Arranged in 5 series, organized alphabetically by photographer.
The collection contains photographs by artists from the early part of the 20th century. Photographers represented include Helen Haskins Gurrey, a Hawaiian photographer, who exhibited her photos at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909; Mrs. J.T. Hazard and Fred G. Davis, photographers who showed work in the Frederick & Nelson Photography Exhibitions; Seattle photographer Francis P. Griffiths; and Ira Martin, who was one of the founding members of New York's Pictorial Photographers of America, established Nov. 1921, and a member of the Clarence White School.
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Photographs were acquired or received from multiple sources: Behold, 2015 (Gurrey photographs); Suzan Reilly, 12/12/2012 (Hazard photographs); Jolynne Williams, 1/27/22 (Fred Davis photographs); transfer from UW Subject file, 2015 (Francis P. Griffiths).
Fred Davis was a pictorialist photographer from San Francisco, California who exhibited in the Frederick & Nelson Salon of Pictorialist Photography in 1925.
Two Frederick & Nelson labels are on the verso. One of the labels includes the camera and processing information for the photograph. The photograph is a digital copy of the original (which was destroyed by the owner)
This photograph was also in the Frederick & Nelson salon but does not have the label. The photograph is a digital copy of the original (which was destroyed by the owner)
Francis P. Griffiths was the son of Judge Austin E. Griffiths and Ella Margaret. Francis received his BA degree from the University of Washington June 12, 1927. He was a pictorialist photographer and may have known some of the members of the Seattle Camera Club. By October 27, 1928 he was teaching at University of Massachusetts at Amherst and was a Research Assistant in Horticultural Manufacturing until 1929.
Caroline Haskins Gurrey (1875-1927) was born in Oakland, California in 1875. She operated a photographic studio with her husband in Honolulu, Hawaii that specialized in portrait photography in the Pictorialist style. Most notably her photographs of mixed-race Hawaiian children were selected to be exhibited at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909. The exhibit was held in the Hawaii Building at the AYPE and was part of the Ethnology exhibit which displayed not only Gurrey's photographs but a collection of artifacts, such as Hawaiian clothing and utensils. Gurrey also documented life in contemporary Hawaii and prominent Hawaiian elite. Her Pictorialist style of working includes the use of a soft focus and grainy texture. Gurrey died in Hawaii in 1927.
It is likely that this photograph was made for her photography exhibit at the AYPE
It is likely that this photograph was made for her photography exhibit at the AYPE
Margaret Wilhelma Donnelly was born in 1882 to Margaret and John
Donnelly in Lebanon, Missouri. She married Joseph Taylor Hazard in 1909.
Margaret joined The Mountaineers in 1912, and she and her husband climbed all
the major peaks in Washington. She was a trustee of The Mountaineers, edited
the organization's bulletin for 25 years, and was an early telephone volunteer
for the Mountain Rescue council. In 1922 she received The Mountaineers
Photographic Prize for
From label on verso: Frederick & Nelson Exhibition of Photographs.Exhibitor's Name: Hazard, Mrs. J.T. Address: Box 234, Seattle. Title of Picture: The Tatoosh Range. When Taken: July 1919. Camera used: Eastman 3A. Plate of Film used: Eastman. This Picture Exhibited Previously? Yes, Mountaineers 1920. Sstate specifically what part of the work was done by the exhibitor: film exposed. Signed Mrs. J.T. Hazard.
From label on verso: Frederick & Nelson Exhibition of Photographs. Exhibitor's Name: Hazard, Mrs. J.T. Address: Box 234, Seattle. Title of Picture: A Peak of Whitehorse. When Taken: 1919. Camera used: Eastman 3A. Plate or Film used: Eastman. This Picture Exhibited Previously? Yes, Mountaineers Exhibit 1921. State specifically what part of the work was done by the exhibitor: film exposed. Signed Mrs. J.T. Hazard.
Martin (1886-1960) was active in New York. Martin was one of the founding members of the Pictorial Photographers of America, established Nov. 1921 in New York, and was a member of the Clarence White School. The zenith of the pictorial photography movement was circa 1910-1955.
Martin was the Frick Art Reference Library photographer in New York. The Frick photographers traveled throughout the United States to photograph works of art, while also capturing invaluable information from their owners, whether portrait subjects, family genealogy, and anecdotal history. Selections from this archive are represented in ARTstor with approximately 6,000 images, primarily documenting American and European paintings.
Martin's work is also published in
This photo may have come in with the Kyo Koike collection because Koike corresponded with Pictorialist photographers from around the world. There are 11 photographic Christmas cards from Martin to Koike in the Koike collection.