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WAUPeabodyHenryPH2005_065.xmlGuide to the Henry G. Peabody Photograph Collection approximately 1875-1939Peabody (Henry G.) Photograph CollectionSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2016 (Last modified: 4/14/2022)

Seattle, WA 98195

Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH1052Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951Henry G. Peabody Photograph Collection approximately 1875-19394 b/w photographs, 1 stereo view, 11 glass plate negatives, 1 safety negative (1 box)Collection materials are in English.Images of Snoqualmie Falls, the Seattle waterfront, sailing ships, unidentified portraits of individuals and families, a studio interior. Also includes four portraits of Henry Peabody taken by W.G.C. Kimball and Alfred Witter.

Henry Greenwood Peabody was born in 1855. Early in his career, Peabody lived in Boston and documented the Northeast, including images of American yachts and the White Mountains. Later in his career, he made views for William Henry Jackson that were passed on to the Detroit Publishing Co. for use in their postcards. He eventually moved to California, where he photographed extensively in the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas.

Peabody toured extensively and created bound travelogs of Mexico, California, Yellowstone, and Yosemite National Park. He also published several works, including "Glimpses of the Grand Caynon," and "Representative American Yachts : A Collection of One Hundred and Ten Views." Peabody provided plates for several publications written by others, including "Spanish-Colonial Architecture in Mexico." He died in 1951.

Images of Snoqualmie Falls, the Seattle waterfront, sailing ships, unidentified portraits of individuals and families, and studio interior. Also includes four portraits of Henry Peabody taken by W.G.C. Kimball and Alfred Witter.

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Donor: Rod Slemmons via Emily R. Welch; received 2005.

Processed by Katarina Volchek, 2021

Originally accessioned as PH2005-065

Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood), 1855-1951--PhotographsSnoqualmie Falls (Wash. : Waterfall)--PhotographsSeattle (Wash.)--PhotographsPhotographsShips and ShippingWashington (State)

Photographic Prints of Henry G. Peabody1/11Portrait of a young Henry G. PeabodyBetween 1880 and 1916?Willis Gaylord Clark Kimball 1/12-3Henry G. Peabody in his studio1939Alfred Witter

Written on verso of PH Coll 1052.2: Mr H.G. Peabody the great photographer took Angeline {Kikisoblu, daughter of Chief Seattle } and Many others.

1/14Henry G. Peabody at his typewriter1939Alfred Witter

Written on verso: September 29, 1939- 84 years.

Snoqualmie Falls1/15Stereoview card of Snoqualmie FallsBetween 1889 and 1890

Taken while Henry G. Peabody was the official photographer for the International Maritime Exhibition, Boston 1889.

XNB16Safety negative of Snoqualmie FallsBetween 1889 and 1890

Taken while Henry G. Peabody was the official photographer for the International Maritime Exhibition, Boston 1889.

Seattle waterfront, sailing ships, unidentified portraits, and a studio interior1/17View of downtown Seattle waterfront from across the Puget Sound Between 1899 and 1908