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Kiehl-Mann Photograph Collection, 1891-1987
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Kiehl-Mann Photographers
- Title
- Kiehl-Mann Photograph Collection
- Dates
- 1891-1987 (inclusive)18911987
- Quantity
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3.5 cubic feet, (12 boxes)
68 digital image files - Collection Number
- 9945-01
- Repository
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Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov - Access Restrictions
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Records are open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The original Kiehl negatives and photograph albums are at the University of Washington Special Collections. Most of Kiehl's photographs were taken while he was stationed at Fort Lawton although images include ones of his family at Fort Lawton, Port Townsend and other locations. Photographs of the family camping, the children posing, and automobile trips, are included with photographs of buildings and work at Fort Lawton. The material documenting Fort Lawton was collected and donated by Sara Smith, the granddaughter of H. Ambrose Kiehl. Copy negatives of Ambrose Kiehl's glass plate negatives are included, along with an index in the form of a photocopy of his photo notebook. The originals are at the University of Washington Special Collections. The material was in the hands of another photographer who lived on Bainbridge Island, Frederick Mann, for a time. Mann's photographs for Fort Lawton taken in the 1970s during the adaptive reuse planning are also included in this collection. Mann's work as an architect for Millegan Jaddi Architectural Engineers of the Yesler Way Incline Bridge is included in this collection. Photographs and background material on Fort Lawton and Discovery Park, from various sources, is included in this collection as well. Copy negatives of buildings in Olympia and buildings in California from the mid-1950s are also in this collection.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
H. Ambrose Kiehl was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1865 and attended Ohio State University in the 1880s trained to be a civil engineer. He opened an engineering office (Kiehl & Hogg) in Port Townsend, Washington. Kiehl married Louisa Jean Stock; their first child, Laura Adele Kiehl, was born in 1892. Their second child, Lorena Miriam Kiehl, was born in Seattle in 1895.
In 1895, Kiehl began work with the US Army in Seattle, as his business in Port Townsend was suffering from the 1893 depression. Kiehl was employed to survey the land under consideration for a military post on Magnolia Bluff. He also supervised clearing and grading, laid out the road and building locations, and supervised construction of what was to be Fort Lawton. Kiehl completed assignments at Forts Worden, Flagler and Casey at Admiralty Inlet, Forts Columbia, Canby and Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia River, and at Fort William Henry Seward near Haines, Alaska. Louisa Kiehl died of cancer in 1917. In the early 1920s, Kiehl was transferred to Wyoming. He died in September, 1942.
The Kiehl photographs were in the care of Laura Kiehl who lived in Port Townsend. She loaned the collection to the Frederick Mann with the understanding it would be made available to the public at Discovery Park. Frederick Mann was a Seattle architect hired by the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department to photograph the buildings at Fort Lawton. His subsequent interest in the site led to his collection of prints and other historical material.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
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Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Kiehl-Mann Photograph Collection, Record Series 9945-01 Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged by subject: Seattle Parks, Seattle City Views, Seattle Buildings, Pike Place Market, Seattle Bridges, Seattle City Light Dams, Washington Outdoors, Washington People and Places (not Seattle), Other States, Other Countries, and Art and Business.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Kiehl Photo Collection Grant Report for King County Cultural Resources Division | 1994 |
| 1 | 2 | Fort Lawton Adaptive ReUse | 1973-1984 |
| 1 | 3 | Kiehl Collection - Printing Notes | 1987 |
| 1 | 4 | Mann Collection - Printing Notes | 1984 |
| 1 | 5 | Kiehl Photo Notebook (photocopy) and Index Key | 1891-1917 |
| 1 | 6 | Fort Lawton - Background | 1996-2002 |
| 1 | 7 | Fort Lawton - Newspaper Clippings and Screened Prints | 1973-1995 |
| 1 | 8 | Fort Lawton - copy of Land donation Claim | 1855-1856 |
| 1 | 9 | Fort Lawton - Copy of record book | 1906 |
| 1 | 10 | Salmon Bay - Ole Shillestad - Background | undated |
| 1 | 11 | Salmon Bay Charley - Background and prints | undated |
| 2 | 1 | Kiehl 4x5 Copy negatives N-1 to N-257 Missing: 51, 74.96, 105, 106, 144, 201-207, 245-247 | 1891-1917 |
| 3 | 1 | Kiehl 4x5 prints of N-1 to N-256 and others (3 folders) | undated |
| 4 | 1 | Frederick Mann - 4x5 negatvies of Fort Lawton Buildings: 640, 642, 644, 670, 672, 676, 676, 678, 901-907, 909 | 1984 |
| 4 | 2 | Frederick Mann - Fort Lawton - 28 color transparencies: buildings, Daybreak Star ceremony, copy work | 1984 |
| 4 | 3 | Frederick Mann - Yesler Way Incline Bridge for Millegan Jaddi Architectural Engineers - 40 4x5 negatives | 1984 |
| 4 | 5 | Frederick Mann - Fort Lawton Building 640 West Elevation - 4x5 Negatives | 1987 |
| 5 | 1 | Frederick Mann - Fort Lawton Historic District Buildings - 11x14 prints mounted on 16x20 board with descriptions and printing notes | 1974 |
| 6 | 1 | Fort Lawton and Discovery Park 2.5 x 2.5 color transparency slides : maps and aerial photos 8 slides | undated |
| 6 | 2 | Fort Lawton and Discovery Park 2.5 x 2.5 color transparency slides : Indian ceremony / parking 3 slides | undated |
| 6 | 3 | Fort Lawton and Discovery Park 2.5 x 2.5 color transparency slides : Comfort Stations 4 slides | 1974 |
| 6 | 4 | Fort Lawton and Discovery Park 2.5 x 2.5 color transparency slides : Record Book 17 slides | undated |
| 6 | 5 | Fort Lawton and Discovery Park 2.5 x 2.5 color transparency slides : Early views 5 slides | undated |
| 6 | 6 | Fort Lawton and Discovery Park 2.5 x 2.5 color transparency slides : Buildings FMM Series 21 slides | undated |
| 6 | 7 | Fort Lawton and Discovery Park 2.5 x 2.5 color transparency slides : Fort construction, parade grounds, troops, general 31 slides | undated |
| 6 | 8 | Discovery Park 2.5 x 2.5 color transparency slides : Trails 31 slides | 1974 |
| 6 | 9 | Discovery Park 2.5 x 2.5 color transparency slides : Shilestad Scheurman Indian Charlie 7 slides | undated |
| 6 | 10 | Discovery Park 2.5 x 2.5 color transparency slides : Parking areas 6 slides | 1974 |
| 6 | 11 | Discovery Park 2.5 x 2.5 color transparency slides : Graphics 32 slides | 1974 |
| 6 | 12 | Discovery Park 2.5 x 2.5 color transparency slides : Matching views 9 slides | 1974 |
| 6 | 13 | Other Forts - Buildings 2.5 x 2.5 slides 9 slides | undated |
| 6 | 14 | Fort Lawton - Early Settlers 2.5 x 2.5 slides 5 slides | undated |
| 6 | 15 | Fort Lawton - Logging, land clearing 2.5 x 2.5 slides 4 slides | 1935 |
| 6 | 16 | State Parks - Interpretive Centers 2.5 x 2.5 slides 37 slides | undated |
| 6 | 17 | Fort Lawton slide presentations | 1974 |
| 7 | 1 | West Point photographs from Chittendon Report | 1908 |
| 7 | 2 | Fort Lawton : Photographs from Theodore Peiser Collections, UW Special Collections (photocopies) | 1902 |
| 7 | 3 | Fort Lawton : Photographs of Land Clearing from UW Special Collections (prints and photocopies) | 1930-1935 |
| 7 | 4 | Fort Lawton : Buildings and Activities, 6th Engineers, donated by Harry Kelly | 1932-1937 |
| 7 | 5 | Fort Lawton : Navy Buildings | 1984 |
| 7 | 6 | Fort Lawton: Building demolition and site restoration, 8x10 color prints | 1975-1985 |
| 7 | 7 | Fort Lawton: Various subjects from various sources, 8x10 black and white prints | 1935-1975 |
| 7 | 8 | Fort Lawton : Buildings by Frederick Mann, 8x10 and 4x6 black and white prints | 1974 |
| 7 | 9 | Fort Lawton : Aerial photographs | 1923-1987 |
| 7 | 10 | Discovery Park : Stabilization Plans / Maps, 8x10 black and white transparencies | 1979-1990 |
| 7 | 11 | Discovery Park : Maps and Signage | 1973-1979 |
| 7 | 12 | Fort Lawton Building : Water Color - Powell | 1975 |
| 7 | 13 | Tree / Cedar Timber, King County, WA : 8x10 black and white transparency from Morris Komedal | undated |
| 8 | 1 | "Fort Lawton's Military Architecture" Photos by Frederick Mann, Seattle Times Sunday Pictorial | 1976 |
| 8 | 2 | Fort Lawton : Gates / Entrances : US Army Signal Corps, 11x14 black and white prints | 1946 |
| 8 | 3 | Fort Lawton: Scheurmann | undated |
| 8 | 4 | Fort Lawton : various topics and sources, 11x 14 prints | undated |
| 8 | 5 | Fort Lawton : Kiehl prints, mounted on 11x14 board, N25, 122, 201, 203 | undated |
| 8 | 6 | Fort Lawton: Buildings and scenery, 11x14 black and white prints | 1974 |
| 8 | 7 | Fort Lawton : Buildings, 11x14 black and white prints | 1900 |
| 8 | 8 | Discovery Park : Program plans / maps, 11x14 black and white prints | 1975 |
| 9 | 1 | Fort Lawton : Buildings and grounds, 11x14 black and white prints mounted on board | 1907-1974 |
| 9 | 2 | Fort Lawton : Buildings 11x14 black and white prints mounted on board | 1974 |
| 9 | 3 | Fort Lawton : Aerial photographs 16x20 black and white prints, mounted and unmounted | 1934-1946 |
| 9 | 4 | Fort Lawton : West Point Lighthouse /Roswell C Heins, excerts from letter and 11x 14 black and white prints | undated |
| 9 | 5 | Fort Lawton : Ships - Callista, Aleutian, Nippon Marh, 11x14 black and white prints | 1922-1957 |
| 9 | 6 | Fort Lawton : Hospital and Officers Quarters from 1908 Chittenden report, 11x14 prints mounted on board | 1908 |
| 9 | 7 | Fort Lawton : Seattle Harbor, Shilshole Bay and Salmon Bay, copies of maps and charts | undated |
| 9 | 8 | Seattle : early skyline and waterfront, 2 11x14 black and white prints, Wilse No 645 and others | 1881 |
| 9 | 9 | Seattle : skyline | 1970 |
| 10 | 1 | Olympia - Capital Campus - Temple of Justice - interior and Exterior - 4x6 copy negatives | 1986-1987 |
| 11 | 1 | California buildings: Douglass House, Holy Innocents church, other businesses, churches, residences, and miscellaneous buildings in Healdsburg California and other towns - 3x4 copy negatives | 1954 |
| 12 | 1 | Olympia - Capital Campus - Legislative building - 8x10 copy negatives | 1988 |
| 12 | 2 | Group of women sitting on grass- number 51; bridge construction - number 53 - 2 glass plate negatives 8x10 undated | 1900 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Discovery Park (Seattle, Wash.)
- Fort Lawton (Seattle, Wash.)
Personal Names
- Kiehl, H. Ambrose
Geographical Names
- Seattle
- Seattle (Wash.)
Julie B. Irick
2023
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