WAUBradyFerdinandPHColl139.xmlGuide to the Ferdinand Brady Photographic Postcards of Tulalip Indian School, Washington State circa 1910 circa 1910Brady (Ferdinand) Photographic Postcards of Tulalip Indian School, Washington StateFunding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2006 (Last modified: 11/27/2017)
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Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0139Brady, FerdinandFerdinand Brady photographic postcards of Tulalip Indian School, Washington Statecirca 191025 photographic prints (postcards) (1 box) ; 3 3/8 x 5 3/8 inchesCollection materials are in English.Photographic postcards of the Tulalip Indian School, students, and grounds taken by Ferdinand Brady, a Washington photographer.

Ferdinand (Ferd) Brady was a Washington photographer who began his career with a studio in Marysville, 1907-1910. He later relocated to Everett and finally Anacortes in the 1920s, where he operated a studio until his retirement in 1952. During the 1910s Brady photographed the Tulalip Indian Reservation near Marysville, Washington, for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. He also marketed the images as commercial postcards. Brady died in 1967.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the U.S. government organized a system of Indian education intended to assimilate Indian people into mainstream American society. Native American children were required to reside at boarding or day schools, where they wore western clothing and were forbidden from speaking their native languages. Vocational training, art and music education, and sports were emphasized in the schools, and the buildings and grounds were often maintained by the students.

The Tulalip Indian School was located near Marysville, Washington, on Tulalip Bay. It opened January 23, 1905, with an enrollment of 200 students. School buildings included a clubhouse, offices, separate boys' and girls' dormitories, a hospital, a shop, a laundry facility, and a sawmill. Some of the recreational activities at Tulalip Indian School were canoeing, horseback riding, a marching band, organized sports, and Fourth of July celebrations.

The sawmill at the school served the entire Tulalip community; the sawyer was Snohomish tribe member William Shelton. Lumber was brought from log booms across Tulalip Bay. When the nearby creek was dammed to generate electricity, a powerhouse replaced the mill.

The collection contains Ferdinand Brady's scenes of Tulalip Indian School near Marysville, Washington. Included are images of school buildings, living quarters, and the students and staff, as well as scenes of Tulalip Bay and recreational activities.

Selections from this collection have also been issued electronically via the World Wide Web by the UW Libraries' Digital Initiatives Program in two digital image collections: American Indians of the Pacific Northwest and Social Issues Photographs .

The collection is open to the public.

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The required credit line for use of images from Special Collections is: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [plus the negative number].

The negative number is provided with the image and is a letter + number combination such as UW13452; Hegg 1234; or NA1275. A typical credit line would be, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, UW13452.

Gift from Mrs. Brady; bequest from Edmond S. Meany.

Processed by Erin Langner, December 2005, and Megan Peacock, April 2006.

Ferdinand Brady Photographic Postcards , Museum of History and Industry, Seattle.

Ferd Brady Photographs , Center for Pacific Northwest Studies at Western Washington University.

The Anacortes History Museum has a large number of Ferdinand Brady images among its collection of materials donated by Wallie Funk.

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Tulalip Indian School - buildingscirca 191011School buildingcirca 191012Girl's dormitorycirca 1910 13Boy's dormitorycirca 1910 14Agent's homecirca 1910 15Woodshopcirca 1910 16Tulalip clubhousecirca 1910 17Tulalip Indian School office buildingcirca 1910

On item: "Tulalip's oldest building."

18Hospitalcirca 191019-10Sawmillcirca 1910 Tulalip Indian School - students, staff, and facultycirca 1910211Students and teacher in front of girls' dormitorycirca 1910 212Students and visitors seated in grandstandcirca 1910 213-14Hospital staffcirca 1910 215Nine boys on one horse with three attendantscirca 1910

On item: "Ten to one at Tulalip."

216Students working in the laundrycirca 1910 217William Shelton and another man carving totem pole inside sawmillcirca 1910 218Two men working inside saw millcirca 1910 219Woman wearing a fringed dress, moccasins, and headband with her hair downcirca 1910 Tulalip Indian School - pier and water activitiescirca 1910320View of school and piercirca 1910321View of grassy shore, pier, and Tulalip Baycirca 1910322'S'-shaped line of canoes on Tulalip Baycirca 1910

On item: "Indian canoe parade."

323Six canoes with pairs of rowers on Tulalip Baycirca 1910

On item: "Little canoe race, Tulalip Indian boys."

324View of Tulalip Baycirca 1910

On item: "Moonlight on the bay."

325Tulalip Head as seen from Tulalip Baycirca 1910