WAUTakayoshiHenrySukezoPHColl440.xml Guide to the Henry Sukezo Takayoshi Photographs circa 1943-circa 1982 Takayoshi (Henry Sukezo) Photographs Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2008 (Last modified: 4/19/2018)
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Finding aid written inEnglish. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH0440 Takayoshi, Henry Sukezo Henry Sukezo Takayoshi photographs circa 1943-circa 1982 146 photographic prints (5 boxes) Collection materials are inEnglish. Art photographs of Seattle and vicinity by Japanese-American photographer, Henry Takayoshi

Henry Sukezo Takayoshi was an avid photographer for over 70 years, and in 1987 was one of only two Japanese-Americans in Seattle affiliated with the Photographic Society of America. He was mostly self-taught and strove to capture moments in the right setting and light. Starting in 1947, he exhibited with camera clubs and photographic societies throughout Washington and other Western states. He won his first prize from the Southwest Washington Fair in 1951 and continued to win awards from local camera clubs as well as the prestigious National Newspaper Snapshot Award in 1964. Takayoshi was also shown in the Seattle Times in their Snapshot Contest segment on multiple occasions from 1948 on.

Takayoshi was born in Tsuwano, Japan, in 1899 and was raised by his grandparents Seiichi and his wife who ran a store. Seiichi was an artist who specialized in family crests and might have influenced Henry Takayoshi's ideas of design and balance. Henry Takayoshi's father, Seinosuke had immigrated to the United States in 1899 by way of Hawaii to Port Blakely where he worked in a saw mill, later he started a green house company with Otto Petersen on Bainbridge Island. Henry joined his family in the U.S. in 1915, and began assisting his father in the family's green house business. The next year, he acquired his first camera and began a life-long interest in photography. Beside the green house business he worked at the Port Blakely Mill and in logging and fish camps in the area. In 1927 married Kikuyo Tokuhisa. They operated the family greenhouse business at Pleasant Beach until World War II when they were forced to relocate to the internment camp, Minidoka. Many of Henry's pre-World War II photographs were burned or destroyed by the photographer in 1942 when soldiers and FBI agents arrived to search Japanese-American families and their homes. After the war, he worked for Bake Rite Bakery in Seattle, retiring in 1965. He received a formal apology and reparations from the U.S. government in 1991. Most of Takayohi's work is in black and white, taken with a 35mm Zeiss Ikon camera.

A retrospective exhibit of his work was held in 1987 at the Bainbridge Library.

Photographs, printed for exhibition, dating from World War II to the 1980s. Most of them are taken in Seattle or surrounding areas except a series made on a one-month trip to Tsuwano, Japan in 1961. These photographs were originally part of an exhibit in 1987 co-sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Historical Society, Japanese-American Community and Public Library.

Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

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Donor, Kikuyo Takayoshi, 1995.

Processed by Stefanie Terasaki, 2012.

Takayoshi, Henry Sukezo--Photographs Photographs Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Photographs Seattle

 

Camp Minidoka History 1 1 Canal at Camp Minidoka circa 1943

1-3 are located on the same board.

Quote from accompanying material: I hide the camera and take this one picture. We would go fishing sometimes in the canal.

From accompanying material: Jack Yamaguchi, editor,Minidoka Irrigator, had the only official camera allowed in camp. Takayoshi made a small pinhole camera to take this picture.

 1 2-3 Views of Camp Minidoka and accompanying articles circa 1943 Henry Sukezo Takayoshi 1 4 Pattern in SmokeorPrayers[incense burning in respect for the passing of his son, Takato] circa 1947-circa 1982

Verso has stamp from the Central Washington Photographic Show where it won an award.

Quote from accompanying material: I had to sit very still to take the picture of the smoke. If I move even a little bit, then the smoke moves and I do not get a good picture.

 1 5 1969[Takayoshi family home, 212 25th Avenue South, Seattle] 1969 1 6 Dale Sakuma with son, Jim with camera examining photograph circa 1949-1950

From accompanying material: Takayoshi's son-in-law and grandchild in Mt. Vernon.

 1 7 Board with information about exhibit and Takayoshi circa 1987 1 8 Takayoshi with camera in a forest circa 1947-circa 1982 Nature and Landscapes 1 9 Brother- Sister[two trees near a lake] circa 1947-circa 1982

Verso has exhibition stamp and sticker from Film Pack Camera Club of Vancouver Washington, and the Central Washington Photographic Salon where he was awarded first prize.

 1 10 Dancing Tree[branch shadows among tree trunks] circa 1947-circa 1982 1 11a-b The Dawning[night blooming cereus] circa 1947-circa 1982

Verso has exhibition and photography club stickers: Bellingham Camera Club, Ponderosa Camera Club, Wilbur, WA, Grays Harbor Camera Club and the Evergreen Camera Club.

 1 12 Day is Done[San Juan Island view] circa 1947-circa 1982 1 13 Early Spring[stream with house and two horses] circa 1947-circa 1982 1 14a-b A Lone Flower[daffodil beside a lone tree] circa 1947-circa 1982

Verso has exhibition and camera club stamps and stickers: Seattle Photographic Society, Ponderosa Camera Club, Wilbur, WA and the Cotmoles Camera Club, Moses Lake.

 1 15 Marsh Reflections[sun on water with reeds] circa 1947-circa 1982 1 16a-b Natural Patterns[fern leaf pattern] circa 1947-circa 1982

Verso is covered in exhibition and photography club stickers including the Tacoma Photographic Society where he was awarded second place prize.

 1 17 Nature's Peep Show[boaters seen through stump on beach] circa 1947-circa 1982 2 18 Net Fishermen[LaConner, Washington] circa 1947-circa 1982 2 19a-b Sentinel[view from Mt. Erie, San Juan Islands] 1962

Verso is covered in exhibition and photography club stamps: Foto Circle of Seattle, Film Pack Camera Club of Vancouver, Washington (1962), Bellingham Camera Club, Lewis- Clark Camera Club, Lewiston, Idaho and Clarkston, Washington, Seattle Photographic Society, Wilbur Photo Club (Feb. 25, 1963), Olympia Y Camera Club, Photographic Society of America, Portland, OR (1964).

Awarded by the Boeing Employees' Camera Club (Awarded third), Atomic City Photo Club, Richland, WA (Awarded first, May 14, 1963), and the Film Pack Camera Club (Awarded third, June 13, 1963).

 2 20 Spring[plant in snow with shadows] circa 1949-1950 2 21 Winters Blanket[plants coming up through snow] circa 1947-circa 1982 2 22b Capilano bridge circa 1947-circa 1982

Mounted on verso of 22a.

Includes a magazine clipping and image about the bridge.

 2 23 Daffodil beside tree circa 1947-circa 1982 2 24 Five people silhouetted beneath tree circa 1947-circa 1982 2 25 Four horses and riders circa 1947-circa 1982 2 26 Kelp circa 1947-circa 1982 4 27 Landscape view with bridge circa 1947-circa 1982

Mounted on verso of item 54.

 2 28 Large trees with children on swings circa 1947-circa 1982 2 29 Net Fishermen with skiff, color print circa 1947-circa 1982 2 30 Night blooming cereus blossom circa 1947-circa 1982

See item 11 for plant not in bloom.

Quote from accompanying material: One of my friends had a big plant- a night blooming Cereus. It opens only once a year, maybe for an hour or so at 8-o'clock, 9-o'clock or 10-o'clock. It is so beautiful and fragrant. We all wait, have cookies and tea with friends, and I take these pictures.

 2 31 Pineapple circa 1947-circa 1982 2 22a Stump on beach with water circa 1947-circa 1982

Mounted on verso of item 22b.

 3 32 Three large tree trunks circa 1947-circa 1982

Probably at Green Lake, Seattle.

 3 33 Two men below large madrona trees circa 1947-circa 1982 3 34 Vine maple leaves in sun circa 1947-circa 1982 Seattle City Scenes 3 35a-b Accent on White and Black[water tower among rooftops and powerlines] circa 1963

Photograph has a stamp from the 1963 exhibition at the Seattle Center for the Northwest Council of Camera Clubs.

 3 36a-b The Anglers[two fishermen preparing their poles] 1963

Verso is covered in exhibition and photography club stamps: Forestian Camera Club, Foto Circle of Seattle, Spokane Valley Camera Club, Atomic City Photo Club of Richland Washington, Seattle Center Northwest Council of Camera Clubs, Yakima Camera Club, Port Angeles Camera Club, Bellevue Camera Club, Skagit Camera Club, Bremerton and the Invitational Exhibition of the Film Pack Camera Club of Vancouver Washington.

 3 37 Black and White[subject unknown, a study in form] circa 1947-circa 1982 3 38 Carvings[crucifix on wood carvings] circa 1947-circa 1982 3 39a-b Circle Lines[ladder on tower] circa 1947-circa 1982

Verso is covered in exhibition and photography club stamps: Foto Circle of Seattle, Seattle Center Northwest Council of Camera Clubs, Bremerton Camera Club, Film Pack Camera Club of Vancouver Washington (1967), Grays Harbor Camera Club (1967), Tacoma Photographic Society (1967), and the Seattle Photographic Society.

 3 40a-b The Cubicle[building in shade] 1959

Verso is covered in exhibition and photography club stamps: Tacoma Photographic Society Inc., Olympia Y Camera Club, Bellingham Camera Club, Forestian Camera Club, Monticello Camera Club of Longview Washington (1959), Spokane Camera Club, Spokane Valley Camera Club (1959), and the Film Pack Camera Club of Vancouver (1959, awarded 2nd).

 3 41 Day is Done[Captain Yiannis ship docked at the Seattle waterfront] circa 1947-circa 1982 3 42a-b Dressing Up[Men suspended by ropes painting side of ship] 1961

Verso is covered in exhibition and photography club stamps: Seattle Photographic Society, Forestian Camera Club, Boeing Employees' Camera Club (Feb. 28, 1961 where awarded second place by popular vote), Foto Circle of Seattle, Spokane Valley Camera Club (awarded first), Coeur D'Alene Camera Club (June 26, 1961), Lewis-Clark Camera Club, Ritzville Camera Club, Yakima Camera Club.

 3 43 Eaves[Seattle Buddhist church roof peak with crest of Shinran Shonin founder of Shin Buddhism] circa 1947-circa 1982 3 44 ErrandorWinter Trek[boy and dog in snow] circa 1947-circa 1982

Taken from the window of the Takayoshi house- 212 25th Street.

 3 45a-b Fishermen[two fishermen in skiff from Lloyd's, Elliot Bay] circa 1947-circa 1982

Photograph has a stamp from the Invitational Photographic Exhibition of the Film Pack Camera Club of Vancouver, WA.

 3 46 Fluid Image[reflection of a ship in rippled water] circa 1947-circa 1982

Photograph has a stamp from the Central Washington Photographic Salon.

 3 47 Fresh Out[empty bottle on a bench] circa 1947-circa 1982 3 48a-b Glass Wall[woman and child beside building] 1958

Similar to item 49.

Verso is covered in exhibition and photography club stamps: Evergreen Camera Club of Seattle, WA (Jan. 14, 1958), Seattle Photographic Society, Bremerton Camera Club, F:67 Camera Club, Tacoma Photographic Societ Inc. (Apr. 9, 1958), Port Angeles Camera CLub, Bellingham Camera Club, Yakima Camera Club (Oct. 9, 1958), Invitational Exhibit of the Film Pack Camera Club of Vancouver Washington (1960), and the Southwest International Salon of Photography where he was awarded second.

Quote from accompanying material: Sometimes I take pictures downtown. At the old telephone company on Third Avenue, I take a picture of a baby with its momma using reflection in stone and lines fro interesting picture.

 3 49 Urban ImageorGlass Wall[woman and child beside building] 1958

Similar to item 48.

Verso has stamp from the Central Washington Photographic Salon and the 3rd International Paine Art Center Exhibition.

 4 50 Indian Heritage[Native American wood carver carving totem] circa 1947-circa 1982 4 51a-b Leaving the Ship[Seattle waterfront from ferry] circa 1949

Verso is covered in exhibition and photography club stamps: Gray's Harbor County Fair (1949), Evergreen Camer Club of Seattle Wash, Skagit County Camera Club, Kohga Camera Club, Seattle, Washington (1949), Mt. Rainier Seattle Photographic Society, Foto Alpine Inc., Valley Camera Club.

 4 52 Lonely Vigil circa 1949-1950 4 53a-c Lonely Vigil[bird in ship's rigging] 1950

Verso has exhibition stamps from: Camera Club, Snohomish Camera Club, KOHGA Photographic Society (1950), Evergreen Camera Club, Mt. Rainer Seattle Photographic Society, Gig Harbor Camera Club, Bremerton Camera Club, Grays Harbor County Fair (1950), Bellingham Camera Club, Lewis County Camera Club, Foto Alpine Inc., Y's Camera Club and F:67 Camera Club.

Quote from accompanying material: The first time I got a ribbon was forLonely Vigil. It was at the Southwest Washington Fair in 1951. I got twenty dollars. This is a very special picture for me.

 4 54 Mask[old carved wooden mask] circa 1947-circa 1982 4 55 Old Reflections[ship and anchor] circa 1950

Written on verso: Reflections on the Past

 4 56 Peace[statue of Christ at Saint Cabrini Hospital] circa 1947-circa 1982

Similar to item 57.

Quote from accompanying material: This one I sent to Japan to a Catholic Church Snapshot Contest. It won first prize in the whole world. They gave me a special kind of book. To take the picture, I wait one year. Every day I take my camera to work and go by this place- fall, winter, spring, summer: ever day- pass, pass, pass. Then only one day the light is right. The next day is no good, so I wait a year to get it just right.

 4 57 Peace[statue of Christ] circa 1947-circa 1982

Similar to item 56.

 4 58 PeaceorLet Us Pray[statue of Christ form below looking up] circa 1947-circa 1982

Similar to items 56 and 57.

Verso has stamp from the Central Washington Photographic Salon.

 4 59a-c 1958 The PickuporPlaymate[two pigeons on a light support with building fire escapes]

Verso is covered in 10 exhibition and photography club stamps between January and October of 1958 and in 1963. This includes a stamp for the Des Moines, Iowa International Photographic Salon.

 4 60a-b Pikes Place 1963

Verso has a stamp from the Seattle Center Northwest Council of Camera Clubs (1963).

 4 61a-b circa 1950 ReachorAction[boat painters and ship]

Verso has exhibition stamp for 3rd International Paine Art Center Exhibition.

Written on verso: Painters reach or painters.

 4 62 Seattle SceneorChanging Times[people walking in the rain] circa 1947-circa 1982 4 63 circa 1947-circa 1982 Sentinel[Church steeple possibly at Seattle University] 5 64a-b circa 1947-circa 1982 Silent Sign[close up of church steeple] 5 65 circa 1947-circa 1982 Silver Lines[intersecting railroad lines] 5 66a-c Time Out[seated man's hand, leg and shoes] circa 1947-circa 1982

66b has exhibition stamps from the Des Moines International photographic Salon and the California State Fair.

From accompanying material: I took the picture of the old man in the lobby of an old hotel in Seattle.

 5 67 circa 1963 Under Bridge[Seattle railroad tracks from bridge] 5 68a-b Vacancy[stone bench in the snow] circa 1947-circa 1982 5 69 circa 1947-circa 1982 Vintage[wooden ship and tugboat]

Quote from accompanying material: These two (Visiting America [and Vintage]) are theNippon Marusail training ship from Japan on Elliot Bay (Seattle). One is just after the war. The other is five years ago, about 1982.

 5 70 1982 Visiting America[Japanese sail training ship]

TheNippon Marusailing ship from Japan on Elliot Bay.

 5 71 circa 1947-circa 1982 Aerial view of students walking on path, Seattle University 5 72 circa 1947-circa 1982 Aerial view of many students, Seattle University

Similar to item 58.

 5 73 Airplane circa 1947-circa 1982

Photograph of a Boeing passenger jet. (May be the first Japan Airline flight).

 5 74 circa 1947-circa 1982 Boeing commercial airplane, Northwest Orient Airlines 5 75 circa 1947-circa 1982 Building facade, skyscraper 5 76 Elliot Bay and Puget Sound with sunlight on water through clouds circa 1949-1950

From accompanying material: Takayoshi darkens or burns in the sky during the printing process to emphasize the contrast of sky and water. This picture is from Queen Anne Hill overlooking Smith Cove.

Quote from accompanying material: I had to learn developing and printing to guarantee getting my pictures jsut right.

 5 77 circa 1947-circa 1982 No Title[Two fans inside metal loop, a study in form] 5 78 circa 1947-circa 1982 No title[Figures at monument of Statue of Liberty, Alki Beach] 5 79 1962 or after No Title[Seattle monorail line and the Washington Plaza Hotel tower, now known as a Westin Hotel tower on 5th Avenue] 9 80b circa 1947-circa 1982 Pioneer Square street scene, Seattle

Mounted on verso of 80a.

 6 81a Seattle waterfront and Smith Tower from ferry circa 1947-circa 1982 6 82 Seattle waterfront from ferry circa 1949-1950 6 83 Seattle cityscape from roof of Takayoshi residence circa 1949-1950 6 84b Seattle cityscape from roof of Takayoshi residence circa 1949-1950

Close crop of item 83.

 6 84a Ship wheel suspended from ceiling with lantern attached circa 1949-1950 6 85 1948 Ship's block and cables 6 86 Urban garden snow scene circa 1947-circa 1982

Possibly near Seattle University.

 6 87 Urban garden snow scene circa 1947-circa 1982

Possibly near Seattle University.

 Animals and Seattle Waterfront 6 88a-b A Basket in the Air[Sun over West Seattle reflected on Elliot Bay 1965

Verso has exhibition stamp and sticker from Film Pack Camera Club of Vancouver Washington, and the Grays Harbor Camera Club First Annual Salon (1965).

Quote from accompanying material: I took this one with a Nikomat Camera, the first picture I took with it. The camera has a standard 50mm lens. You may like this picture. I don't like it. I make it for other people who do like it.

 6 89 Encore[standing polar bear] circa 1947-circa 1982

Quote from accompanying material: I like this one. The detail, the fur, the expression.

 6 90 Fan Dance[seagull with outstretched wings] circa 1947-circa 1982

Won Snapshot Contest in in Class D in 1958 for the Seattle Daily Times.

 6 91a-b Get Out of My Pool[seagull and pelican, Seattle Aquarium] circa 1947-circa 1982

Photo was awarded the Seattle Times Photo Award accroding to inventory sheet.

Quote from accompanying material: I started entering photos in newspaper contests- Seattle Times, Seattle P.I. In 1916, before the war and after the war. Of course, I can't carry camera during the war. I try, try, try to win a prize. Twenty times I try. In 1964, I finally win a newspaper prize--a National Snapshot award. To get that picture, I sat all day waiting, waiting to get the seagulls in the picture with the pelican.

 6 92 Gossip[three polar bears] circa 1947-circa 1982 6 81b Hachiko[family dog in the snow] 1969

Same dog can be seen in item 93.

On verso of 81a.

 6 93a-b Hatchiko, family dog circa 1969 7 94 Near Miss[four seagulls on pier, Seattle waterfront] circa 1947-circa 1982 7 95a-b Peek-a-booorWebb(dog watching kneeling man photographing a goat, Mt. Vernon, Washington) circa 1947-circa 1982

Quote from accompanying material: This is my friend Mr. Smith in Mt. Vernon taking a picture of a goat at my daughter's place. It has one, two, three elements. The dog is watching the man watching the goat watching the man. I just went outside for a while and there it was!

 7 95c Peek-a-boo[surprised cat] circa 1947-circa 1982

Mounted on 95a.

 7 96 Wake You Up[seagull and polar bear] circa 1947-circa 1982 7 97 Lioness with her baby circa 1947-circa 1982

Quote from accompanying material: I like to take pictures of nature and animals. Sometimes I get up early in the morning and go to the Woodland Park Zoo-quiet, no people. Animals are quiet then, washing face, sleeping. That's the best time to get their picture.

 7 98 Robin eating worm circa 1948

Won third prize in the Animal life division for the Seattle Daily Times Snapshot Contest in 1948.

Quote from accompanying material: And the robin, my daughter took care of it after it fell out of the nest.

 7 99 Swan circa 1947-circa 1982 7 100 Tropical fish circa 1947-circa 1982 7 101 Two monkeys circa 1947-circa 1982 7 102 Two polar bears, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle circa 1947-circa 1982 7 103 Two standing polar bears dancing or playing circa 1947-circa 1982 Trip to Tsuwano, Japan 1961

Quote from accompanying material: In 1961, my wife and I went to Japan to visit the town where I was born. Tsuwano, Shimane-Ken is on Honshu Island. The town used to have 1000 people. Now it is bigger than that. These pictures I took near where I was born. Rice plants are growing in the water, being dried, and stacked into piles. Bamboo forests grow on the hillside.

 7 104 Beacon 1961 7 105 Bridal Rocks[waves and rocks] 1961 7 106 Beach Scene 1961

See item 107. Same beach but without the person.

 8 107 Crabbing[fisherman on shore] 1961

Quote from accompanying material: My mother was born here at Gotsu. The people harvest nori (seaweed) here.

 8 108 1961 Drying Rice, Japan[Tsuwano, Japan] 8 109 Fire Bell-Japan[Village gong] 1961

May be the Yamaguchi prefecture.

Quote from accompanying material: Old time fire bell in village of Japan.

 8 110a-b 1961 Geta[sandals] 8 111 1961 Geta[sandals]

Similar to item 110.

 8 112 Hot Springs[Arifuku Hot Springs] 1961 8 113 1961 Landscape[Tsuwano, Japan] 8 114 Mt. Fuji from Jukoku Pass 1961 8 115 1961 Nagoya Castle[Japan, vertical format] 8 116 1961 Nagoya Castle[Japan, horizontal format] 8 117 1961 Rice Farm[Drying lines/rack in Tsuwano, Japan]

See item 108.

 8 118 Roof[village in Japan] 1961

See item 112. May be Arifuku Hot Spring or Beppu Hot Springs village.

 8 119 1961 Rural Japan[Tsuwano, Japan] 8 120a-b 1961 Rural Scenery[Tsuwano, Japan] 8 121 1961 Souvenir[old style woven sandal]

Quote from accompanying material: This is a waraji. It is a kind of shoe or sandal. A long time ago, when I was a boy in the snow, we wore these shoes with no socks!

 9 122 1961 Souvenir[sake bottle hanging from bamboo] 9 123a-b 1961 Tranquility[Water dripping from bamboo spout into rock basin with bamboo dipper]

Written on verso: Foto Circle of Seattle

Verso has an exhibition stamp fro mthe Southwest Washington Fair in Centralia- Chehalis.

 9 124 1961 Wooden Crafts[Japan]

Quote from accompanying material: These are fishing boasts used by fisherman who fish at night with cormorants (sea birds). They build a fire over the bow to attract the fish and the birds dive down and catch them only they can't swallow them because the fisherman has a ring around the bird's neck. The boats are tied up during the day.

 9 125a-b 1961 Wooden Crafts

See item 124.

 9 126 1961 Bamboo fountain and rock receptacle 9 80a 1961 Bamboo pile

Mounted on verso of 80b.

 9 127 1961 Boys day kites, four carp kites flying from pole 9 128 1961 Bridge, Japan

Quote from accompanying material: Abacus Bridge in afternoon at sunset. If you want to see Japan, see this bridge. It is very beautiful.

 9 129 1961 Farm fields with rice drying racks and dried rice stacks 9 130 1961 Farm Houses, Tsuwano, Japan 9 131 Miyajima Torii with sightseers and water, Japan 1961 9 132 Mount McKinley, view from airplane 1961

Quote from accompanying material: This was taken from the airplane on our stormy flight back from Japan. The camera was held very close to the window.

 9 133 1961 Sake bottle hanging from bamboo

Similar to item 122.

 9 134 Scenic view of Honolulu, Hawaii from trip to Japan 1961 9 135 Tokyo Tower 1961 9 136 1961 Tourist boats on river, Mieken Village, Japan 9 137 1961 Tourists on ridge near Mount Fuji 9 138a-b Tsuwano, Town where Henry Takayoshi was born 1961

Japanese writing on verso.

 9 139 Village in Japan 1961

May be Beppu Hot Springs village.

 M266 140 Award Collage circa 1970s

Foamboard collage of decals, ribbons, and certificates collected by Takayoshi that document his photographic competition entries during the 1950s and 1960s.

Decals include "Exhibited" decals from the Northwest Photographic Salon at the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup, Washington (years 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1967, 1969); Kohga Camera Club of Seattle, Washington; the Foto Circle of Seattle, Washington; Central Washington Photographic Salon in Yakima, Washington; and the Northwest International Exhibition at Western Washington Fair in Puyallup, Washington. Decals also include "Accepted" decals from the Seattle Photographic Society's Seattle International Exhibition of Photography, 1955; the Northwest Council of Camera Clubs; and the 5th Great Falls Salon of Photography, Great Falls, Montana, in 1951.

Ribbons include an Honorable mention ribbon; two Honorable Mentions from the Northwest Council of Camera Clubs; First Premium from the Southwest Washington Fair, 151; Prize Print from the Northwest Council of Camera Clubs; Honorable Mention from the Film Park Camera Club, Vancouver, Washington; and an Honorable Mention from the CCCC and the Northwest Council of Camera Clubs Joint Convention in Portland, Oregon, 1972.

Two certificates include a membership certificate for The Photographic Society of America, and a Certificate of Merit (with honor ribbon) awarded for his photoGet Out of My Poolentered in the 26th Annual Newspaper National Snapshot Awards through the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.