University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0867Soule, John P.John P. Soule
photograph album1897-190042 photographs (1 box) ; various sizesCollection materials are in
English.Photographs of
Soule home in Seattle, including images of family and friends, of the Lake
Washington bicycle path, Native American canoes and campsites and other Seattle
scenesJohn P. Soule was born on October 16, 1828 in Phillips, Maine. Soule
worked as a photographer in Boston from around 1859 until 1882 when he traveled
west photographing in Colorado and Utah along the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad and in Salt Lake City. In 1888, John Soule moved to Seattle, where he
continued to work as a photographer. Soule photographed the aftermath of
Seattle Fire of 1889 and the rebuilding thereafter. He continued to live in
Seattle, occasionally making photographs of the growing city, until his death
in 1904.
Album of photographs by John P. Soule, including images of Soule, his
wife Mary and his sister-in-law, Mrs. McAlpin, at the Soule home in Seattle;
Lake Washington bicycle path; downtown Seattle; the USS
Iowa in drydock; and Native American canoes and campsite on the
shore.
The collection consists of an album and four loose photographs. It
appears that two of those photographs probably fell out of the album.
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Source: Chuck Hayes; 2007.
Processed by Jennifer Hawkins, 2010.
Accessioned as PH2009-005.
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Soule, John P.--PhotographsPhotograph albumsPhotographsSeattleNative Americans
Album1-3Soule home at 1353 32nd Ave South,
Seattle, WA1899-1900 4Man (probably John Soule) on steps of
Soule home, 1353 32nd Ave South, Seattle, WA1899-1900 5Man (probably John Soule) standing near
pampas grass at Soule home, Seattle, WANovember 7, 1900 6Man (probably John Soule) on steps of
Soule home, Seattle, WA1899-1900 7Mrs. Mary Soule and her sister Mrs.
McAlpin in front of Soule home, Seattle, WA1899-1900 8Mrs. McAlpin in yard of Soule home,
Seattle, WA1899-1900 9-10bPlants in yard of Soule home, Seattle,
WA1899-1900 11-12Mrs. Mary Soule and her sister, Mrs.
McAlpin at edge of lake1899-1900 13Group on picnic at Mercer
Island1899-1900 Group probably includes John Soule and wife. It also includes a
Chinese man who may be a servant.
14Mount Rainier1897 Stamped on verso: Mt. Rainier from Seattle, Wash. Copyright 1897
by J.P. Soule.
15Blank page (photograph has fallen
out)Photograph 39 or 40 probably belongs on this page.
16First Avenue looking north from Yesler
Way, including Merchants National Bank and the Pioneer Building,
Seattle1899-1900 17First Avenue S. looking north from Main
Street, Seattle1899-1900 18Second Avenue, Seattle1899-1900 19Snoqualmie Falls1899-1900 20U.S. BattleshipIowain Puget Sound dry dock1899-1900 21Native Americans in canoe at shore,
Seattle1899-1900 22-23Canoes and tents at Native American
camp along the shore near the Centennial Mill Company, Seattle1899-1900 24Native American woman seated in front
of tent weaving basket1899-1900 25Native American man holding carvings
with two women working on baskets near canoes and tent at Native American camp
along the shore, Seattle1899-1900 26Lake Washington bicycle
path1899-1900 27-32Women with bicycles along the Lake
Washington bicycle path1899-1900 Photograph 28 is loose in the album.
33Man with bicycle along the Lake
Washington bicycle path1899-1900 34Bicycle and view of lake along the Lake
Washington bicycle path1899-1900 35-36Woman and bicycle along the Lake
Washington bicycle path1899-1900 37Two boys sitting on horse-drawn hay
wagon1899-1900 38Large pile of salmon caught at
Seattle1899-1900 Loose photosThese photographs were found loose in the back of the album. Two
of them have glue marks indicating that they may have come off of an album
page.
39View of Lake Washington1899-1900 This photograph may have been on page 15 of the album
40Steamships at Pacific Coast Company
dock and view of Seattle from waterfront1899-1900 This photograph may have been on page 15 of the album
41Two houses on Broadway1899-1900 Written on verso: Our old Broadway home on the left--and on the
right the new double house that I built last summer
42Residential area of Seattle1899-1900