front of Pioneer Building,
600 1st Avenue, Seattlebetween July 15–20, 1912Scanned from negative
1130-131People and decorations along 1st Avenue,
Seattlebetween July 15–20, 1912Scanned from negative
1132View towards 4th Avenue and Westlake,
Seattlebetween July 15–20, 1912 1133People and decorations along 2nd Avenue,
Seattlebetween July 15–20, 1912Scanned from negative
1134Totem pole on lamppostbetween July 15–20, 1912Written on negative: One of the thousand totems
1135Brotherhood of American Yeomen parade
floatJuly 18, 1912 1136Knights of Pythias parade floatJuly 18, 1912 1137"King of the North" parade floatprobably July 20, 1912 1138"Falcon" parade floatprobably July 20, 1912 Alaska Pageant1127Crowd of people along Alaskan Way near Marion
Street, SeattleJuly 17, 1912Written on negative: Arrival of Sourdoughs on Str
Portland
Potlatch celebrations included a re-enactment of the
steamship Portland's return to Seattle bearing two
tons of gold found along the Klondike River in 1897.
1140Wooden wagonJuly 17, 1912 Written on negative: The famous express wagon that carried a
ton & a half of gold to the Banks from the Str Portland June '97
1141Official car of George W. Allen, Hyas Potlatch
TyeeJuly 17, 1912 1142"The Tyee" parade floatJuly 17, 1912 Written on negative: The Glittering Throne of Hyas Tyee
Allen
1143"The Title Car" parade floatJuly 17, 1912 Written on negative: "The History of Alaska" float --
Depicting Haidas Indian legend
Scanned from negative
1144"Indian War Canoe" parade floatJuly 17, 1912 Written on negative: "The Tyee's War Party"
1145"The Potlatch" parade floatJuly 17, 1912 Scanned from negative
1146"Russian Church, Sitka" parade floatJuly 17, 1912 1147"Seward Purchase" parade floatJuly 17, 1912 1148"Discovery of Gold" parade floatJuly 17, 1912 1149"Agriculture" parade floatJuly 17, 1912 1150"Fisheries" parade floatJuly 17, 1912 Written on negative: Queen of the Fisheries
1151"Marble and Lumber" parade floatJuly 17, 1912 1152"Arctic Circle and Fur Industry" parade
floatJuly 17, 1912 Written on negative: "Life in the Arctic Circle"
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition1153Man and woman with their arms around a giant fir
pillar at the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition Forestry Building, Seattle,
Washingtoncirca 1909Scanned from negative
1154Man in front of the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition
Forestry Building, Seattle, Washingtoncirca 1909 1155-156Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition Forestry Building,
Seattle, Washingtoncirca 19091157Woman standing in front of Alaska-Yukon Pacific
Exposition Forestry Building, Seattle, Washingtoncirca 19091158Plaque commemorating the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition, Seattle, Washingtoncirca 19091159Southwest Seattle, from westcirca 1913Written on negative: The way Seattle looked to us - Returning
from Alaska
1160-161Alki Beach Bathing Pavilion, Seattle,
Washingtonafter 1911 Scanned from negative
1162Waves breaking over concrete wall, Alki Point, Seattle,
Washingtoncirca 1910s 1163-165Waves at Alki Beach Bathhouse, Seattle,
Washingtonafter 1911Scanned from negative
1166Wave breaking over seawall at the Alki Beach Bathhouse,
Seattle, Washingtonafter 1911Scanned from negative
1167Stormy day on Puget Sound, Alki Point, Seattle,
Washingtoncirca 1910s1168Construction of Smith Tower (steelwork detail), Seattle,
Washingtoncirca 19131169View of Dearborn Street from the Columbia & Puget
Sound Railroad dispatcher's office, Seattle, Washingtonafter 1904 Scanned from negative
1170-171Denny Way and First Avenue North intersection, Seattle,
Washingtonafter 1907circa 1913 Scanned from negative
1172Luna Park, Duwamish Head, Washingtonbetween 1907-1913 1173 Fisher Flour Mills on Harbor Island,
Seattlecirca 1911 1174Grave of Princess Angeline, Lake View Cemetery,
Seattleafter 18961175 Metropolitan Theatre, Seattlecirca 1911 Scanned from negative
Written on negative: Klaw & Erlanger's new Metropolitan
Theatre
1176Mount Baker Park pagoda, Seattleafter 19101177-178 Rialto Court Apartments, Seattleafter 1906 Scanned from negative
179Number not used1180Street car trestle in Woodland Park, Seattlecirca 1910s 1181Piers 1, A, B, and C, Seattle 1913 Written on negative: Back to Seattle - Returning from Alaska
1182-183Man leaning out window of Pacific Coast Coal Company
office building, 563 Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way), Seattlecirca 1900s-1910s1184Harbor seal pup at Woodland Park Zoo,
Washingtoncirca 1900s-1910sWritten on negative: Little Jimmie Seal
1185Leary-Ferry gravestone memorial, Lake View Cemetery,
Washingtoncirca 1900s-1910sMaple Valley Flood,
Washington1186Cedar River flooded between Maplewood Farm and Elliott
Farm, Maple Valley, WashingtonNovember 1911 Scanned from negative
1187-193 Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad Bridge #13 damaged
by flood, Maple Valley, WashingtonNovember 1911 Scanned from negative
1194-197Wreck of Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railroad
Bridge #142, Maple Valley, WashingtonNovember 19111198-200Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad Bridge #7 damaged by
flood, 1 mile east of Renton, WashingtonNovember 19111201-202Flood damage on underside of the Columbia & Puget
Sound Railroad Bridge #7, 1 mile east of Renton, WashingtonNovember 1911 Scanned from negative
1203Harold Evans residence surrounded by flood water, 300
South Third Street, Renton, WashingtonNovember 1911 Written on negative: "In the wake of the flood"
Scanned from negative
1204Men paddling boat to J. O. Chapman grocery store, South
Second Street and Burnett Avenue South, Renton, WashingtonNovember 1911 Written on negative: Marketing in Renton Wash during the
flood
Scanned from negative
1205Corner of Burnett Avenue South and South Second Street
during flood, Renton, WashingtonNovember 1911 Scanned from negative
1206 Third Street looking north during flood, Renton,
WashingtonNovember 1911 Scanned from negative
1207Flooded Northern Pacific Railway tracks, Burnett Avenue
South, Renton, WashingtonNovember 1911 Scanned from negative
1208-209Men on downed railroad tracks, probably Renton,
WashingtonNovember 1911Written on item 208: Main Line and passing track,
Indian-C&PS Washout, Flood Nov. 1911
Written on item 209: Washout Indian Passing track + main line,
Nov. 1911
1210Temporary Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound and
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad tracks, east of Maple Valley,
WashingtonNovember 19111211-212Damaged Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad tracks along
the Cedar River, Washington November 1911Written on negative of item 211: Washout C. & P. S. R. R.
Stevens Platform Cedar River flood, Nov. 1911.
Washington Localities1213Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway and
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad tracks, east of Maple Valley,
WashingtonNovember 19111214Five men and one woman standing outside Maple Valley
Railroad Station, Maple Valley, Washingtoncirca 1910s Scanned from negative
1215 Maple Valley Railroad Station, Maple Valley,
Washingtoncirca 1910s Scanned from negative
1216"The Olympian" train (Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound Railroad Number 16), 2 miles east of Maple Valley, Washingtonafter late May 1911 Scanned from negative
1217Women rolling snowballs on Mt. RainierAugust 2, 1914 Scanned from negative
1218Railway station, Cle Elum, Washingtonafter 19081219 Elliott Station, Fairwood, Washingtoncirca 1910s1220Logging engines along Hood Canal, Potlatch,
Washingtoncirca 1900s-1910s1221-222Sluiskin Falls, Mount Rainier, Washingtoncirca 1910s Scanned from negative
1223Silver Forest, Mount Rainier, Washingtoncirca 1910sScanned from negative
1224Sunset on Puget Sound, Washingtoncirca 1910sScanned from negative
Written on negative: Overlook'g bay.
1225Olympic Mountains and Hood Canal, Washingtoncirca 1910sScanned from negative
Written on negative: The storm-swept Olympics in the clouds --
Hood Canal
1226View of Hood Canal towards Puget Sound,
Washingtoncirca 1910sScanned from negative
1227Bridge over Washington Cascades, Mount Rainier,
Washingtoncirca 1900s-1910s1228Tatoosh Range from Paradise Valley,
Washingtoncirca 1900s-1910s1229Mount Rainiercirca 1900s-1910s1230a-bMount Rainier from Paradise GlacierAugust 2, 19141231a-bNisqually Glacier, Mount Rainier, Washingtoncirca 1910sWritten on negative of photograph 231a: Largest glacier on south
slope of Mt. Rainier
1232a-bWoman sitting on rock in front of Mount
Rainierbefore 1915Written on negative: Mt. Rainier just above "Camp of the
Clouds"
1233Melting snow on slopes of Mount Rainiercirca 1910s1234Snow and waterfall near Keechelus Lake, Cascade Range,
WashingtonMay 4, 19121235-236bJohn Reese's hotel tent camp "Camp of the Clouds" in
front of Mount Rainier, Washingtonbefore 19151237Storm in Olympic Mountains, seen from Hood Canal,
Washingtoncirca 1910s1238Beach at low tide, Hoodsport, Washingtoncirca 1900s-1910s1239Men wearing mining hats in front of Columbia and Puget
Sound Railroad ticket office, Coal Creek, WashingtonJuly 3, 1913Written on negative: "Just up from down below"
1240Dry Falls, Washingtoncirca 1910s1241Men and women boarding Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway car at Laconia railroad station, near Snoqualmie Passbefore 1914 Scanned from negative
Alaska LocalitiesAlaska trip1242-243Taku Glacier, Taku Inlet, Alaskacirca 1913Written on negative of photograph 242: 300 ft high - 1 mile
wide.
1244Hillside near Cape Mudge, British Columbiacirca 19131245-246Hills and mountains along the Inside Passage towards
Alaskacirca 19131247Meade Glacier in Lynn Canal, Alaskaapproximately 19131248Two women standing next to totem pole, Totem Village,
Sitka, Alaskaapproximately 1913 Print is reversed.
1249Two women by totems, Kake, Alaskacirca 1913 1250-251Windom Glacier, Taku Inlet, Alaskacirca 1913Written on negative of photograph 251: Windom -- A Dead
Glacier
1252Men and women on bridge at Ketchikan Creek Falls,
Ketchikan, Alaskacirca 1913 1253Totem pole, Kake, Alaskacirca 1913 1254Three men and a woman by totem pole, Sitka,
Alaskacirca 1913 1255Totem pole, Totem Village, Sitka, Alaskacirca 1913 1256Pulp mill, Swanson Bay, British Columbiacirca 19131257Scow load of salmon, Thlinket Packing Company cannery,
Funter Bay, Alaskacirca 1913 1258Rock bluff by entrance to Taku Inlet,
Alaskacirca 19131259Iceberg at entrance to Taku Inlet, Alaskacirca 19131260Prince Rupert, British ColumbiaAugust 4, 19131261Five Finger Lighthouse, Frederick Sound,
Alaskacirca 19131262Strong tide, Seymour Narrows, British
Columbiacirca 19131263Midway Rock Light, Inside Passage, Alaskacirca 19131264Wrangell, Alaskacirca 1913 1265Snowcapped mountain range, Alaskacirca 19131266Fort William H. Seward, Alaskacirca 1913Written on negative: Looking from Haines to Ft. Wm. H. Seward
Alaska. Str. City of Seattle
1267Lynn Canal, Alaskacirca 19131268Sisters Islands, Strait of Georgia, British
Columbiacirca 19131269Inside Passage, Alaskacirca 1913Written on negative: Where the str goes thru.
1270Mountain range and Patterson Glacier, Inside Passage,
Alaskacirca 19131271Trees along Peril Straits, Alaskacirca 1913Scanned from negative
1271aTrees along the coast of Peril Straits,
Alaskacirca 1913Written on photo: In Peril Straits. Alaska.
Scanned from negative
1272Davidson Glacier, Lynn Canal, Alaskacirca 19131273Cape Mudge, British Columbiacirca 19131274Hawk Fish Company cannery, Hawk Inlet,
Alaskacirca 1913 1275Two women and a man standing on rocks by water, Funter
Bay, Alaskacirca 1900s-1910sWritten on negative: Indian village
1276Native American burial site, Wrangell Narrows,
Alaskacirca 1910sOregon localities1277Council Crest Observatory, Portland, Oregonprobably 1905 or 1906