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Norman C. Blanchard family photographs and other materials, 1895-2003

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Blanchard, Norman C., 1911-2009
Title
Norman C. Blanchard family photographs and other materials
Dates
1895-2003 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 boxes
Collection Number
2009.98 (accession)
Summary
Photographs, scrapbooks, albums, journals and clippings documenting the Norman C. Blanchard family and the history of Blanchard Boat Company
Repository
Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library

P.O. Box 80816
Seattle, WA
98108
Telephone: 2063241126 x102
library@mohai.org
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public by appointment.

Languages
English.
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Biographical Note

Norman C. Blanchard was born in 1911, the third generation in a family of mariners and boat builders. His father founded the Blanchard Boat Company in 1905. As a youth, Norman spent his spare time on the Seattle waterfront and after graduating from Roosevelt High School he worked alongside his father at the family boat yard. Almost 2,000 boats were built at the Blanchard Boat Company over its 60 year history, including commercial ships, classic motor cruisers and sailing yachts, some of which are still in use today. Following his father’s death in 1954, Norman became the president of Blanchard Boat Company. He married Eunice Scholl in 1935, and their son Norman J. Blanchard III was born in 1945. Eunice Scholl Blanchard died in 1985.

In the 1970s, Norman C. Blanchard was appointed to the National Boating Safety Council and served as president of the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society. He was active in sail boat racing and known for his extensive maritime knowledge of the Pacific Northwest. He co-authored the book “Knee Deep in Shavings” with Steve Wilen, published in 1999. Norman C. Blanchard was a member of the Seattle Yacht Club since 1938 and served on the Board of Directors. He participated on several boat show committees and joined the Northwest Marine Industries at the first meeting held by the organization.

Norman C. Blanchard married his second wife Mary Barnard in 1991. The Barnard and Blanchard families were long-time boating friends, and the couple enjoyed cruising Puget Sound with other members of the Seattle Yacht Club. Norman C. Blanchard passed away on July 9, 2009 at the age of 98. Mary Barnard Blanchard died in Redmond, Washington on January 18, 2013.

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Content Description

The collection consists of photographs, albums and a scrapbook spanning four generations of Blanchard family history. The photo collection includes studio portraits and casual snapshots of children, holidays, boating excursions and outdoor activities in the Pacific Northwest. There are images of the family home in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle, Blanchard Company employees, boat construction, launchings, special events, sailboat racing and recreational cruising.

The personal photograph albums document over 100 years of Blanchard family history. The images are in black and white in various sizes and formats, with the exception of a small set of faded color snapshots from the 1960s. It appears that the albums were assembled in a general chronological order, and photographs were glued directly to album pages.

The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs and articles documenting the history of Blanchard Boat Company. The collection also includes a photocopy of a 1910 sailing diary and Norman C. Blanchard’s 1987 personal journal.

The extended Blanchard family was large, and many of the individuals in the photograph albums have not been identified. However, some photographs of family members and Blanchard boats were identified with handwritten captions. The donation also included a large number of loose photographs, and those that could not be matched with a specific album were loosely organized by subject.

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Use of the Collection

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Restrictions on Use

The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

Norman C. Blanchard Family Photographs and Other Materials, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle

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Administrative Information

Location of Collection

3a.4.6 (Box 1)

Location of Collection

3a.4.7 (Box 2)

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mary Blanchard, 2009. Additional photos (2009.98.97-.124) received in 2013 and added to collection .

Processing Note

Loose photographs were placed in envelopes. During accessioning, one of the albums (2009.98.87) contained Post-It notes identifying some of the pictures, and this information was transcribed in pencil on the album pages.

Bibliography

Blanchard, N. & Wilen, S. (1999). Knee-deep in shavings: Memories of early yachting and boatbuilding on the west coast. Victoria, BC: Horsdale & Schubart Publishers Ltd.

Related Materials

Blanchard Boat Company Photographs and Other Material, 1900-1963, MOHAI accession no. 1989.89.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Photographs

    • Description: 2009.98.1: Carlisle Patterson Blanchard , b. 1852, father of N.J. Blanchard, Meda Blanchard Marum, C.P. Blanchard. Grandfather of N.C. Blanchard
      5x7 inches

      Oval shape, trimmed

      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.2: Norman J. Blanchard, b. 1885
      5x7 inches

      Handwritten on back, if he was 17 or 18 in this picture, it would have been 1902 or 1903

      Dates: circa 1902
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.3: Millicent Blanchard with children: Weaton, Gee Gee, Norman, Meda, Pauline, Elsie
      6x8 inches

      Mounted in folder

      Dates: 1924
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.4: Elsie, Meda and Norman Blanchard
      4x6 inches

      Mounted on board

      Dates: circa 1914
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.5: Norman C. Blanchard
      5x7 inches

      Marine Digest photograph

      Dates: circa 1965
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.6: Infant child, unidentified
      5x4 inches
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.7: Norman and Bill Blanchard playing in snow, 2002 E. 54th, Seattle
      5x3 inches
      Dates: circa 1918
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.8: Norman C. Blanchard on boat
      5x7 inches

      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.9: Norman C. Blanchard and Fenton Radford at Cowitchen Bay
      8x10 inches
      Dates: 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.10: Norman J. Blanchard with daughter Pauline and Joseph Waller "Bud" Marum, on the beach at Pleasant Harbor, Hood Canal
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1924
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.11: Norman J. Blanchard and Doug Egan
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1995
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.12: Norman J. Blanchard
      4x6 inches
      Dates: circa 1995
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.13: Eunice Blanchard sailing "Blue Boat Star"
      8x10 inches

      Handwritten on back, she is 18 or 19 here

      Dates: circa 1932
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.14: Blanchard family home, 609 Fidalgo Street, Seattle, with children Elsie, Meda and Norman in front
      5x7 inches

      Mounted on board

      Dates: circa 1914
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.15: Norman and Fletcher, opening day
      6x8 inches

      Handwritten on back, first Saturday April and wind so strong all races cancelled

      Dates: 1929
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.16: Norman Blanchard and group posing outdoors with banner, P.P.C of Tacoma
      6x4 inches
      Dates: circa 1914
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.17: Barge "Meda" on Lake Washington with Meda Blanchard, Carlisle P. Blanchard, N.J. Blanchard, C.P. "Collie" Blanchard
      6x8 inches

      Includes handwritten information sheet with boat specifications and details

      Dates: 1895
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.18: Norman C. Blanchard with son Norman J. Blanchard, on board "Aura"
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.19: Norman C. Blanchard with son Norman J. Blanchard, on board "Aura"
      4x6 inches
      Dates: circa 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.20: Eunice Blanchard
      3x4 inches
      Dates: circa 1925
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.21: Norman J. Blanchard
      3x4 inches

      Stamped on back, Myron-Robert Studio

      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.22: Norman J. Blanchard
      3x4 inches
      Dates: circa 1945
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.23: Unidentified boy, possibly Norman J. Blanchard on deck of boat
      3x4 inches
      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.24: Unidentified girl on horseback
      3x4 inches
      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.25: Unidentified boy
      3x4 inches
      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.26: Unidentified boys with Easter baskets
      3x4 inches
      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.27: Unidentified woman and boy on dock
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.28: Unidentified woman with two men outdoors
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.29: Unidentified boy on shore
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.30: Unidentified men working in ship galley
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.31: Unidentified man in sailor uniform
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.32: Norman and Eunice Blanchard, on board "Aura"
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.33: Unidentified children in a rowboat
      5x7 inches
      Dates: c.1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.34: Boating activities with adults and children
      3.5x4.5 inches
      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.35: Boating activities with adults and children
      3.5x4.5 inches
      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.36: Norm Blanchard and son Norman J. skiing
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.37: Children skiing
      4x5 inches
      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.38: Car in snow
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.39: Children standing at waterfront on concrete edge
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.40: Man and boy on hill overlooking water
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.41: Sailboat and dinghy in a bay
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.42: Woman standing on shoreline in forest
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.43: Anton Peier, Chief Machinist Mate, USN, World War I
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1918
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.44: Launching party for "Gadget," N.J. Blanchard Boat Company
      7.5x9.5 inches

      Stamped on back, Walter P. Miller Commercial Photographers

      Dates: 1925
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.45: Group of men drinking beer
      5x7 inches

      Handwritten on back, Gordon Wilson, Stewart Palmer, Sidal, Clarence Foss, Ack Mansger

      Dates: circa 1925
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.46: Lorraine Slingsby, bookkeeper, Blanchard Boat Company
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.47: Group dinner at Blanchard Boat Company to celebrate contract with U.S. Bureau of Ships during World War II
      17x11 inches

      Folded photocopy

      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.48: Rudy Peier, Gary Bitner and Bill Warren on "First Neoga"
      8x9 inches

      Includes handwritten explanatory note from Bill Barnard

      Dates: circa 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.49: Bill Barnard and Eunice Blanchard
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.50: Small sailboat on the water
      3.5x3.5 inches
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.51: Small sailboat on the water
      4x5 inches
      Dates: circa 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.52: Sailboat with two masts anchored on water
      Dates: circa 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.53: Sailboat "Red Jacket" on the water
      5x8 inches
      Dates: 1936 June
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.54: Sailboat "Sindbad" on the water
      5x8 inches

      Handwritten on back, Bill Hedley's Sindbad now owned by Dick Wagner

      Dates: 1936 June
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.55: Sailboat "Angelia" view of cockpit under sail
      5x8 inches

      Handwritten on back, on board Angelia, Pt. Angeles to Esqumalt, C.W. Stimson, Norman Littell, Swift Baker, Col. Brooke Stephenson, Morley Hader behind dinghy.

      Dates: 1936 June
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.56: 50 foot sightseeing boat on lake with passengers, Gates of the Mountain Club, Helena
      5x8 inches

      Handwritten on back, St. Worxed Norman, built by Blanchard Boat Co. 1950

      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.57: Motor yacht "Gadget" on the water, built in 1928 for T. Harvey Gowman
      8x8 inches
      Dates: circa 1970
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.58: Sailboat "Gwendolyn II" on the water, Seattle Yacht Club Wada Island race
      5x7 inches
      Dates: 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.59: Unidentified sailboat on the water
      8x10 inches

      Condition faded

      Dates: circa 1970
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.60: Sailboat "Aura" on the water
      8x10 inches

      Handwritten on back, NJB says this is the Aura, he knows because he was raised on it

      Dates: circa 1970
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.61: Unidentified small sailboat on lake with crew
      8x10 inches
      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.62: Sailboat "Sir Tom" on the water
      8x10 inches

      Handwritten on back, fastest boat anywhere

      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.63: Unidentified sailboat on the water
      8x10 inches

      Stamped on back, Photo by Kenneth G. Ollar

      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.64: Unidentified racing sailboat on the water
      8x10 inches
      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.65: Sailboat "Mrs. Pettibone" in dry dock, built for Jim Moffett, ready for sail
      5x7 inches

      Handwritten on back, The last Blanchard "33," Mrs. Pettibone, bulit for Jim Moffett, 195_, ready for launch

      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.66: Herb Mattson and unidentified man, setup 33 foot Transom
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.67: Sailboat under construction
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.68: Sailboat under construction
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.69: Motor boat "Stormy" under construction
      5x7 inches
      Dates: circa 1934
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.70: Motor boat "Stormy" under construction
      5x7 inches

      Handwritten on back, 34 foot motor sailor built as joint venture N.J. Blanchard and J.L. Patton of Seattle Marine Equipment Co. in winter of 1934, sold and delivered to Santa Barbara on her own bottom by N.C. Blanchard and crew of three. Designed by Edwin Monk.

      Dates: circa 1934
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.71: Herb Mattson, journeyman at Blanchard Boat Co.
      5x7 inches

      Handwritten on back, present from David Coy

      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.72: Construction view
      5x7 inches

      Condition poor

      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.73: "Malibu" under construction at Blanchard Boat Yard, 3201 Fairview Ave. E Seattle Washington
      8x10 inches

      Handwritten on back, photo probably taken by Dan Pratt of Pacific Motor Boat Magazine fall of 1924. Malibu under construction for Mrs. Adamson and Mrs. Ringe, sisters. Foreman was Charlie Seaborn

      Dates: 1924
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.74: "Sea Rest" launching day at Blanchard Boat Co., designed by Ed Monks, Sr. for Oliver D. Fisher
      5x7 inches
      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.75: Blanchard 33 under construction
      8x10 inches

      Handwritten on back, Aura or one of the 10 or so same hull

      Dates: circa 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.76: Sailboats under construction
      9x6 inches

      Handwritten on back, left a Blanchard 33, right Charlie Frisbee's Tola

      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.77: Sailboat "Tola" under construction
      8x10 inches

      Handwritten on back, photo taken by Ben Seaborn of Tola under construction

      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.78: Cappie and Dawn Frisbee at Blanchard Boat Co. cleaning port lights on "Tola" under construction
      8x10 inches

      Photocopy of original

      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.79: Sailboat "Tola" under sail
      10x12 inches

      Oversize, handwritten on back, Charlie Frisbie "Tola"

      Dates: c.1940
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.97: Norman C. Blanchard standing with group of workmen on a dock

      Color photograph

      Dates: circa 1969
      Container: Box/Folder 1/19
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.98: Interior of "Aura" cabin
      Dates: circa 1966
      Container: Box/Folder 1/20
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.99: "Navita" under construction
      Dates: circa 1937
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.100: "Navita" being christened
      Dates: circa 1937
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.101: "Navita" under construction
      Dates: circa 1937
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.102: 45 foot Ben Seaborn design under construction
      Dates: circa 1946
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.103: 45 foot Ben Seaborn design under construction
      Dates: circa 1946
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.104: "We're Here" sailboat on the water
      Dates: circa 1936
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.105: "Neoga II" on the water
      Dates: circa 1941
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.106: Day cruiser on the water, designed by Norman C. Blanchard
      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/22
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.107: "Aira" sailboat on the water
      Dates: circa 1947
      Container: Box/Folder 1/22
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.108: "Romp II" on the water
      Dates: circa 1938
      Container: Box/Folder 1/22
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.109: Cutter "White Cloud" on the water
      Dates: circa 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 1/22
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.110: Cruiser "Susie" at dock
      Dates: circa 1944
      Container: Box/Folder 1/22
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.111: Inboard runabout on the water
      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/23
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.112: "Gwendolyn II" under sail
      Dates: circa 1905
      Container: Box/Folder 1/23
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.113: "Virginia Dare" in Victoria Harbor
      Dates: circa 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 1/23
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.114: Blanchard cruiser on the water
      Dates: circa 1924
      Container: Box/Folder 1/23
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.115: Fleet of motor cruisers on Lake Union
      Dates: circa 1925
      Container: Box/Folder 1/23
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.116: Blanchard stock cruiser on the water
      Dates: circa 1925
      Container: Box/Folder 1/23
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.117: Small sailboat on the water
      Dates: circa 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1/24
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.118: Blanchard Starboat on the water
      Dates: circa 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 1/24
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.119: Sailboat "Angelica" on the water
      Dates: circa 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 1/24
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.120: Sailboat "Nooka" on the water
      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/24
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.121: Sailing dinghy on the water
      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/24
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.122: Launch of "Barnacle" from Blanchard Boat Company
      Dates: circa 1931
      Container: Box/Folder 1/24
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.123: "Virginia Dare" on the water
      Dates: circa 1932
      Container: Box/Folder 1/24
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: 2009.98.124: "Romp II" on the water
      Dates: circa 1938
      Container: Box/Folder 1/24
      Location: Photographs

  • Ephemera,

    • Description: 2009.98.80: Newspaper clippings about Blanchard Boat Co. and photocopied article from Pacific Motor Boat Magazine (1929)
      9 items
      Dates: 1929-2003
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
      Location: Ephemera,
    • Description: 2009.98.81-.82: Blanchard Boat Co. illustrated promotional catalogs
      2 catalogs
      Dates: circa 1925
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Ephemera,

  • Journals,

    • Description: 2009.98.83: Photocopy of personal journal
      15 pages 5 x 8 in.

      Handwritten description of a group sailing excursion on Winona, from Elliot Bay to Eagle Harbor, includes photographs.

      Dates: 1910
      Container: Box/Folder 1/13
      Location: Journals,
    • Description: 2009.98.84: Handwritten history of Blanchard Boat Co.
      9 pages
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box/Folder 1/14
      Location: Journals,
    • Description: 2009.98.85: Norman C. Blanchard's personal journal
      98 pages
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box/Folder 1/15
      Location: Journals,

  • Albums and scrapbook

    • Description: 2009.98.86: Family photograph album
      34 pages 7 x 11 in.
      Dates: circa 1920-1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16
      Location: Albums and scrapbook
    • Description: 2009.98.87: Family photograph album
      86 pages 10 x 13 in.
      Dates: circa 1920-1940
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Albums and scrapbook
    • Description: 2009.98.88: Scrapbook
      30 pages 12 x 14 in.

      The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs and articles documenting the history of Blanchard Boat Company.

      Dates: circa 1945-1970
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Albums and scrapbook
    • Description: 2009.98.89: Unidentified photographs of boating, holidays and family activities
      43 photographs

      Loose photographs from album 2009.89.87.

      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
      Location: Albums and scrapbook
    • Description: 2009.98.90: Unidentified photographs of boating, holidays and family activities
      19 photographs
      Dates: circa 1945
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
      Location: Albums and scrapbook
    • Description: 2009.98.91: Unidentified photographs of boating activities
      25 photographs

      Loose photographs from album 2009.89.87.

      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
      Location: Albums and scrapbook
    • Description: 2009.98.92: Photographs of family members and boating activities, with captions
      6 photographs

      Loose photographs with handwritten captions on the back.

      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
      Location: Albums and scrapbook
    • Description: 2009.98.93: Unidentified photographs of family activities
      8 items

      Loose, faded photographs from album 2009.89.87.

      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
      Location: Albums and scrapbook
    • Description: 2009.98.94: Photographs of family members and boating activities, with captions
      10 photographs
      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 1/18
      Location: Albums and scrapbook
    • Description: 2009.98.95: Unidentified photographs of family members and outdoor activities
      21 photographs
      Dates: circa 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 1/18
      Location: Albums and scrapbook
    • Description: 2009.98.96: Unidentified photographs of family members and outdoor activities
      8 photographs
      Dates: circa 1945
      Container: Box/Folder 1/18
      Location: Albums and scrapbook

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Boat & ship companies--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Boat & ship industry--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Families--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Family members--Washington (State)--Seattle

Corporate Names

  • Blanchard Boat Company (Seattle, Wash.)

Family Names

  • Blanchard family

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photograph albums
  • Photographs
  • Scrapbooks

Finding aid prepared by Sue Terrible
2013

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