University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0280Judkins, David R. (David Roby), 1836-1909D.R. Judkins
photographsapproximately 1880-189044 photographic prints (1 box) ; sizes varyCollection materials are in
English. Photographs by
early Seattle photographer depicting various locationsDavid 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.
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.
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Gift of Mrs. Miles W. Weaver (Etta Hazle Judkins), 1986, 1990; Michael
Maslan, 1988; Margaret Maxson, August 1956; purchase, 1987; E. S. Meany
Bequest.
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.
D.R. Judkins Oak Harbor Photographs, PH1352.
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Judkins family1/11Studio portrait of David R. Judkinsbetween 1890 and 1900 1/12Stereoscopic image of Ida Bangs Judkins and other people
picnicking at Deception Pass, Washingtonbetween 1880 and 1889Stamped 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.
1/13Ida Bangs Judkins, Edith Judkins, John Roby Judkins, and
other people sitting on the front steps of a building between 1888 and 1895 1/14Ida Bangs Judkins, Edith Judkins, John Roby Judkins, and
other people sitting on a beach between 1888 and 1895 1/15Ida Bangs Judkins, Edith Judkins, John Roby Judkins, and
other people sitting at a table outside between 1888 and 1895 1/16John Roby Judkins, Edith Judkins, and a girl in front of
David R. Judkins' gallerybetween 1888 and 1895 1/17Contact sheet with portraits of David R. Judkins and
Etta Hazle Judkinsbetween 1887 and 1905 1/18John Roby Judkins driving a Frederick & Nelson
furniture wagonbetween 1897 and 1903 1/19David R. Judkins in his "Pullman Studio" in Skagway,
Alaska 1898? 1/110David R. Judkins fishing with other peoplebetween 1898 and 1899Stamped on verso of original photograph: D. R. Judkins,
Skaguay Alaska
Written on verso of original photograph: D. R. Judkins with
fish pole, beard
1/111Women carrying Edith Judkins' coffin to a
hearse1900Theodore E. PeiserWritten faintly on photograph: In memoreum [
sic] of Edith A Judkins. Departed Aug 29th 1900.
Aged 17 years 3 months
1/112Memorial to Edith Judkins 1900Theodore E. PeiserWritten faintly on photograph: Tribute of friends in memory of
Edith A Judkins
Portraits1/213Young man in suitbetween 1880 and 1899 1/214Woman in dark dressbetween 1880 and 1899 1/215Nellie Wood (Mrs. Lyman Wood) in Rebekah Lodge
regalia1886Written 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.
1/216Charles Petersbetween 1887 and 1888Peters 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.
1/217Man and woman with two childrenbetween 1880 and 1899Stamped on verso: D. R. Judkins. Artist, photographer.
1/218Captain A. H. Jackson, General John Gibbon, Lieutenant
John P. Wisser, and Colonel Isaac DeRussybetween 1880 and 1890Jackson, Gibbon, Wisser, and DeRussy were sent to Seattle by
Grover Cleveland to intervene in the anti-Chinese riots of February 1886.
1/219Members of the United States 14th Infantry
Regimentbetween 1880 and 1890People 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.
1/220Watson C. Squire and cabinet staff 1886?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.
Washington photographsSeattle1/321Denny & Hoyt land tract (later Fremont)
signMay 1888 1/322D. R. Judkins' studio, Second and Columbia Streets,
Seattlebetween 1880 and 1889 1/323Thomas Burke residence (Stetson & Post Block),
Second Avenue and Marion Streetbetween 1883 and 1888 1/324David Judkins' house, 522 Depot Street (later Denny
Way), Seattlebetween 1885 and 1900 1/325David Judkins' house with John Roby Judkins standing
in front of Frederick & Nelson furniture wagonbetween 1887 and 1900Written on verso: old house, 522 Denny Way, Seattle. John
Roby drove delivery.
Washington industry1/426Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway stop at
Snoqualmie Fallsbetween 1888 and 1900 1/427Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway train on
trestlebetween 1888 and 1900 1/428Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway steam engine,
the J.R. McDonald, on 34th Avenue North and Stone
Way trestle1888 1/429Workers at the Gilman Coal Mine, Issaquah,
Washingtonbetween 1892 and 1899 1/430Workers unloading freight from the
City of Quincy and W. K.
Merwinbetween 1889 and 1896 1/431Ships moored at Port Blakely, Washingtonundated 1/432Lumber mill crewbetween 1880 and 1889 1/433Men harvesting grain in a fieldbetween 1888 and 1889 1/534-35D. R. Judkins' "Floating Sunbeam Gallery" photography
studiobetween 1880 and 1884 1/536A. W. Bash residence, Port Townsend 1890? 1/537Housebetween 1880 and 1899 1/538Settlement along the shorebetween 1880 and 1899 1/539Family posing in front of arch in rock at
beachbetween 1880 and 1899 1/540People sailing two dinghiesbetween 1889 and 1900 Alaska photographs1/641Four men sitting in front of a log cabin, possibly in
Skagway, Alaskabetween 1898 and 1899 1/642Six men standing in front of the New York Blacksmith
Shop, Skagway Trailbetween 1898 and 1899Written on verso: "Shoeing on the Skagway Trail"
1/6434th Avenue, Skagwaybetween 1898 and 1899 1/644Group of men, women, and children standing on rocks
between 1898 and 1899