William F. Boyd photograph album, approximately 1889-1891
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Seattle looking west in the aftermath of Seattle Fire from 1st Avenue between Columbia and Cherry Streets., 1889
- Aftermath of Seattle fire of June 6, 1889, looking north at the ruins of the Seattle Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company tracks, Washington., 1889
- Looking south on 1st Avenue towards the start of the Seattle fire [Boyd 91], 1889
- Forest and Wedgwood Rock (also known as "Big Rock"), Seattle [Boyd 38], between 1889 and 1891?
- Three Native American girls in western dress, between 1889 and 1891?
- Logging crew with felled trees, between 1889 and 1891?
- Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 33], between 1889 and 1891?
- Washington Street, looking west from 3rd Avenue. Seattle, Washington, between 1889 and 1891?
- Seattle looking south, showing tents and rebuilding following the Seattle fire, 1889
- View over burned district shortly after the Seattle fire [Boyd 54], 1889
- Indian canoes on the waterfront at foot of Washington Street, Seattle [Boyd 22], between 1889 and 1891?
- Salmon in Gordon Creek, Yale, British Columbia, between 1889 and 1891?
- Seattle looking north from transfer stables following the Seattle fire [Boyd 32], 1889
- Looking toward Pioneer Place from Second and James following the Seattle fire [Boyd 26], 1889
- Looking toward south from Second Street after the Seattle fire, 1889
- Steamer Victoria, between 1889 and 1891?
- Photographer standing on bank of Black River, between 1889 and 1891?
- Mount Rainier, between 1889 and 1891?
- The King Street coal wharves, Seattle, between 1889 and 1891?
- Big Rock at Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 38], between 1889 and 1891?
- Seattle waterfront showing vessels anchored in harbor, between 1889 and 1891?
- Man seated on rubble on the corner Second & Columbia Streets after the Seattle Fire [Boyd 9], 1889
- Indian camp [Boyd 54], between 1889 and 1891?
- Big Rock at Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 38], between 1889 and 1891?
- Native American man and woman picking hops, between 1889 and 1891?
- Front Street, from First and James looking north, Seattle, between 1889 and 1891?
- Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle., between 1889 and 1891?
- Composite view with portraits of Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline and views of Seattle, between 1889 and 1891?
- Sawing down a fir tree in the Puget Sound [Boyd 87], between 1889 and 1891?
- Hop pickers with horses and cart in Fawcett's Hop field, Puyallup Valley, between 1889 and 1891?
- Fourth of July parade, First Avenue, Seattle, between 1889 and 1891?
- Second Street, looking north from Second and Yesler, Seattle, between 1889 and 1891?
- U.S. Cruiser Charleston and the steamboat Olympia, between 1889 and 1891?
- Occidental Square facing the Pioneer Building, Seattle, between 1889 and 1891?
- Men standing next to large logs on railway cars, Seattle waterfront, between 1889 and 1891?
- Looking south from Denny Hill, Seattle, between 1889 and 1891?
- Two part panorama of Seattle waterfront from coal bunkers., between 1889 and 1891?
- Two part panorama of Seattle waterfront from coal bunkers. Steamer Olympian in foreground, between 1889 and 1891?
- Silver Vails Falls, Green River, between 1889 and 1891?
- View of the Seattle waterfront, looking south from Marion Street, May 6, 1891
- Four men standing on top of an Indian fish trap, between 1889 and 1891?
- Seattle waterfront with steamers City of Seattle and Fleetwood, between 1889 and 1891?
- Snoqualmie Falls [Boyd 30], between 1889 and 1891?
- Hop fields, between 1889 and 1891?
- Shoreline, between 1889 and 1891?
- Indian horse race at Camas, Washington [Boyd 56], between 1889 and 1891?
- View of farm and fields, between 1889 and 1891?
- Indian horse race at Camas, Washington [Boyd 60], between 1889 and 1891?
- C.C. Calkins Hotel, Mercer Island, Washington, between 1889 and 1891?
- Chinese man cooking in ruins following the Seattle fire, 1889
- A man in Ravenna Park, between 1889 and 1891?
- Loggers and oxen surrounded by felled trees, between 1889 and 1891?
- An Indian man and child in a hop field, Washington [Boyd 10], between 1889 and 1891?
- Hop pickers, between 1889 and 1891?
- View over Lake Washington and Leschi Park, between 1889 and 1891?
- Entrance to coal mine with horse-drawn coal wagon and men [Boyd 83], between 1889 and 1891?
- Loggers and trees [Boyd 52], between 1889 and 1891?
- Log chute, between 1889 and 1891?
- Skykomish River scene, between 1889 and 1891?
- Composite view with portraits of Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline and views of Seattle, between 1889 and 1891?
- 72 people sitting on top of a cedar stump in Sedro, Washington, between 1889 and 1891?
- Fountain and people in Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 68], between 1889 and 1891?
- Seattle waterfront looking north from coal bunkers with Steamer Olympian [Boyd 73], between 1889 and 1891?
- Men and women on a beach possibly south of Alki Point, Seattle, between 1889 and 1891?
- Men and women in a sailboat shooting guns, between 1889 and 1891?
- Loggers and oxen standing near a large fir log [Boyd 86], between 1889 and 1891?
- Men, oxen and logs at the Clothier & English's Logging camp, between 1889 and 1891?
- Yesler store on Front and James Street, Seattle, 1891
- View looking northwest from 7th and Columbia in snow [Boyd 63], between 1889 and 1891?
- Upper Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 45], between 1889 and 1891?
- Snoqualmie Falls seen through trees [Boyd 57], between 1889 and 1891?
- Man in a rowboat out in a lake, between 1889 and 1891?
- Indian hop pickers with wagon, between 1889 and 1891?
- Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 48], between 1889 and 1891?
- View of the Snoqualmie River, with Mt. "Uncle Si" in distance [Boyd 19], between 1889 and 1891?
- Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, between 1889 and 1891?
- Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, between 1889 and 1891?
- Logging team with oxen, between 1889 and 1891?
- Three men cutting large fir tree, between 1889 and 1891?
- Men on log in chute filled with water, between 1889 and 1891?
- Hop pickers in McCratey's Hop Field, between 1889 and 1891?
- Workers in rock quarry, between 1889 and 1891?
- Indian hop pickers, between 1889 and 1891?
- Hunt and Patten's lumber mill, between 1889 and 1891?
- Two men loading hops into a hop kiln, between 1889 and 1891?
- Buildings on east side of Pioneer Square with Boyd & Braas Photography Studio sign, between 1889 and 1891?
- Commemorative arch on Yesler Way created for President Harrison's visit to Seattle, circa 1891
- Roche Harbor in the San Juan Islands, between 1889 and 1891?
- Seattle looking south from Second Street between Marion and Columbia following the Seattle fire, 1889
- George Braas sketching on rock at the Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 50], between 1889 and 1891?
- The "Three Falls" South fork of the Snoqualmie River [Boyd 51], between 1889 and 1891?
- Office tent Eschelmen, Llewellyn & Co. in the ruins of the Seattle fire, 1889
- Upper Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 27], between 1889 and 1891?
- Men standing near railroad car loaded with a large piece of timber, circa 1893
- Composite view with portrait of Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline and view of Seattle and Snoqualmie Falls, between 1889 and 1891?
- Composite photograph showing portraits of members of Third Avenue Theater stock Company, between 1889 and 1891?
- Bridge over a canyon, between 1889 and 1891?
- Olympic Mountains viewed from Seattle., between 1889 and 1891?
- Man on a horse in front of a large log, between 1889 and 1891?
- Men standing next to large logs on railway cars, Seattle waterfront, between 1889 and 1891?
- Moonlight on the Puget Sound, between 1889 and 1891?
- Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, between 1889 and 1891?
- Ruins west from Front Street after the Seattle Fire [Boyd 38], 1889
- Lines at the Tacoma Relief Bureau tent on Territorial University grounds after the Seattle Fire, 1889
- Bread line at Tacoma Relief Bureau following the Seattle fire, 1889
- Packages of bread and supplies at Tacoma Relief Bureau after the Seattle fire, 1889
- Second Avenue from Cherry Street after the Seattle fire [Boyd 25], 1889
- Puppy on a top hat, between 1889 and 1891?
- View of Second and Cherry looking south up Yesler Way after the Seattle fire [Boyd 24], 1889
- Panorama of Seattle from coal bunkers [Boyd 65], between 1889 and 1891?
- Names and Subjects
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Boyd, William F., 1848-1918
- Title
- William F. Boyd photograph album
- Dates
- approximately 1889-1891 (inclusive)18891891
- Quantity
- 104 photographic prints in 1 album (1 box)
- Collection Number
- PH0034
- Summary
- Views of Seattle, the hops industry, logging and the aftermath of the Seattle fire
- 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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Most of the collection can be viewed on the Libraries Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view original photographs. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
William Franklin Boyd (1848-1918) was born in Ohio on September 5, 1848. His family later moved to Madison County, Iowa where, in 1865, he apprenticed in a photographic establishment. He married Sarah Ludenbach in 1874. Together they had four childre: Lulu, Reuben, Ruth and Earl. After operating a successful gallery in Des Moines for a number of years, the family relocated to Seattle, Washington in 1888. This studio was destroyed in the Seattle fire on June 6, 1889. He then formed a partnership with George H. Braas which lasted until 1893. During the spring of 1893, Boyd retired from the partnership and established his own business. Boyd died in Portland, Oregon on June 21, 1918.
Content Description
Images of Seattle street, city park and waterfront scenes; the aftermath of the Seattle Fire of 1889; Snoqualmie Falls; logging activities in Washington; and some Puget Sound Native Americans.
Use of the Collection
Alternative Forms Available
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Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Seattle looking west in the aftermath of Seattle Fire from 1st Avenue between Columbia and Cherry Streets.
Caption on page: Fire of 1889. Showing ruins of McDougall- Southwick Building. 1st and Columbia
Dates: 1889Container: Page 1, Item 1a -
Description: Aftermath of Seattle fire of June 6, 1889, looking north at the ruins of the Seattle Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company tracks, Washington.
Caption on page: Fire of 1889. Roundhouse after fire.
Dates: 1889Container: Page 1, Item 1b -
Description: Looking south on 1st Avenue towards the start of the Seattle fire [Boyd 91]
Caption on page: Start of fire.
Dates: 1889Container: Page 2, Item 2 -
Description: Forest and Wedgwood Rock (also known as "Big Rock"), Seattle [Boyd 38]
Wedgwood Rock is a glacial erratic near the neighborhood of Wedgwood in Seattle, Washington. Prior to the establishment of the Wedgwood neighborhood, the erratic was known first as Lone Rock and later simply as Big Rock. Members of Seattle's Mountaineers Club practiced their rock climbing techniques there and Edmond S. Meany, a professor at the University of Washington brought his students to the rock to learn about glacial movement and land forms.
Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 3, Item 3a -
Description: Three Native American girls in western dressDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 3, Item 3b
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Description: Logging crew with felled treesDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 3, Item 3c
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Description: Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 33]Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 3, Item 3d
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 4, Item 4
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Description: Seattle looking south, showing tents and rebuilding following the Seattle fireDates: 1889Container: Page 5, Item 5a
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Dates: 1889Container: Page 5, Item 5b
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 6, Item 6a
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 6, Item 6b
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Dates: 1889Container: Page 7, Item 7a
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Description: Looking toward Pioneer Place from Second and James following the Seattle fire [Boyd 26]Dates: 1889Container: Page 7, Item 7b
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Dates: 1889Container: Page 7, Item 7c
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Description: Steamer VictoriaDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 8, Item 8a
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Description: Photographer standing on bank of Black River
Caption on page: Black River to Cedar and Duwamish.
Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 8, Item 8b -
Description: Mount RainierDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 9, Item 9a
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Description: The King Street coal wharves, SeattleDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 10, Item 10a
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Description: Big Rock at Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 38]Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 10, Item 10b
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 10, Item 10c
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Description: Man seated on rubble on the corner Second & Columbia Streets after the Seattle Fire [Boyd 9]Dates: 1889Container: Page 11, Item 11
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 12, Item 12a
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Description: Big Rock at Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 38]Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 12, Item 12b
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Description: Native American man and woman picking hopsDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 12, Item 12c
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 13, Item 13
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Description: Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle.Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 14, Item 14a
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 14, Item 14b
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Description: Sawing down a fir tree in the Puget Sound [Boyd 87]Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 15, Item 15a
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 15, Item 15b
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Description: Fourth of July parade, First Avenue, SeattleDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 15, Item 15c
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 16, Item 16a
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Description: U.S. Cruiser Charleston and the steamboat OlympiaDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 16, Item 16b
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 16, Item 16c
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Description: Men standing next to large logs on railway cars, Seattle waterfront
Same image as item 51c
Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 17, Item 17a -
Description: Looking south from Denny Hill, SeattleDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 17, Item 17b
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 18, Item 18a-b
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Description: Two part panorama of Seattle waterfront from coal bunkers. Steamer Olympian in foregroundDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 19, Item 19a-b
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Description: Silver Vails Falls, Green RiverDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 20, Item 20
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Description: View of the Seattle waterfront, looking south from Marion Street
On the left is President Benjamin Harrison disembarking from the steamer City of Seattle docked at Yesler's Wharf on the occasion of his visit to Seattle, Washington.
A better copy is in Early Photographers (PHColl 334.Boyd & Braas 1).
Dates: May 6, 1891Container: Page 21, Item 21a -
Description: Four men standing on top of an Indian fish trapDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 21, Item 21b
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 21, Item 21c
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Description: Snoqualmie Falls [Boyd 30]Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 22, Item 22
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Description: Hop fieldsDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 23, Item 23a
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Description: ShorelineDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 23, Item 23b
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Description: Indian horse race at Camas, Washington [Boyd 56]Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 24, Item 24
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Description: View of farm and fieldsDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 25, Item 25a
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Description: Indian horse race at Camas, Washington [Boyd 60]Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 25, Item 25b
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Description: C.C. Calkins Hotel, Mercer Island, Washington
This hotel has also been known as the Mercer Island Hotel and the East Seattle Hotel.
Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 26, Item 26a -
Dates: 1889Container: Page 26, Item 26b
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Description: A man in Ravenna ParkDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 26, Item 26c
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Description: Loggers and oxen surrounded by felled treesOliver Anderson (photographer)Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 27, Item 27a
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Description: An Indian man and child in a hop field, Washington [Boyd 10]
Caption on image: Indian hop pickers
Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 27, Item 27b -
Description: Hop pickersDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 27, Item 27c
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Description: View over Lake Washington and Leschi ParkDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 28, Item 28a
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 28, Item 28b
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 29, Item 29a
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Description: Log chuteDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 29, Item 29b
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Description: Skykomish River sceneDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 30, Item 30a
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Description: Composite view with portraits of Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline and views of SeattleDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 31, Item 31a
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Description: 72 people sitting on top of a cedar stump in Sedro, WashingtonDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 31, Item 31b
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 32, Item 32a
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Description: Seattle waterfront looking north from coal bunkers with Steamer Olympian [Boyd 73]Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 32, Item 32b
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 33, Item 33
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Description: Men and women in a sailboat shooting gunsDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 34, Item 34a
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 34, Item 34b
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 34, Item 34c
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Description: Yesler store on Front and James Street, SeattleR. W. Brown (Photographer)
Caption on image: N.E. corner. Front & James street, Seattle
Dates: 1891Container: Page 35, Item 35 -
Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 36, Item 36
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Description: Upper Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 45]Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 37, Item 37a
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Description: Snoqualmie Falls seen through trees [Boyd 57]Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 37, Item 37b
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Description: Man in a rowboat out in a lakeDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 38, Item 38a
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Description: Indian hop pickers with wagonDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 38, Item 38b
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 38, Item 38c
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 39, Item 39a
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Description: Snoqualmie Falls, WashingtonDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 39, Item 39b
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Description: Snoqualmie Falls, WashingtonDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 40, Item 40
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Description: Logging team with oxenDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 41, Item 41a
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Description: Three men cutting large fir treeDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 41, Item 41b
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Description: Men on log in chute filled with waterDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 42, Item 42a
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Description: Hop pickers in McCratey's Hop FieldDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 42, Item 42b
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Description: Workers in rock quarryDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 42, Item 42c
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Description: Indian hop pickersDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 43, Item 43a
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Description: Hunt and Patten's lumber millDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 43, Item 43b
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Description: Two men loading hops into a hop kilnDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 43, Item 43c
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 44, Item 44a
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Dates: circa 1891Container: Page 44, Item 44b
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Description: Roche Harbor in the San Juan IslandsDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 45, Item 45a
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Description: Seattle looking south from Second Street between Marion and Columbia following the Seattle fire
Same image as item 7c
Dates: 1889Container: Page 45, Item 45b -
Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 45, Item 45c
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Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 46, Item 46a
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Dates: 1889Container: Page 46, Item 46b
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Description: Upper Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 27]Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 46, Item 46c
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Description: Men standing near railroad car loaded with a large piece of timber
Caption on image: 120 feet long. 4 feet square. Weight 97,000 LBS.
Handwritten on page: This timber was hand hewed and sent to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.
Dates: circa 1893Container: Page 47, Item 47 -
Description: Composite view with portrait of Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline and view of Seattle and Snoqualmie FallsDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 48, Item 48
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Description: Composite photograph showing portraits of members of Third Avenue Theater stock CompanyDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 49, Item 49
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Description: Bridge over a canyonDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 50, Item 50
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Description: Olympic Mountains viewed from Seattle.Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 51, Item 51a
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Description: Man on a horse in front of a large log
Caption on image: Camp W. Affleck. 24 feet, 63 inches. 5208 feet.
Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 51, Item 51b -
Description: Men standing next to large logs on railway cars, Seattle waterfront
Same image as item 17a
Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 51, Item 51c -
Description: Moonlight on the Puget SoundDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 51, Item 51d
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Description: Snoqualmie Falls, WashingtonDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 52, Item 52
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Dates: 1889Container: Page 53, Item 53
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Description: Lines at the Tacoma Relief Bureau tent on Territorial University grounds after the Seattle FireDates: 1889Container: Page 54, Item 54a
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Dates: 1889Container: Page 54, Item 54b
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Dates: 1889Container: Page 54, Item 54c
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Dates: 1889Container: Page 55, Item 55a
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Description: Puppy on a top hatDates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 55, Item 55b
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Dates: 1889Container: Page 55, Item 55c
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Description: Panorama of Seattle from coal bunkers [Boyd 65]Dates: between 1889 and 1891?Container: Page 56, Item 56
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Great Fire, Seattle, Wash., 1889--Photographs
- Hops--Harvesting--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Lumbering--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)--History--Photographs
- Snoqualmie Falls (Wash. : Waterfall)--Photographs
- Washington (State)--History hotographs
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Braas, George H (photographer)
Corporate Names
- Boyd & Braas Company (photographer)
