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George and Louisa Frye family papers, circa 1860-1946

Overview of the Collection

Creator
George and Louisa Frye family
Title
George and Louisa Frye family papers
Dates
circa 1860-1946 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 boxes, ( 1.8 cubic feet)
Collection Number
1990.45
Summary
Photographs, albums, scrapbooks, clippings and documents relating to early Seattle history and pioneer families
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

George Frederick Frye (1833-1912) was born in Germany and immigrated to Seattle in 1853 when he was 20 years old. He was first employed by Henry Yesler at his steam sawmill, and soon became friends with the Seattle pioneer family of Arthur Armstrong Denny (1822-1899) and Mary Ann Boren Denny (1822-1910). The Denny party had arrived at Alki Point on Elliott Bay in 1851, after traveling from Illinois to Oregon by wagon train with their young daughters Louisa Catherine (1844-1924) and Margaret Lenora (1847-1915). The Denny sons Rolland Hershel (1851-1939), Orion O. (1853-1919) and Charles Latimer (1861-1919) were born in Seattle. Arthur Armstrong Denny became one of Seattle’s wealthiest citizens and served as a member of the territorial legislature in Washington D.C.

Louisa Catherine Denny had just turned 17 when she and George F. Frye were married in 1860. Together they had six children: James Marion Frye (1861-1905), Marie Louise Frye Kirk (1864-1937), Sophie Frye Bass (1867-1947), George Arthur Frye (1869-1893), Roberta Gertrude Frye Watt (1875-1963), and Elizabeth Helen Frye Bogue (1878-1961). The family resided at 1306 Madison Street.

George and Louisa Frye were active business partners and started a number of successful early Seattle companies. They built the first established theater, Frye’s Opera House, located at First Avenue and Lenora Street. George Frye also organized Seattle’s first brass band. From 1870 to 1874, George Frye was the purser and later captain of the J.B. Libby , a steamer that delivered mail in northern Puget Sound.

George Frye personally managed the construction of the Louisa C. Frye Hotel when he was in his late seventies. The hotel is located in Pioneer Square at Third Avenue and Yesler Way. Designed by architects Charles Herbert Bebb (1856-1942) and Louis Leonard Mendel (1867-1940), it was the finest hotel north of San Francisco when it opened in 1911. At eleven stories, it was one of the tallest of Seattle’s new steel frame skyscrapers, with an ornate Italian Renaissance design and an interior finish of mahogany and marble. It contained 350 deluxe rooms with exterior window views, 200 with private baths. President Theodore Roosevelt was a guest at the grand opening. Shortly after the Louisa C. Frye Hotel opened in 1911, George Frye died. Louisa Frye continued to manage the hotel and their other business interests until her death in 1924.

In the early 1970s the hotel was converted into low-income apartments. In 1997, the residents were at risk of being displaced by private development and signed a petition to Seattle Mayor Norm Rice to save their homes. The Low Income Housing Institute purchased the hotel and renovated the lobby and 234 units. The Frye Apartments continues to serve homeless and low-income households.

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Content Description

The photographs in the collection include early Seattle scenes and images of pioneer families and Native Americans. Outdoor photographs and formal portraits by noted photographers such as Edward S. Curtis depict the Arthur Armstrong Denny family and the family of George Frederick and Louisa Catherine Frye. A series of photographs of the Frye Hotel includes views of the furnished guest rooms, lobby, front desk, elevator, dining room and coffee shop. A bound album contains additional photographs of Denny and Frye family members, some identified.

The memorial scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and articles relating to the obituaries and estates of the Denny and Frye families. A separate memorial album is dedicated to George H. Fortson, the husband of Mary Louise Frye. A carte de visite album owned by Margaret Lenora Denny contains photographs taken when Arthur Denny served as a representative in Washington D.C. Photographers include Alex Gardner and Matthew Brady. Included in the album is a photograph of Arthur Denny in front of the Dexter Horton Bank in Seattle, and of Father Chirouse with Indian pupils at Tulalip.

The Sophie Frye Bass personal papers include correspondence, maps, research data, sketches and annotated story drafts. A collection of unsigned, typewritten poems is attributed to Sophie Frye Bass.

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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

George and Louisa Frye family papers, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in four series:

  • Photographs
  • Photograph albums
  • Scrapbooks
  • Papers

Location of Collection

2b.2.9 (Boxes 1-3)

Location of Collection

2b.2.5 (Box 4)

Acquisition Information

Gift of Patricia O. Wright, on behalf of the heirs of George & Louisa C. Frye; received in July 1990

Separated Materials

These materials are part of a donation that also included a number of artifacts. These artifacts are cataloged and stored separately by MOHAI's Collections Department.

Related Materials

George F. Frye Papers, MOHAI accession no. 2005.38.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Photographs, circa 1864-1945

    • Description: 1990.45.1: Louisa Catherine (Denny) Frye in a carriage near Madison Street house

      Handwritten caption on back: Louisa C. Frye in backyard of Madison St. House

      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.2: Group of seven people sitting in automobile

      Handwritten identifications on back: Sophie Frye Bass, George Frederick Frye, and Louisa Catherine Frye

      Dates: circa 1908
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.3: Studio portrait of the Denny family

      Handwritten identifications on back: Rolland Hershal Denny, Orion Orvil Denny, Charles Latimer Denny, Arthur Wilson Denny, Arthur Armstrong Denny, Margaret Lenora Denny, Louisa Catherine Denny, Mary Anne Boren Denny

      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.4: Indian encampment on the shore of Lake Washington at Montlake
      Dewet (photographer)

      Handwritten identification on front: Lewis Knighton

      Dates: 1889
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.5: Copy of portrait of Chief Sealth
      Dates: 1864
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.6: Copy of portrait of Princess Angeline
      Dates: 1896
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.7: Chief Sealth statue by John Wehn

      Located at Tilikum Place, 2701 5th Ave. Seattle

      Dates: circa 1915
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.8: David Denny cabin at Gold Creek mine
      Lindsley, Lawrence Denny, 1878-1975 (photographer)

      Handwritten note from Lawrence D. Lindsley to Roberta on back, in part: This is a photo of the last cabin Grandpa [David] Denny worked on - he cut the shakes for the roof. Gold Creek Mines where we all worked and hoped.

      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.9: Street view of Yesler's Pavilion on First and Cherry Street after big snow storm
      Dates: 1880 January 9
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.10: Portrait of Queen Angeline
      McKnight Photo
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.11: Native American family with young children picking hops
      Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 (photographer)
      Dates: 1899
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.12: Baskets filled with harvested hops
      Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 (photographer)
      Dates: 1899
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.13: Field view of hops vines growing on wooden poles
      Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 (photographer)
      Dates: 1899
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.14: Indian Camp on Ballast Island, view of tent encampment along railroad tracks
      Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/13
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.15: Native American woodworker on the beach
      Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 (photographer)

      Caption on photo: The Toymaker

      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/14
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.16: Native American covered with blanket, seated in front of display of baskets, shells, feathers and artifacts
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/15
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.17: Native American woman on the beach with group
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.18: Native American man and woman on horseback
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.19: Native American seated watching ceremony
      Anderson, Oliver P. (Oliver Phelps) (photographer)

      Handwritten on mount: Listening to the "WaWa Club"

      Dates: 1899
      Container: Box/Folder 1/18
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.20: Chinese worker on cannery wharf filled with salmon
      Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/19
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.21: Native American wood carver with small totems
      Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/20
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.22: Three men in canoe at Cape Flattery, Tatoosh lighthouse in distance

      Photographic postcard

      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.23: Native American group with whale on beach at Neah Bay
      Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941 (photographer)

      Caption on photo: Landing whale Neah Bay

      Photographic postcard

      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.24: Fishing fleet moored at Ballard Terminal
      Webster & Stevens (photographer)

      Photographic postcard

      Dates: 1918
      Container: Drawer 5A.2 Drawer 4
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.25: Group at Chief Sealth's grave

      Identifications handwritten on verso: Mrs. Watt, Mrs. Bass, Miss Beal, Mr. Clark, Edith Williams, Mrs. Temple, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Thompson, Barbara Bowden, Marya Nordhoff, Rosemary Bowden, Nancy Nordhoff

      Dates: 1934 August 3
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.26: Princess Angeline
      Dates: circa 1890
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.27: James Marion Frye, copy of steel engraving
      Dates: circa 1890
      Container: Box/Folder 1/22
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.28: Mary Anne Boren Denny
      M.S. McClaire. Seattle, W.T. (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1885
      Container: Box/Folder 1/23
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.29: Arthur A. Denny as delegate to U.S. Congress

      Heavily hand-colored photograph in oval frame.

      Dates: 1866
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: George H. Fortson, Captain 1st Washington Volunteers

      Fortson was the husband of Mary Louise Frye.

      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 1/24
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.33: George H. Fortson in Washington Volunteers uniform

      Three quarter view in same uniform as in 1990.45.32, and with Washington Volunteers uniform coat and hat.

      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 1/25
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: George H. Fortson in Washington Volunteers uniform, San Francisco
      Haussler, San Francisco (photographer)
      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 1/26
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.36: Mary Louise Frye Fortson
      Haussler, San Francisco (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 1/28
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.37: Map of downtown Seattle with Frye Hotel indicated
      Dates: circa 1912
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.38: Frye Hotel promotional postcard with photo of hotel on front

      Card advertises "Roomy rooms with Bath $2, $1.50 without Bath."

      Dates: circa 1912
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.39: Frye Hotel exterior view
      Dates: circa 1912
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.41: Frye Hotel lobby and reception desk
      S.D. Owens, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1948
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.42: Frye Hotel lobby and elevator

      Stamped on back: Hotel Frye, Seattle, Wash.

      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.43: Frye Hotel lobby
      Depue, Morgan & Co., Inc., Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1923
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.44: Frye Hotel bathroom

      Stamped on back: Hotel Frye, Seattle, Wash.

      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.45: Business office of Louisa Catherine (Denny) Frye at Frye Hotel
      Walter P. Miller , Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.46: Guest room with two beds, Frye Hotel
      Frank H. Nowell , Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1912
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.48: Frye Hotel lobby with seated guests
      Walter P. Miller , Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.49: Guest room with one bed, Frye Hotel
      Depue, Morgan & Co., Inc., Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1923
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.50: Guest room with two beds, Frye Hotel
      S.D. Owens, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1945
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.51: Guest room with two beds, Frye Hotel

      Stamped on back: Hotel Frye, Seattle, Wash.

      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.52: Guest room with one bed, Frye Hotel
      Frank H. Nowell , Seattle (photographer)

      Handwritten on back: Room 910

      Dates: circa 1912
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.53: Frye Hotel lobby

      Stamped on back: Hotel Frye, Seattle, Wash.

      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.54: Guest room with one bed, Frye Hotel

      Stamped on back: Hotel Frye, Seattle, Wash.

      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.55: Dining room, Frye Hotel

      Stamped on back: Hotel Frye, Seattle, Wash.

      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.56: Coffee shop, Frye Hotel

      Stamped on back: Hotel Frye, Seattle, Wash.

      Dates: circa 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.57: Coffee shop, Frye Hotel
      S.D. Owens, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1945
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.58: Front desk and lobby, Frye Hotel
      Dates: circa 1923
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.59: Banquet room, Frye Hotel
      S.D. Owens, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1945
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.61: Street entrance to Frye Hotel parking garage
      S.D. Owens, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1948
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.62: Dining room, Frye Hotel
      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.63: Frye Hotel lobby and elevator
      S.D. Owens, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1945
      Container: Box/Folder 1/29
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.66-.72: Louisa Catherine (Denny) Frye
      E.S. Curtis (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1910
      Container: Box/Folder 1/31-1/36
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.73: Elizabeth Frye Bogue in wedding dress

      Handwritten on back: Elizabeth Frye, daughter of Louisa C. Frye. Wedding dress, married Virgil Newton Bogue.

      Dates: circa 1907
      Container: Box/Folder 1/37
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.74: Elizabeth Frye Bogue
      Braas, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: 1901 January 19
      Container: Box/Folder 1/38
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.75: Elizabeth Frye Bogue
      E.S. Curtis, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/39
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.76: Portrait of the four daughters of George and Louisa Frye

      Elizabeth Frye Bogue, Mary Louisa Frye Fortson Kirk, Sophie Frye Bass, Roberta Frye Watt

      Dates: 1895
      Container: Box/Folder 1/40
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.77: Elizabeth Frye Bogue
      Myers (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/41
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.78: Sara Latimer Boren Denny, married to John Denny

      Wife of John Denny, Sarah Boren Denny was mother to Mary Ann Boren Denny, Louisa Boren Denny and Carson Boren.

      Dates: circa 1880
      Container: Box/Folder 1/42
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.79-.82: George Frederick Frye
      James & Bushnell, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1910
      Container: Box/Folder 1/43-1/44
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.83: Mary Ann Boren Denny, wife of Arthur Armstrong Denny
      Dates: 1908
      Container: Box/Folder 1/45
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.84: Arthur Armstrong Denny, father of Louisa Catherine
      Dates: circa 1890
      Container: Box/Folder 1/46
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.85: Mary Ann Boren Denny
      Frank LaRoche, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.86: Grace and Arthur Denny, children of Arthur Wilson Denny
      Frank LaRoche, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/47
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.87: Louisa Catherine Denny, Lenora Denny, Rolland Denny, and Orion Denny as children

      Two photos reproduced in collage, with photo of Louisa and Lenora dated 1850, and that of Rolland and Orion dated 1857.

      Dates: 1850; 1857
      Container: Box/Folder 1/48
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.88: Florence Denny Helliker, daughter of Rolland Denny
      E.S. Curtis, Seattle (photographer)
      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 1/49
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.89: Group in front of Alki Point monument

      Identifications on back of photo: (l to r) Louisa Catherine (Denny) Frye, Carson D. Boren, Mary Ann Denny, Rolland Denny, Mary Lou Sinclair

      Dates: 1905 November 13
      Container: Box/Folder 1/50
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.90: Schoolchildren and teacher in front of schoolhouse
      Asahel Curtis (photographer)

      Identifications of back of photo: Lizzie Mitchell, Ollie Bartholomew, Abbie Jones, George Dittenmeyer, William Russell, Pierre Ferry, Lillie White, Emma Pritchard, Fredriea Win, Jua Hubbert, Norman Booth, Emmet Russell, Haidie Gosch, Emma Win, Lillie Piper, Matt Nunan, Frank McRae, Bert Graves, Professor E.S. Ingraham, teacher

      Dates: circa 1875
      Container: Box/Folder 1/51
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.91: Exterior of George and Louisa Frye home at 1306 Madison Street
      Dates: circa 1895
      Container: Box/Folder 1/52
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.92: Women in carriage at Stanley Park, Vancouver BC

      Identifications on back of photo: Mary Ann Boren, L.L. Bacon, Agnes Bacon, Anne Williams, Elizabeth F. Bogue, Sophie Frye, Lilly Maitland, Lenora Denny

      Dates: 1908 August
      Container: Box/Folder 1/53
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.93: Photo of drawing of log cabin, first post office in Seattle
      Dates: 1853
      Container: Box/Folder 1/54
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.94: Christmas card from 1851 photograph of Alki Point cabin, sent by Laurence Denny Lindsay, grandson of David T. Denny
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1/55
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.95: Outdoor group photograph of members of the National League for Women's Services, WWI

      Includes separate sheet with handwritten list of names

      Dates: circa 1918
      Container: Box/Folder 1/56
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.96: Full length portrait of Margaret Lenora Denny
      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/57
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945
    • Description: 1990.45.97: Dr. James B. Eagleson

      Half-tone printed page with photo of Seattle doctor on patterned background. James B. Eagleson (1862-1928) was head of a base hospital during World War I.

      Dates: circa 1918
      Container: Box/Folder 1/58
      Location: Photographs, circa 1864-1945

  • Photograph albums, circa 1860-1920

    3 photograph albums
    • Description: 1990.45.65: Album of Frye Hotel interior views
      Walter P. Miller , Seattle (photographer)
      5 photographs on linen backing7.5 x 9.5 in. each

      Album with black leather cover and three-hole binding, containing photographs of the Frye Hotel lobby, meeting room, lounge with piano, and hotel dining room.

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/30
      Location: Photograph albums, circa 1860-1920
    • Description: 1990.45.30: Cartes de visite album

      This cartes de visite album was owned by Margaret Lenora Denny. It includes portraits which are probably of people in Washington, D.C. when Arthur Denny served as a representative. Included in the album is a photo of Arthur Denny and Rolland Herschel Denny in front of Dexter Horton Bank in Seattle, and of Father Chirouse and Indian pupils at Tulalip.

      Dates: circa 1880
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photograph albums, circa 1860-1920
    • Description: 1990.45.31: Cartes de visite and tintype album

      Presented to Louisa C. Frye from George Frye, this album includes portraits of Denny and Frye family members, some identified.

      Dates: circa 1860
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photograph albums, circa 1860-1920

  • Scrapbooks, circa 1900

    4 scrapbooks
    • Description: 1990.45.98: Capt. George Haley Fortson memorial scrapbook

      Clippings, correspondence and memorabilia relating to the life and death of George Haley Fortson. Includes 12 folders of loose materials removed from the scrapbook.

      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 3/1-13
      Location: Scrapbooks, circa 1900
    • Description: 1990.45.99: Arthur A. Denny family memorial scrapbook

      Newspaper clippings, obituaries and news articles relating to members of the Denny family.

      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box/Folder 3/14
      Location: Scrapbooks, circa 1900
    • Description: 1990.45.100: Arthur A. Denny memorial scrapbook

      Obituaries and news stories relating to Arthur A. Denny.

      Dates: 1899
      Container: Box/Folder 3/15
      Location: Scrapbooks, circa 1900

  • Papers, 1890-1946

    • Description: 1990.45.101: Seattle Historical Society membership list, meeting notes, lists of donations
      Dates: 1942-1945
      Container: Box/Folder 3/16
      Location: Papers, 1890-1946
    • Description: 1990.45.102: Sophie Frye Bass personal files, including sketches, maps and correspondence

      Research materials relating to books Bass authored on Seattle history, aided by Kate Archibald.

      Dates: 1890-1946
      Container: Box/Folder 3/17
      Location: Papers, 1890-1946
    • Description: 1990.45.103: Draft sections for "Pigtail Days in Old Seattle"

      Typewritten drafts not included in children's book written by Sophie Frye Bass, Auntie Opie's "Pigtail Days in Old Seattle." Stories and personal narratives relating to Howell Street, Renton Avenue, Greenwood Avenue, Carkeek Drive and Surber Avenue neighborhoods.

      Dates: circa 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 3/18
      Location: Papers, 1890-1946
    • Description: 1990.45.104: Correspondence, handwritten notes, story drafts with revisions, poetry, clippings

      Written by Sophie Frye Bass, or possibly Elizabeth Frye Bogue

      Dates: circa 1921-1940
      Container: Box/Folder 3/19-23
      Location: Papers, 1890-1946

Finding aid prepared by Sue Terrible
2016

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