D.R. Judkins photographs, approximately 1880-1890
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Judkins, David R. (David Roby), 1836-1909
- Title
- D.R. Judkins photographs
- Dates
- approximately 1880-1890 (inclusive)18751895
- Quantity
- 44 photographic prints (1 box) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH0280
- Summary
- Photographs by early Seattle photographer depicting various locations
- Repository
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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
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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
David Roby Judkins was born on January 17, 1836 in Chesterville, Maine. He spent most of his early years as a photographer travelling between Illinois and California; by 1879, he had established a studio in Port Townsend, Washington. By March 1880, Judkins had begun doing business on the Seattle waterfront; later, he had his studio mounted on a barge, to become "Judkins' Floating Sunbeam Gallery", or the "Cottage Gallery", thus being able to visit and do business in various ports in Puget Sound. He married Ida A. Bangs on December 25, 1880. Following the birth of the couple's first child, John Roby (1882-1903), Judkins sailed his gallery up the Fraser River and settled in Vancouver Island for 11 months. During that time, his second child Edith (1883-1900) was born. The family returned to Seattle in 1884, at which point Judkins sold his "Floating Gallery". For the next few years, Judkins would operate studios around Seattle (including the southwest corner of Second and Columbia Streets, and Judkins' house at 522 Depot Street). A third child, Etta Hazle (d. 1974) was born in January 1891; four years later, Ida died. Between 1898 and 1899, Judkins followed the Yukon gold rush; during the latter part of this period, he ran his "Pullman Photographic Gallery" in Skagway, Alaska. Following Edith and John Roby’s deaths from consumption, Judkins and Etta Hazle moved to California in 1903. Judkins died on December 11, 1909.
Content Description
Photographs of the D. R. Judkins family and Judkins photography studio. portraits of Governor Watson Squire and staff, Charles Peters, and members of the 14th Infantry Regiment. Also includes the steamer City of Quincy having freight unloaded, the Thomas Burke residence, the A. W. Bash residence in Port Townsend, the Fremont district, the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway and scenes in Alaska.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Miles W. Weaver (Etta Hazle Judkins), 1986, 1990; Michael Maslan, 1988; Margaret Maxson, August 1956; purchase, 1987; E. S. Meany Bequest.
Processing Note
Processed by Beck Prigot, 2015.
Judkins's stereoscopic photographs have been relocated to the Pacific Northwest and Alaska Photographers Stereocard Collection, PH Coll 31 in the repository.
Some portrait photographs and portrait of Judkins have been relocated to the Portraits Collection, PH Coll 563 in the repository.
Two photographs of the Seattle Fire of 1889 and its aftermath have been relocated to the Seattle Fire Collection, PH Coll 684 in the repository.
Related Materials
D.R. Judkins Oak Harbor Photographs, PH1352.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Judkins family
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Description: Studio portrait of David R. JudkinsDates: between 1890 and 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1
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Description: Stereoscopic image of Ida Bangs Judkins and other people picnicking at Deception Pass, Washington
Stamped on photograph: D. R. Judkins, Photo. Washington Territory.
Written on verso of original photograph: A picknick from la conna [sic] got fore benefit Wash. Ida sits near the basket. Out at decepcian [sic] pass.
Dates: between 1880 and 1889Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 2 -
Description: Ida Bangs Judkins, Edith Judkins, John Roby Judkins, and other people sitting on the front steps of a buildingDates: between 1888 and 1895Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 3
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Description: Ida Bangs Judkins, Edith Judkins, John Roby Judkins, and other people sitting on a beachDates: between 1888 and 1895Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 4
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Description: Ida Bangs Judkins, Edith Judkins, John Roby Judkins, and other people sitting at a table outsideDates: between 1888 and 1895Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 5
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Dates: between 1888 and 1895Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 6
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Dates: between 1887 and 1905Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 7
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Dates: between 1897 and 1903Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 8
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Dates: 1898?Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 9
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Description: David R. Judkins fishing with other people
Stamped on verso of original photograph: D. R. Judkins, Skaguay Alaska
Written on verso of original photograph: D. R. Judkins with fish pole, beard
Dates: between 1898 and 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 10 -
Description: Women carrying Edith Judkins' coffin to a hearseTheodore E. Peiser (photographer)
Written faintly on photograph: In memoreum [ sic] of Edith A Judkins. Departed Aug 29th 1900. Aged 17 years 3 months
Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 11 -
Description: Memorial to Edith JudkinsTheodore E. Peiser (photographer)
Written faintly on photograph: Tribute of friends in memory of Edith A Judkins
Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 12
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Portraits
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Description: Young man in suitDates: between 1880 and 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 13
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Description: Woman in dark dressDates: between 1880 and 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 14
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Description: Nellie Wood (Mrs. Lyman Wood) in Rebekah Lodge regalia
Written on verso: First Noble Grand of the First Rebekah Lodge in Seattle 1886 - Ridgely Rebekah Lodge No. 6 - and afterwards the Chaplain of that Lodge for about 21 years. Born 1837. Mrs. Lyman Wood.
Dates: 1886Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 15 -
Description: Charles Peters
Peters was the second husband of Laura Hall Peters, who was well-known at the time as a radical advocate for labor reform, communitarianism, spiritualism, and populism, among other interests. The couple were members of the utopian Puget Sound Cooperative Colony and were said to be the first couple to be married in Port Angeles.
Dates: between 1887 and 1888Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 16 -
Dates: between 1880 and 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 17
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Description: Captain A. H. Jackson, General John Gibbon, Lieutenant John P. Wisser, and Colonel Isaac DeRussy
Jackson, Gibbon, Wisser, and DeRussy were sent to Seattle by Grover Cleveland to intervene in the anti-Chinese riots of February 1886.
Dates: between 1880 and 1890Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 18 -
Description: Members of the United States 14th Infantry Regiment
People identified: (Back row, left to right) Doctor Moseley, Captain Thomas F. Tobey, Captain Charles H. Warrens, Lieutenant Stephen J. Mulhall, Lieutenant Frank Taylor; (front row, left to right) Captain Augustus H. Bainbridge, Captain Charles B. Western, Captain Daniel W. Burke
The 14th Infantry was sent to Seattle by Grover Cleveland to intervene in the anti-Chinese riots of February 1886.
Dates: between 1880 and 1890Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 19 -
Description: Watson C. Squire and cabinet staff
Caption printed on photo: Col. S. W. Scott, Ass't Provost Marshall. J. H. McGraw, Sheriff of King County, Aid to the Governor. Col. G. G. Lyon, Aid to the Governor. G. M. Haller, Asst. Adjt Gen., Act'g Adjt Gen. and Chief of Staff. Dr. T. T. Miner [sic], Surgeon General. C. H. Kittinger, Aid to the Governor. Maj. A. E. Alden, Provost Marshal. Capt. Geo. D. Hill, U. S. A. Retired. Commisary General and Chief of Ordinance. Watson C. Squire, Governor and Commander in Chief. Col. G. O. Haller, U. S. A. Retired, Adjutant General.
Following his declaration of martial law in response to the anti-Chinese riots, Governor Squire appointed the cabinet staff on February 8, 1886.
Dates: 1886?Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 20
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Washington photographs
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Seattle
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Description: Denny & Hoyt land tract (later Fremont) signDates: May 1888Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 21
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Dates: between 1880 and 1889Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 22
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Dates: between 1883 and 1888Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 23
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Dates: between 1885 and 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 24
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Description: David Judkins' house with John Roby Judkins standing in front of Frederick & Nelson furniture wagon
Written on verso: old house, 522 Denny Way, Seattle. John Roby drove delivery.
Dates: between 1887 and 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 25
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Washington industry
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Dates: between 1888 and 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 26
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Dates: between 1888 and 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 27
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Description: Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway steam engine, the J.R. McDonald, on 34th Avenue North and Stone Way trestleDates: 1888Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 28
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Dates: between 1892 and 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 29
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Dates: between 1889 and 1896Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 30
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Description: Ships moored at Port Blakely, WashingtonDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 31
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Description: Lumber mill crewDates: between 1880 and 1889Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 32
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Description: Men harvesting grain in a fieldDates: between 1888 and 1889Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 33
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Dates: between 1880 and 1884Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 34-35
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Description: A. W. Bash residence, Port TownsendDates: 1890?Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 36
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Description: HouseDates: between 1880 and 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 37
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Description: Settlement along the shoreDates: between 1880 and 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 38
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Description: Family posing in front of arch in rock at beachDates: between 1880 and 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 39
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Description: People sailing two dinghiesDates: between 1889 and 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 40
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Alaska photographs
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Dates: between 1898 and 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 41
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Dates: between 1898 and 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 42
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Description: 4th Avenue, SkagwayDates: between 1898 and 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 43
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Description: Group of men, women, and children standing on rocksDates: between 1898 and 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 44
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Railroad companies--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Judkins, David R. (David Roby), 1836-1909,--Archives
- Judkins, David R. (David Roby), 1836-1909,--Family--Photographs
- Judkins, David R. (David Roby), 1836-1909,--Homes and haunts--Photographs
- Judkins, David R. (David Roby), 1836-1909,--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Alaska--Photographs
- Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs
