WAUBoydWilliamFPHColl034.xmlGuide to the William F. Boyd Photograph Album approximately 1889-1891Boyd (William F.) Photograph AlbumSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries©2009 (Last modified: 4/28/2023)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0034Boyd, William F., 1848-1918William F. Boyd photograph albumapproximately 1889-1891104 photographic prints in 1 album (1 box)Collection materials are in English. Views of Seattle, the hops industry, logging and the aftermath of the Seattle fire

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.

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.

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Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Braas, George HBoyd & Braas CompanySeattle (Wash.)--History--PhotographsWashington (State)--History hotographsSnoqualmie Falls (Wash. : Waterfall)--PhotographsGreat Fire, Seattle, Wash., 1889--PhotographsIndians of North America--Washington (State)--PhotographsLumbering--Washington (State)--PhotographsHops--Harvesting--Washington (State)--PhotographsPhotographsSeattleCity and Town LifeLogging

 

11a Seattle looking west in the aftermath of Seattle Fire from 1st Avenue between Columbia and Cherry Streets. 1889

Caption on page: Fire of 1889. Showing ruins of McDougall- Southwick Building. 1st and Columbia

11bAftermath of Seattle fire of June 6, 1889, looking north at the ruins of the Seattle Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company tracks, Washington.1889

Caption on page: Fire of 1889. Roundhouse after fire.

22Looking south on 1st Avenue towards the start of the Seattle fire [Boyd 91]1889

Caption on page: Start of fire.

33a Forest and Wedgwood Rock (also known as "Big Rock"), Seattle [Boyd 38]between 1889 and 1891?

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.

33b Three Native American girls in western dressbetween 1889 and 1891? 33cLogging crew with felled treesbetween 1889 and 1891? 33d Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 33]between 1889 and 1891? 44Washington Street, looking west from 3rd Avenue. Seattle, Washingtonbetween 1889 and 1891? 55aSeattle looking south, showing tents and rebuilding following the Seattle fire188955bView over burned district shortly after the Seattle fire [Boyd 54]1889 66aIndian canoes on the waterfront at foot of Washington Street, Seattle [Boyd 22]between 1889 and 1891? 66b Salmon in Gordon Creek, Yale, British Columbiabetween 1889 and 1891?1 : stereo view 77aSeattle looking north from transfer stables following the Seattle fire [Boyd 32] 1889 77b Looking toward Pioneer Place from Second and James following the Seattle fire [Boyd 26]1889 77c Looking toward south from Second Street after the Seattle fire1889

Same image as item 45b

88aSteamer Victoriabetween 1889 and 1891? 88bPhotographer standing on bank of Black Riverbetween 1889 and 1891?

Caption on page: Black River to Cedar and Duwamish.

99aMount Rainierbetween 1889 and 1891? 1010aThe King Street coal wharves, Seattlebetween 1889 and 1891? 1010b Big Rock at Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 38]between 1889 and 1891?1010cSeattle waterfront showing vessels anchored in harborbetween 1889 and 1891? 1111Man seated on rubble on the corner Second & Columbia Streets after the Seattle Fire [Boyd 9]1889 1212a Indian camp [Boyd 54]between 1889 and 1891?

Probably a hop pickers camp

1212b Big Rock at Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 38]between 1889 and 1891?1212cNative American man and woman picking hopsbetween 1889 and 1891? 1313Front Street, from First and James looking north, Seattlebetween 1889 and 1891? 1414aPrincess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle.between 1889 and 1891? 1414b Composite view with portraits of Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline and views of Seattlebetween 1889 and 1891? 1515aSawing down a fir tree in the Puget Sound [Boyd 87]between 1889 and 1891? 1515bHop pickers with horses and cart in Fawcett's Hop field, Puyallup Valley between 1889 and 1891? 1515cFourth of July parade, First Avenue, Seattlebetween 1889 and 1891? 1616aSecond Street, looking north from Second and Yesler, Seattlebetween 1889 and 1891? 1616b U.S. Cruiser Charleston and the steamboat Olympiabetween 1889 and 1891? 1616c Occidental Square facing the Pioneer Building, Seattlebetween 1889 and 1891? 1717aMen standing next to large logs on railway cars, Seattle waterfrontbetween 1889 and 1891?

Same image as item 51c

1717b Looking south from Denny Hill, Seattlebetween 1889 and 1891? 1818a-bTwo part panorama of Seattle waterfront from coal bunkers.between 1889 and 1891? 1919a-bTwo part panorama of Seattle waterfront from coal bunkers. Steamer Olympian in foregroundbetween 1889 and 1891? 2020Silver Vails Falls, Green Riverbetween 1889 and 1891? 2121aView of the Seattle waterfront, looking south from Marion StreetMay 6, 1891

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).

2121bFour men standing on top of an Indian fish trap between 1889 and 1891? 2121c Seattle waterfront with steamers City of Seattle and Fleetwoodbetween 1889 and 1891? 2222Snoqualmie Falls [Boyd 30]between 1889 and 1891? 2323aHop fieldsbetween 1889 and 1891? 2323b Shorelinebetween 1889 and 1891?2424Indian horse race at Camas, Washington [Boyd 56]between 1889 and 1891? 2525a View of farm and fieldsbetween 1889 and 1891? 2525b Indian horse race at Camas, Washington [Boyd 60]between 1889 and 1891? 2626aC.C. Calkins Hotel, Mercer Island, Washington between 1889 and 1891?

This hotel has also been known as the Mercer Island Hotel and the East Seattle Hotel.

2626bChinese man cooking in ruins following the Seattle fire1889 2626cA man in Ravenna Parkbetween 1889 and 1891? 2727a Loggers and oxen surrounded by felled treesbetween 1889 and 1891?Oliver Anderson2727b An Indian man and child in a hop field, Washington [Boyd 10]between 1889 and 1891?

Caption on image: Indian hop pickers

2727cHop pickersbetween 1889 and 1891? 2828a View over Lake Washington and Leschi Parkbetween 1889 and 1891? 2828bEntrance to coal mine with horse-drawn coal wagon and men [Boyd 83]between 1889 and 1891? 2929aLoggers and trees [Boyd 52]between 1889 and 1891?

Caption on image: Timber

2929bLog chutebetween 1889 and 1891? 3030aSkykomish River scenebetween 1889 and 1891? 3131a Composite view with portraits of Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline and views of Seattlebetween 1889 and 1891?3131b72 people sitting on top of a cedar stump in Sedro, Washingtonbetween 1889 and 1891?3232aFountain and people in Ravenna Park, Seattle [Boyd 68] between 1889 and 1891? 3232bSeattle waterfront looking north from coal bunkers with Steamer Olympian [Boyd 73] between 1889 and 1891?3333Men and women on a beach possibly south of Alki Point, Seattlebetween 1889 and 1891? 3434aMen and women in a sailboat shooting gunsbetween 1889 and 1891? 3434b Loggers and oxen standing near a large fir log [Boyd 86]between 1889 and 1891? 3434c Men, oxen and logs at the Clothier & English's Logging campbetween 1889 and 1891? 3535Yesler store on Front and James Street, Seattle1891R. W. Brown

Caption on image: N.E. corner. Front & James street, Seattle

3636View looking northwest from 7th and Columbia in snow [Boyd 63]between 1889 and 1891? 3737a Upper Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 45] between 1889 and 1891? 3737bSnoqualmie Falls seen through trees [Boyd 57]between 1889 and 1891? 3838aMan in a rowboat out in a lakebetween 1889 and 1891?3838bIndian hop pickers with wagonbetween 1889 and 1891? 3838c Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 48]between 1889 and 1891?

Caption on image: Snoqualmie Falls 268 feet

3939aView of the Snoqualmie River, with Mt. "Uncle Si" in distance [Boyd 19]between 1889 and 1891? 3939bSnoqualmie Falls, Washingtonbetween 1889 and 1891? 4040Snoqualmie Falls, Washingtonbetween 1889 and 1891? 4141aLogging team with oxenbetween 1889 and 1891?4141bThree men cutting large fir treebetween 1889 and 1891? 4242aMen on log in chute filled with waterbetween 1889 and 1891? 4242bHop pickers in McCratey's Hop Field between 1889 and 1891? 4242cWorkers in rock quarrybetween 1889 and 1891? 4343aIndian hop pickersbetween 1889 and 1891?4343b Hunt and Patten's lumber millbetween 1889 and 1891? 4343c Two men loading hops into a hop kilnbetween 1889 and 1891? 4444a Buildings on east side of Pioneer Square with Boyd & Braas Photography Studio signbetween 1889 and 1891? 4444bCommemorative arch on Yesler Way created for President Harrison's visit to Seattlecirca 1891 4545a Roche Harbor in the San Juan Islandsbetween 1889 and 1891? 4545bSeattle looking south from Second Street between Marion and Columbia following the Seattle fire1889

Same image as item 7c

4545cGeorge Braas sketching on rock at the Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 50]between 1889 and 1891? 4646aThe "Three Falls" South fork of the Snoqualmie River [Boyd 51]between 1889 and 1891? 4646bOffice tent Eschelmen, Llewellyn & Co. in the ruins of the Seattle fire1889 4646c Upper Snoqualmie Falls, Washington [Boyd 27]between 1889 and 1891? 4747Men standing near railroad car loaded with a large piece of timbercirca 1893

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.

4848Composite view with portrait of Chief Seattle, Princess Angeline and view of Seattle and Snoqualmie Fallsbetween 1889 and 1891? 4949Composite photograph showing portraits of members of Third Avenue Theater stock Companybetween 1889 and 1891? 5050 Bridge over a canyonbetween 1889 and 1891?5151a Olympic Mountains viewed from Seattle. between 1889 and 1891? 5151bMan on a horse in front of a large log between 1889 and 1891?

Caption on image: Camp W. Affleck. 24 feet, 63 inches. 5208 feet.

5151cMen standing next to large logs on railway cars, Seattle waterfrontbetween 1889 and 1891?

Same image as item 17a

5151d Moonlight on the Puget Soundbetween 1889 and 1891? 5252Snoqualmie Falls, Washingtonbetween 1889 and 1891? 5353Ruins west from Front Street after the Seattle Fire [Boyd 38]1889 5454aLines at the Tacoma Relief Bureau tent on Territorial University grounds after the Seattle Fire1889 5454bBread line at Tacoma Relief Bureau following the Seattle fire1889 5454cPackages of bread and supplies at Tacoma Relief Bureau after the Seattle fire1889 5555a Second Avenue from Cherry Street after the Seattle fire [Boyd 25] 1889 5555b Puppy on a top hatbetween 1889 and 1891? 5555cView of Second and Cherry looking south up Yesler Way after the Seattle fire [Boyd 24]1889 5656Panorama of Seattle from coal bunkers [Boyd 65]between 1889 and 1891?