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PH0852
Turner, James A. (James Aaron), 1887-1951
James A. Turner
photographs
circa 1918-1937
104 photographic
prints (1 box) ; sizes vary
Collection materials are in
English.
Photographs
chiefly of people, places, and scenes in Seattle and other areas of Washington
State.
James A. Turner was a streetcar conductor in the Ballard and Fremont
neighborhoods of Seattle and often photographed people and sites along his
routes. Seattle began building their streetcar system in 1884, beginning with
downtown routes and soon expanding to other areas of the city. The streetcars
were slowly replaced by busses beginning around 1930, disappearing entirely
around 1940. James Turner married Kathryn Raymond on September 3, 1927.
Photographs chiefly of the Turner family and other people, places, and
scenes in Seattle and Washington State.
Many of the loose photographs are double sided so each photo has
another one glued on the back of it.
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Source: Fairlook Antiques, Michael Maslan, January 20, 2003 (loose
prints); February 21, 2010 (album).
Processed by Emily Bailey; processing completed in 2011.
The album was deteriorating, so the photographs were removed. The
original order was retained.
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Turner, James A. (James Aaron), 1887-1951--Photographs
Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs
Washington (State)--Photographs
Photographs
Seattle
Kathryn Turner Album
The album was deteriorating, so the photographs were removed and
placed in folders. The original order was retained. The album contained 85
photographs of James and Kathryn Turner with family and friends during the
first six years of their marriage.
1/1
1-1a
James Turner at Mt. Rainier National
Park
circa 1927
Caption on album: "My Darling" at Rainier National Park.
1/1
1-1b
James Turner on a forest path with his
camera equipment
circa 1927
Pasted to the back of item 1-1a.
1/1
1-2a-b
Kathryn Turner in a park near large
tower
May 1927
Handwritten on page: My first date with James, May 1927.
1/1
1-3a
James Turner and Kathryn in a
park
Summer 1927
1/1
1-3b
View toward downtown Seattle and Lake
Union
circa 1927
Pasted to the back of item 1-3a.
1/2
1-4
Kathryn Turner's parents in front of
their home
June 30, 1927
Handwritten on page: Taken at home on Mother's 60th birthday,
June 30th 1927.
1/2
1-5
Kathryn Turner's sister, Mary, sitting
on the grass with a dog
1927
Handwritten on page: Sister Mary- 21-years-1927.
1/2
1-6a-b
James and Kathryn Turner on a forest
path
July 1927
Handwritten on page: I said "yes" to my darling, 1927 July.
1/3
1-7a
James Turner seated with a woman on
large pile of rocks with Kathryn in the background
circa 1927
Handwritten on page: Spying on James, before we were
married.
1/3
1-7b
Man sitting on rock wall at the edge of the water with a
train passing
circa 1927
1/3
1-8a
James Turner standing at the edge of
the water with what is probably his camera case on his shoulder
circa 1927
1/3
1-8b
People gathered around picnic table at
North Beach
circa 1927
Handwritten on page: Regina, Ralph and Raymonds at North Beach
1927.
1/3
1-9
James Turner posing in swimming
attire
circa 1927
Handwritten on page: My sweetheart thinks he'll take a dive.
1/4
1-10
James and Kathryn Turner surrounded by
family on their wedding day
September 3, 1927
Handwritten on page: My wedding at home, September 3, 1927,
everybody's happy.
1/4
1-11
Photograph was missing from
album
September 3, 1927
Handwritten on page: flirting with my husband September 3,
1927. Grandmother Breuster 92 years old.
1/4
1-12
James and Kathryn Turner in front of
their house on their wedding day.
September 3, 1927
Handwritten on page: On our wedding day, September 3, 1927.
1/4
1-13
James Turner seated looking at a book
with Kathryn in the background
September 3, 1928
Handwritten on page: On our first anniversary September 3,
1928.
1/4
1-14
James and Kathryn Turner in Denny
Park
October 1927
Handwritten on page: James and Kathryn, October 1927, Denny
Park, Seattle.
1/4
1-15
Kathryn Turner on a path in Woodland
Park, Seattle
1928
Handwritten on page: Kathryn, 1928, Woodland Park, Seattle.
1/5
1-16a
Kathryn Turner reading a book in
Woodland Park, Seattle
1927
Handwritten on page: Kathryn, Woodland Park, 1927.
1/5
1-16b
James Turner seated on a log in Woodland Park,
Seattle
1927
Pasted to the back of item 1-16a.
1/5
1-17a-b
James and Kathryn Turner in Woodland
Park, Seattle
January 1928
Handwritten on page: January-1928.
1/5
1-18
Young girl, Billie Pat, standing in a
flower garden
circa 1928
Handwritten on page: Billie Pat.
1/5
1-19
Kathryn Turner's mother and young girl,
Billie Pat, standing under a tree on Mother's Day
May 1928
Handwritten on page: Mother and Billie Pat on Mother's Day, May
1928.
1/6
1-20a
James Turner reading a book on the
beach
May 1928
Handwritten on page: "My Darling" May 1928.
1/6
1-20b
James and Kathryn Turner on a park path
circa 1928
Pasted to the back of item 1-20a.
1/6
1-21a
Kathryn Turner standing under a
Hawthorn tree
May 1928
Handwritten on page: Kathryn out by the hawthorn tree, May
1928.
1/6
1-21b
The Helen B.
Sterling docked at the Port of Seattle near Pier 40.
circa 1928
The Helen B. Sterling is docked in front of another boat,
possibly the Dorothy H. Sterling. Both ships were
used in offshore lumber trade and ended their sailing careers in Australia,
1930. Pasted to the back of item 1-21a.
1/6
1-22a
James Turner on a ferry headed to
Tacoma
June 1928
Handwritten on page: James escorted his wife to Tacoma, June
1928, to take part in Greenwood's Eastern Star drill team.
1/6
1-22b
View from the harbor of the Alaska Steamship Company at
Pier 2 and part of downtown Seattle.
circa 1928
Pasted to the back of item 1-22a.
1/6
1-23a
Kathryn Turner on a ferry headed to
Tacoma
June 1928
Handwritten on page: We won the honors at Grand Chapter O.E.S.
competing with Spokane and Tacoma, June 1928.
1/6
1-23b
View from Queen Anne Hill of South Lake
Union
circa 1928
Pasted to the back of item 1-23a.
1/6
1-24
Empty page
1/6
1-25
Kathryn Turner and friends standing
near automobile on the side of Chuckanut drive in Bellingham,
Washington
June 1928
Handwritten on page: Ralph, Regina, and Kathryn on Chuckanut
drive, Bellingham, Washington. June 1928.
1/7
1-26
View from lake near Index,
Washington
July 1928
Handwritten on page: Pictures on the way and at Index, July
1928. We were the guests of the Nicholas.
1/7
1-27a-b
View from the river near Index,
Washington
July 1928
1/7
1-28a
Kathryn Turner
circa 1928
1/7
1-28b
Kathryn Turner and her friend, Edna Kelly.
circa 1928
Handwritten on page: My dear friend Edna Kelly.
1/8
1-29a
A Seattle landscape
circa 1928
1/8
1-29b
Kathryn Turner's sister, Mary, standing with a bouquet
under a tree
circa 1928
Handwritten on page: Sisters, Mary and Kathryn, Mary 22 and
Kathryn not telling.
1/8
1-29c
A portrait of Kathryn
Turner
circa 1928
1/8
1-30
James Turner seated looking at a book
with Kathryn in the background
September 3, 1928
This photograph is a duplicate of 1-12. Caption on page: James
and I very much in love on our 1st wedding anniversary, 1928.
1/8
1-31a-b
James and Kathryn Turner on their first
anniversary
September 3, 1928
Handwritten on page: Love scenes, continued on the same day.
1/9
1-32a-b
Geraldine Slater at age
three
circa 1928
Handwritten on page: Geraldine Slater. Ain't she sweet, three
years old.
1/9
1-33a
Kathryn Turner on the beach
undated
Handwritten on page: Kathryn at beach.
1/9
1-33b
Photograph was missing from
album
undated
1/9
1-34a
Kathryn Turner's father and his friend
looking at a car near the Turner's home
September 1928
Handwritten on page: Harold and Dad in front of our place,
September 1928.
1/9
1-34b
Kathryn Turner's sister, Mary, in the
snow at Woodland Park
February 1929
Handwritten on page: Mary at Woodland Park, February 1929.
1/10
1-35
Cecille and Geraldine Tenny on the top
of the Cobb building
1929
Handwritten on page: Cecille and Geraldine Tenny on top of the
Cobb Building, 1929.
1/10
1-36a
Kathryn Turner in formal
attire
1929
Handwritten on page: Kathryn as "Ruth" for 1929 at Greenwood
Chapter, taken on Star Point Night.
1/10
1-37a
View from the Gorge at Victoria,
British Columbia
July 4th, 1929
Handwritten on page: James at the Gorge Victoria, B.C. on the
4th of July- 1929.
1/10
1-37b
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Robeson in front of a
house
circa 1929
Handwritten on page: Mr. and Mrs. Cal Robeson.
1/10
1-38
Jane McCurley seated with infant
twins
1929
Handwritten on page: Jane McCurley with her twins, 1929.
1/11
1-39a
James Turner at Volunteer Park in
Seattle
1929
James Turner at Volunteer Park, 1929.
1/11
1-39b
Kathryn Turner's father at a baseball
game in Woodland Park.
circa 1920
Handwritten on page: My "Dad" at a baseball game, Woodland Park
about 1920.
1/11
1-40
James Turner pictured with a
dog
undated
Handwritten on page: James and Peggy. Two newspaper articles are
also included on the page. This first is about the Greenwood chapter of the
Order of Eastern Star and the second is Kathryn Turner's wedding
announcement.
1/11
1-41
James and Kathryn Turner on their
second wedding anniversary
September 3, 1929
Handwritten on page: Our second wedding anniversary, 1929.
1/11
1-42
Group of people and a child in front of a
house
January 1930
Handwritten on page: Mr. and Mrs. Harm, Mr. and Mrs. F.E. Best
and Mrs. Whitney- January 1930.
1/12
1-43
Kathryn Turner's parents, the Raymonds,
playing cards outside in yard
circa 1930
Handwritten on page: Mother and Dad on their 40th wedding
anniversary.
1/12
1-44
Kathryn and James Turner under a cherry
blossom tree
1930
Handwritten on page: James and Kathryn still in love. The flower
that blooms in the spring tra la la. 1930.
1/12
1-45
Kathryn and James Turner under a cherry
blossom tree
1930
Handwritten on page: James and Kathryn still in love. The flower
that blooms in the spring tra la la. 1930.
1/12
1-46
Kathryn seated under a tree
September 3, 1930
Handwritten on page: Much adoration for my darling, three years
after.
1/12
1-47
James and Kathryn Turner on their third
anniversary seated under a tree
September 3, 1930
Handwritten on page: Love still reigns on our third wedding
anniversary, 1930.
1/13
1-48
Kathryn Turner and her friends
including her sister Mary in front of a snowy house
1930
Handwritten on page: Millie, Kathryn, Clara and Mary, 1930.
1/13
1-49
Kathryn Turner's sister, Mary, and her
fiancé Dick
May 1931
Handwritten on page: Mary and Dick just before they were
married, May 1931.
1/13
1-50
Katherine Turner's mother and aunt
Susie
June 1931
Handwritten on page: Mother and aunt Susie, June 1931.
1/13
1-51
Kathryn Turner's aunt seated in the Turner's
yard
June 1931
1/13
1-52
James Turner on a forest
path
October 31, 1931
Handwritten on page: "My Darling" as he looked after the result
of his accident, October 31, 1931.
1/14
1-53a-b
James and Kathryn Turner at Woodland
Park in the winter
February 1929
Handwritten on page: Kathryn and James at Woodland Park,
February 1929.
1/14
1-54a
Kathryn Turner at Lincoln
Beach
1928
Handwritten on page: Kathryn at Lincoln Beach, 1928.
1/14
1-55
Mrs. Lewis in front of a
house
June 1932
Handwritten on page: Mrs. Lewis, a dear friend of Grandmother
Raymonds, June 1932.
1/14
1-56
James and Kathryn Turner seated on a
log at the beach
August 1931
Handwritten on page: James and his sweetheart at Carrie Weimer's
Summer Home, August 1931.
1/15
1-57a
Carrie and Scott Weimer in front of
their summer home at Whidbey Island
1931
Handwritten on page: Carrie and Scott Weimer at their Summer
Home, Whybie Island [sic].
1/15
1-57b
Group of people on the beach at Whidbey
Island
1931
Handwritten on page: Dorie Chapter visits the Weimers at their
Summer Home.
1/15
1-58
James and Kathryn Turner sitting on a
bench
September 3, 1931
Handwritten on page: James and Kathryn still sweethearts,
"although they may not look it," trying to sit pretty on their fourth wedding
anniversary, 1931.
1/15
1-59
Photograph was missing from
album
November 11, 1931
Caption on page: Kathryn takes part in "play" given by
Greenwood O.E.S., November 11, 1931.
1/15
1-60a
Kathryn Turner at Volunteer
Park
May 1932
Caption on page: Kathryn at Volunteer Park, May 1932.
1/15
1-60b
Kathryn Turner's father and his friend
in front of a car
1928
Caption on page: Dear Old Dad, Harold, and Peggy enjoying a
beautiful Fall day.
1/15
1-60c
Mill along railroad track
circa 1928
1/15
1-61
Mrs. Tenny and her daughter seated in a
garden
June 1932
Caption on page: My dear Mrs. Tenny and her darling daughter
Geraldine at home, June 1932.
1/16
1-62a
Kathryn Turner in front of the Turner
home
July 1932
Caption on page: Kathryn takes off for work, July 1932.
1/16
1-62b
Mrs. Brewster in Port
Angeles
undated
Caption on page: Grandmother Brewster long, long ago at Port
Angeles.
1/16
1-63a
James and Kathryn Turner seated on a
park bench
September 3, 1932
Caption on page: The dear Turners on their fifth wedding
anniversary 1932.
1/16
1-63b
Kathryn Turner in front of a
house
1932
Caption on page: Again The Old Girl starts out to make a dollar.
She has a hidden secret. Caption on vertical side of page: Kathryn is happy
about something, I wonder what???
1/16
1-64
Empty page
1/16
1-65a
Parked cars with Mt. Rainier in the
background
October 4, 1932
Caption on page: Mt. Rainier as it looked October 4th 1932 at 5
o'clock. Mary Kelly, Ruby Kelly, Mother and I returning from our wonderful trip
to Yakima.
1/16
1-65b
The Turners and their friends in front
of the Kelly home in Port Angeles
undated
At Edna Kelly's Summer home, Port Angeles.
1/17
1-66
Kathryn Turner with her newborn son
James Jr.
1933
Caption on photograph: James Jr. at 6 weeks of age. Caption on
page: Telling his mother the whole truth. Nothing But.
1/17
1-67
Kathryn Turner with her newborn son
James Jr.
February 1933
Caption on page: The Blessed Event: Kathryn holding her own
James Jr. born January 10th 1933, Tuesday at 10:20.
1/17
1-68
Kathryn Turner's parents, the Raymonds,
in front of their home
June 1927
Caption on page: Mother and Dad at home June-1927.
1/17
1-69a
Kathryn Turner's father's grave with
flowers
1932
Caption on page: Father's flowers. He passed away October 23,
1932. Sunday morning at 8:30. Over 50 bouquets of flowers.
1/17
1-69b
Kathryn Turner's parents with her sister Mary and her
newborn daughter
1932
Caption on page: Mother, Mary and Dorthy, 2 months old. Dad at
his son's Lieut. Raymond's home in Fort Lewis, Washington just two weeks to the
day before he passed away.
1/17
1-70
Kathryn Turner in front of a home
holding her young son James Jr.
circa 1934
Photographs of Turner family and Seattle
scenes
Double-sided photographs- These are photographs that are
glued back to back
1/18
2a
James Turner and a young woman on
house steps, possibly a Turner family member
circa 1920s
1/18
2b
Large ship on water
circa 1918
1/18
3a
City neighborhood and landscape
circa 1918
1/18
3b
Girl, possibly a Turner family member, standing near
water in swim attire with Fremont Bridge in background.
circa 1918
1/18
4a
Two young women with flowers in field, possibly Turner
family members.
circa 1918
1/18
4b
Fisher Flouring Mills Company and ship at waterfront
on Harbor Island, WA.
circa 1916
The Fisher family went on to form the KOMO radio
station.
1/18
5a
Large ship on water with smoke coming out of
smokestacks
circa 1918
1/18
5b
Four women, possibly Turner family members on beach
wearing kelp dresses.
circa 1918
caption on photo: Ollie, Madge, Mom, Marian
1/18
6a
View from water of Stimson Mill, Fremont Bridge, and
Bleitz Funeral Parlor
circa 1921
1/18
6b
Two young women, possibly Turner family members, at
the locks
circa 1918
1/18
7a
View of city, Lake Union, and Liberty
Ships
circa 1918
Liberty Ships were a type of vessel built during World War
II.
1/18
7b
Two young women on bridge wall, possibly Turner family
members.
circa1918
1/18
8a
Seattle waterfront view
circa 1918
1/18
8b
Woman in flower garden in front of house, possibly
Turner family member.
circa 1918
1/18
9a
Woman conductor on street car in Fremont.
circa 1918
1/18
9b
Ship at Fremont
circa 1918
The photo is cut in half
1/19
10
James Turner sitting on a bench with
wife, Kathryn, and son, James Jr.
circa 1937
This photograph was with the album.
1/19
11
Two women beneath a tree, possibly
Turner or Raymond family members
circa 1920s
This photograph was with the album.
1/20
12
Lake Washington canal locks
circa 1920s
Caption on matboard: "The Spill Way." Lake Washington Canal
Locks.
1/20
13
Etruria apartment building
circa 1910s-1920s