A.1. Commercial Photo Service, 525 Pender St. W in Vancouver, B.C., was operated by Maurice Lumley Hawksley from 1927 to 1948.

According to the Tacoma City directories, John P. Aaberg had a studio in Tacoma, WA from 1892 through 1919.

H.V. Abel was part of the Mountaineers.

Active in Portland, Oregon 1878-1899 and 1897-1907.

Frank G. Abell (1844-1910) was born in Illinois and moved with his parents to California in 1857. In 1862, at the age of 18, he joined the firm of William Shew in San Francisco, where he spend 4 years learning the art and business of photography. On his own, Abell opened his first gallery, the Abells Star Gallery, in Stockton in 1866. Moving back to San Francisco the following year, he then worked his way north, through Grass Valley, Red Bluff, and Yreka, arriving in Roseburg, Oregon in 1877.

From 1878-1888 he was located at 167 & 169 1st St., Portland. He worked with his son George L. Abell, at addresses: 29 Washington St. and Labbe Building, fourth floor, 1884-1887. After a few years Abell went to San Francisco for a while, and later returned to Portland to stay, 1897-1907. Elbridge W. Moore bought and continued the photography business at the same location.

Known primarily for his studio portraits, his gallery in Portland was both spacious and well furnished, including an "elegant piano for the free use of patrons". Abell also produced "Cards, Cabinets, Panels, Boudoirs, Stereoscopic and Out Door Views, and Living Statues", the latter being photos of living subjects arranged to present the appearance of a marble bust on a pedestal. He moved to Tacoma in 1908 in failing health, and died in 1910.

See Also: Abell, Frank G. & Son

See Also: Moore, Elbridge W.

Frank Abell (1844-1910) and his son George L. Abell were active at addresses: 29 Washington St. and Labbe Building, fourth floor, Portland, Oregon, 1884-1887. The photograph business was purchased in 1888 by Elbridge W. Moore.

See Also: Abell, Frank G.

See Also: Moore, Elbridge W.

Active in Fair Haven and Dawson, Yukon Territory, Alaska, 1896-1915.

E.C. Adams worked as a photographer at C.W. Barts studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1896 and later moved to Nanaimo, British Columbia, to become a partner in the Adams & Pierce Studio.

Adams established Adams & Co. in Dawson, Yukon Territory, with Charles D. Rothwell, circa 1901. George W. Larkin joined as partner, Adams & Larkin 1902-1905. When their partnership dissolved, Adams then reverted to its previous name of Adams & Co.. Adams worked with Jirden L. Anders, 1905-1906. Adams's photographic equipment was later purchased by the Dawson photographer E.O. Ellingsen.

Active at 613 ½ Jackson, Seattle, Washington, 1911-1925.

Aldrich, Byron L., Jr. was active in Tacoma, Washington, 1901-1916.

Active in Juneau Alaska, circa 1940-1950.

William George Alexander (1880-1960) was born in Kansas. He operated a photography studio in Rainier, Oregon in 1910, and moved his studio to Douglas, Washington by 1915. He was active in Amira and Creston, Washington circa 1913-1916. After World War I, Alexander became a wheat farmer in Eastern Washington until his death.

Lt. Allen (1859-was a member of the 2nd Calvary and participated in longest exploratory expeditions on the North American continent in American history, the Allen Expedition of 1885. The 1885 Allen Expedition entailed exploration of uncharted terrain and resulted in many new discoveries. It was the first time westerners traveled from the coastal regions of south-central Alaska northward through the Alaska Range into the Yukon drainage. From there the expedition continued westward to the Bering Sea — completing a total of 1,500 miles in less than 20 weeks.

Had it not been for the Alaska Native people encountered, at times the small group of travelers might have perished. The Unalakleet were considered "members of the crew" for a portion of the trip. Surprisingly, Allen continued to take up war against the Native American population once he returned to the lower 48 states.

Frank Perkins and Walter Allen operated the Georgetown Photograph Studio active at 6105 ½ 13th Ave South, Georgetown Station, Seattle, Washington from 1911-1915. In 1916 the studio was moved to 717 ½ 3rd Avenue. From 1917-1920 only Frank Perkins is listed as a photographer at the 3rd Avenue location.

Active in McMinnville, Oregon.

Charles A. Alvord and Ben E. Hughes possibly were briefly co-proprietor photographers, for Hughes & Alvord at 992 N. 24th, McMinnville, Oregon, 1889. The firm is listed 1890, but only Alvord shown.

James Masatoku Amano was born in Choshi, Japan on May 9th, 1887. He came to Seattle, Washington aboard the SS Aki Maru on April 23, 1915. He was a photographer at the Jackson Photo Studio, 624 Jackson, Seattle, Washington, circa 1919-1925. He had two children with his wife, Zen. All were interned at Camp Minidoka during WWII - Amano via the Department of Justice Internment and Detention in Santa Fe on July 9, 1943; and his wife, son and daughter via the Puyallup Assembly Center on August 10, 1943.

Amano Photo Studio was active at 3208 35th Ave. South, Seattle, Washington, circa 1957.

The American View Co. stamp on the verso reads: Flashlights and interiors a specialty. Prop's [ill.] Park. Other photographers using the name American View Co. are known to have operated in Wisconsin, Oregon, California and Dakota. The relationships, if any, are not known.

Active in Frances, Washington.

William O. Amsden was part of the Seattle Photo Co. in 1890 along with Chester B. Walsworth. The office was located at 15 Shorey Blk. Amsden was also part of the Mountaineers and in 1890 was part of the Mount Rainier climbing party that included Fay Fuller, who upon the completion of this ascent was the first woman to stand on the summit.

Anderson's studio, Anderson Photo Art and Commercial Photography was active at 110 E. Heron St. Aberdeen, Washington, circa 1925-29, 212 West Heron Street, Aberdeen, Washington and Tacoma, circa 1919. He was known for his short films of everyday occurrences in Grays Harbor, Washington that may have been used to supplement national films that were shown locally in town.

Active in Douglas, Alaska

Ed Andrews (1872-1937) was born in Norway. According to a note from donor Carolyn Brown, he changed his name from Edvard Engrebretsen to Ed Andrews when he immigrated. Later he moved to South Dakota where he lived on the family farm. In 1897, he came to Douglas and worked as a clerk in the Treadwell Store. After owning and operating a restaurant he opened the Ed Andrews photography studio.

As a prominent Douglas photographer, Andrews distributed images to dealers all over Alaska. He also served as the official photographer for the Admiral Line, the Alaska Steamship Line, Copper River Railroad, White Pass and Yukon Railway and for Captain Sid Barrington, Stikine River navigator. On December 2, 1937, The Daily Alaska Empire, reported that Andrews' negatives were lost in one of the Douglas fires. Andrews lived in Douglas until his death.

Active in Hoquiam, Washington.

Located at 33 West 34th Street, 102-104 West 38th Street, 212-216 West 48th Street and 525 West 52nd, New York. The studio opened in 1906 and was operated by Alexander W. Dreyfoos and Henry Obstfield. Apeda Studios focused on sports, theater and celebrity portraiture.

Active in Olympia, Washington, circa 1865-1867.

W.J. Yeager (1829-1883) was a ambrotypist active in Olympia, circa 1865-1867. In 1865 he operated a studio on Fourth Street near Main in rooms formerly occupied by Edward M. Sammis. From November 1866 to January 19, 1867 he was in business with John V. Yantis for 2 months. Later he partnered with William M. Ashman, circa 1867.

Asplund died December 12, 1915 at the age of 51, in Arlington, Washington.

Ray Atkeson was born February 13, 1907. He was a commercial photographer from 1929-1946 in Portland, Oregon. His studio was located at 215 Swetland Building, Portland, Oregon. His commercial studio was known as Photo-Art. In 1946 he switched to more free-lance work, photographing landscapes and skiing in Washington and Oregon. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Linfield College as well as the Oregon Governor's Art Award among others. He died May 25, 1990.

The Ray Atkeson Photography Collection was donated to the University of Oregon in 2018. It contains over 250,000 negatives which are available to researchers

Active in Colville, Washington, 1898-1916.

Frank Fuller (also known as F.F.) Avery (1862-1872) was born in Indiana. He began working for the Indian School Service on September 22, 1890. Before moving to Washington State he and his wife, Anna Avery, whom he married in 1892, were employed by the Indian Service in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Crow Creek, North Dakota. He became associated with the Colville Indian Agency and from 1898-1916 Avery worked in a number of capacities, first as superintendent of the Indian Boarding School at Fort Spokane, and then as inspector of Colville Indian Agency Day Schools. Photos from the Colville Indian Agency, were taken between 1901-1916 when Avery was assigned to the Colville Indian Agency. The images record agency headquarters and personnel, along with numerous photographs of Colville Indian farmers and school children.

Located at 110 West Main, Seattle, Washington.

Active in Washington.

Louis Fabian Bachrach, Sr. (1881-1963) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 1897, studied at the Maryland Institute of Design from 1898-1899, and attended the Art Students' League in New York City in 1900.

Bachrach was a second generation photographer. In 1868, Bachrachs father, David, opened a photographic studio in Washington and another in Baltimore. Louis began his photographic career by working with his father in Washington and Baltimore and by helping several photographers in New York. In 1904 Louis continued the national chain by opening a studio in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1915 he assumed the presidency of Bachrach, Inc., a position which he retained until 1955. He was succeeded by his son, Bradford. Bachrach, Inc. is said to be the "longest continuously operated photography studio in America." today. By 1929, there were 48 Bachrach studios, and at its height it included forty-eight studios with six hundred employees. He died in semi-retirement in Boston, Massachusetts.

Edwin J. Bailey was active at the Baileys Photo Parlors at the Newlin Block, 218 Columbia St., Seattle, Washington, 1889-1898. Later, as Bailey, E.J. & Co., with the Wellington School, at 16 Colman Bldg., Seattle, Washington, 1899-1902.

Baird and Aldrich were proprietors of the Worlds Fair Studio, and active at 1426 Third St. in Seattle, Washington, 1891-1892.

Active in Yakima, Washington.

Active in Seattle, Washington, 1892-1904.

James Presley (J.P.) Ball Sr. (1825–1904) was a prominent African American photographer abolitionist, and businessman. Ball was born in Virginia, probably a freeman. As a young man he learned daguerreotyping and opened his first studio in Cincinnati (1851) at age twenty. He hired his future brother-in-law, Alexander Thomas, around 1851-52. Thomas became a full partner in the business in November of 1857 to March 1860. Ball & Thomas became known as "the finest photographic gallery west of the Allegheny Mountains." In Cincinnati, by 1853, Balls studio included nine employees. "Balls Great Daguerrian Gallery of the West" quickly became one of the most well known galleries in the United States. Balls younger brother, Thomas C. Ball, continued as a studio photographer in partnership with Alexander Thomas until Thomas death in 1875.

Balls work was featured in exhibitions of photography at expositions held in 1852, 1854, 1855, and 1857 at the Ohio Mechanics Institute. At the 1857 exposition, Ball and another photographer won a bronze medal for photography. Ball experienced financial difficulties between 1865 and 1871. He lost a substantial amount of money as a result of "unfortunate speculations" and his assets were liquidated at a Constables sale in 1868, though he continued with limited funds under the supervision of the Bankruptcy Court. Ball gave his son an interest in the business in 1869 and the firms name was changed to Ball & Sons at 106 Columbia St. Bet. First & Second Aves, Seattle, Washington. In about 1887, he went to Montana with son James Presley, Jr. and now well into his sixties, he opened another busy daguerreotyping studio in Helena.

In the second half of 1900, Ball followed his son J.P. Ball, Jr., to Seattle in the Western Territory of Washington. Ball Jr., opened the Globe Studio in 1892 and Ball & Sons studio in 1897 while he was developing a practice as a lawyer. Ball Sr. remained active in civic affairs and founded and organized Shriners' lodges in Seattle and Portland. He left Seattle for Honolulu, presumably for the change in climate to help relieve his crippling rheumatism. He opened a studio in his home in Honolulu, which was probably run by his daughter, Estella. Ball Sr. died on May 4, 1904, in Honolulu.

Clyde Banks was a pioneer photographer in Whatcom County and owned Cylde Banks Camera and Art Shop. He died April 17, 1977.

Active at 606 2nd St., Seattle, Washington, circa 1885.

Possibly Lloyd M. Bardo, also active at 713 3rd Ave. and 717 ½ 3rd Ave., Seattle, Washington, 1892-1911.

Barkalow Bros. was a news company that operated newsstands that sold tobacco products, candy and candles. Barkalow Bros. was located at 407 S 15th Street and the Union Pacific Headquarters Building in Omaha, Nebraska.

Active in Waukon, Idaho, 1861-1880; Murray, Idaho, 188; Wallace, Idaho, 1889-1913; and Montana.

Barnard was brother of Alonzo A. Barnard, another Waukon photographer who had a studio in Waukon in 1880s and 1890s in partnership as Huffman & Barnard. He was the son-in-law of his partner, P. C. Huffman, having married Huffman's daughter, Della. His brother, Thomas Nathan Barnard, went to Idaho and produced stereographs there.

Barnes and Evans (1864-1946) partnered in Snohomish, Washington, late 1890s.

Deputy Auditor Frank M. Evans was born in Minnesota in 1864. He studied art and photography in Kansas City and opened a gallery there with Mr. (Lafayette W.) Barnes. In 1888 they arrived in Washington and decided to locate and set up a studio in Snohomish.

Albert H. Barnes (A.H.B) was active in Parkland and Tacoma, Washington, 1906-1910, and photographed the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska 1912.

Belcher Photos were Bill and Catherine Belcher. They were active at 1083 Adams Street, Olympia, Washington and advertised "Photos at Home, Church, Lodge or Groups, Reasonably Priced."

Active at 324 Monroe St., Spokane Falls, Washington, circa 1888-1890, and Spokane, Washington, 1892-1893.

E.E. Bertrand (Edward E. Bertrand or E. Edison Bertrand) was a stereo photographer and owned E.E. Bertrand's Studio. He employed Frank Clinton Bailey as a crayon artist in his studio.

Active at 2298-1st Ave. W., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, circa 1900.

Eduardo Clifford Spencer was an American born photographer who moved to Chile circa 1870 to Valparaíso. He began working with Carlos Bischoff at this time. In 1879 the War of the Pacific was declared and the team, with the authorization of the Chilean army, was sent to Bolivia and Peru to document the soldiers.

Active in Tacoma, Washington.

John Martin Blankenberg was born in Tragdor, Norway, October 24, 1860. He was active in the Yukon Territory, Haines, and Dyea, Alaska circa 1901. He died August 19, 1939 in Tenakee, Alaska.

Active at Hewill Avenue, near Chestnut St., Everett, Washington, 1893.

Blome (possible name variant, J.W. Blome) (1853-1902) worked in California, 1888-1892, before coming to Washington. After his time in Washington, Blome again ventured northward working in several locations in British Columbia. He was a photographer in Ashcroft, 1895-1896, and appeared in Kamloops, November 1898. He also worked in Clinton and traveled throughout the Okanagan and Nicola valleys. Blomes obituary called him "an artist of more than average ability".

Marvin D. Boland moved to Tacoma in 1915 and photographed a wide range of subjects including landscapes and celebrities. He was known for his panoramas that he took with a circuit camera. He operated photography studios in Tacoma from 1915-1949. Boland died 1950 in Bremerton, Washington while photographing Navy ships.

Was located at 119 Madison, Seattle, Washington.

Active in Washington, circa 1940s.

Booen was born in 1864 in Shellrock Township, Minnesota. In 1888 he was working for Judkins Photograph Studio and married Cina Nevin. He ended up in La Conner, Washington around 1889 working for LaRoche and Boyd. Later in 1889 he bought the photography studio in La Conner to open his own business. In 1895 he and his family moved to Chilliwack. He died in 1934.

David B. Ewing arrived in Washington in 1885 and partnered for a photography business with Booen in La Conner and Anacortes, Washington, circa 1890.

Booen was also active in Snohomish County, Washington, 1895 and as an itinerant in Chilliwack and other portions of British Columbia 1895-1897.

Ewing operated Ewing's Studio Everett, Washington, 1893-1902

William Hanson Boorne and his cousin Ernest Gundry May opened a photography business in Calgary in 1886. Boorne was the main photographer while May developed the photographs. They photographed mountain views, railroad construction and small cities and towns.

R.L. Boren is listed as a photographer in a city directory in Deming, Washington in the 1920s..

Orville Borgersen was a skier and ski photographer. He explored various ski routes and possible ski routes on Mount Rainier and was a part of the Washington Ski Club. He often photographed while on ski trips and shared his photographs with the ski club. He won the Seattle Times Amateur snap shot competition in 1935 and would continue on and start filming ski outings. He had three brothers who were all skiers as well, Melvin, Le Roy and Stanley. Orville's father was a furrier and Orville grew up in the business, graduating from the Mitchell Designing School in New York and continuing his studies at fashion centers in Europe. In 1955 he was elected the Chairman of the Seattle Retail Trade Bureau and to the board of the Master Furrier's Guild of America Inc. He retired from the fur business in 1977.

Chapin Bowen was a commercial and newspaper photographer active in Tacoma, Washington from 1925-1955. His father was Reverend Dr. Charles A. Bowen and he has seven siblings. His studio was located in the Y.M.C.A. Building at 714 Market Street, Tacoma, Washington.

Active at Cor. 19th and Harris Sts., Fairhaven, Washington 1890.

Briefly in partnership with Orrin E. Monnett, they ran the Monnett & Bradley Studio, 1890. After working in Fairhaven, Bradley moved his business to Seattle, 1905-1907.

Active at 210 and 212 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. Established 1858.

Active at 713 1st Ave, Union Block building, Seattle, Washington, 1911-1915.

H.H. Brodeck and M. Wagner, active at Main Street, opposite First, Walla Walla, Washington, 1880-1886.

Listed as Brodeck & Company (Brodeck, Henry H. & Gray, W. Vallance) in 1876, San Francisco Directoryand at 640 Market St. San Francisco, California.

Active in Bellingham, Washington.

Harold M. Brown was born June 2, 1887 in Minnewaukan, North Dakota. He was a commercial photographer based in Camas, Washington focusing on the logging industries in Oregon and Washington. During World War II, Brown also served as an army photographer. He died on August 2, 1956.

James Brown was (1865-1925?) was a California-born Chinese-American photographer. Together with his wife Nellie (1887-1966), Brown operated a photo gallery at 227-1/2 Washington St. in Portland, catering to the Portland area Chinese-American community. After his death, Nellie continued to operate the studio and gallery until World War II.

Active in Portland, Oregon, 1920s-40s. Active at 602 Buyers Building, Portland, Oregon.

William C. 'Bill' Brubaker owned Brubaker Aerial Surveys, and was possibly the first West coast aviation regional commercial aerial photographer. Many of his photographs turned into post cards and were used on promotional brochures. His customers included the F.B.I. and Boris Karloff. He sold the company, Brubaker Aerial Surveys to a former employee, Leonard Delano, in 1946.

Al Monner was employed as a photographer by Brubaker Aerial Surveys from July 1931-March 1932.

Joseph Buchtel (b. 1830) was active at 93 First St., Portland, Oregon in numerous partnerships, ventures, and studios 1853 - circa 1880.

Buchtel learned daguerreotyping in Urbana, Illinois in 1851-3. He moved to Portland by 1853, opening a studio but also traveling to various places along the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. Buchtel apparently sold his studio to W. H. Towne in 1880. Aside from being the cities leading photographer, he was a prominent Portland citizen in other ways, such as serving as the fire chief and the Multnomah County Sheriff.

Active at 89 First St., Portland, Oregon, 1859-1866.

J.R. (possibly Joseph) Buchtel partnered in business with Byron Cardwell, Buchtel & Cardwell's Picture Gallery, starting 1864. Cardwell eventually bought Buchtel's interest in the firm. Buchtel was a dentist and taxidermist who also operated a museum of stuffed animals in connection with the studio.

B & S, Joseph (J.R.) Buchtel & E.H. Stolte, were active at 91, 119 and 121 First Street, Portland, Oregon, 1873-1880.

Active at 3418 Fremont Ave., Lippy Bldg., Fremont Station, Seattle, Washington, 1923-1925.

Active at C St. Tacoma, and 1925 First Avenue, Seattle, Washington.

The Burdett Photo Studio was operated in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. The studio in Seattle was managed by George H. Launer 1907-1908. In 1909 he was joined by his business partner William Colville.

Active in Ellensburg, Washington, 1891-1895.

See also: James & Bushnell (Eli M. James and Corry A. Bushnell). Bushnell (1866-1941), Seattle, Washington, 1903-1922.

See also: Christy Studio. Bushnell partnered with Pinney, W.A., Seattle, Washington, 1918.

Elston Camp was active on Bell Street, Seattle, Washington. He was the assistant secretary of the Yong Man's Christian Association circa 1890

Campbell Studios Ltd. was a commercial photographic studio operating in Vancouver, B.C. In 1931, it was located at 569 Granville Street. The firm was founded by photographer William J. Campbell (1886-1958), under the name Campbell's Studios Ltd in 1921. He was joined in the company by his son, John S. Campbell (1919-2004) in 1945 or 1946, with William Campbell as President and John Campbell as Manager. The firm was still in operation in 1996.

Charles Cann was active in Fairbanks, Alaska circa 1923- circa 1946. He was born circa 1886 in Estonia. He moved to the United States circa 1906.

Active at the corner of Commercial & Washington Sts., above the Seattle public market, Seattle, Washington, circa 1876. Cardwell was active in Portland, Oregon, circa 1868 before establishing a studio in Seattle, and was brother of Portland photographers Byron and J.R. Cardwell.

Active at 915 C St., Tacoma, Washington, 1892-1900.

Anthony Pitman Carr was the eldest son of Job Carr, (Tacoma's first mayor and postmaster and notable pioneer who constructed the first non-native residence in Commencement Bay), who came to Tacoma in 1865 and went into business with photographer and camera furnisher E.A. Light. Carr had a photograph gallery in Marshalltown, Iowa from 1863-1864 and one in Tacoma from 1866- circa 1900. Prior to his move to Tacoma, Carr was a soldier in the Civil War who delivered photographs and messages to President Lincoln.

Harry Carratt (1870-1941) was active in Goldendale, Washington, 1895-1902. He was partners in the studio Miller & Carrat, and active in Arlington, Oregon.

Frances J. Catterlin and William Lussier were active in Salem, Oregon, 1889-1893.

Catterlin also partnered with Lute J. Hicks.

Lussier also partnered with James J. Tyrrell and Samuel B. Crow, Portland, Oregon, circa 1890s.

Active in Palouse, Washington, 1901-1902.

James B. Cawthon was a traveling photographer. He partnered as Cawthon & Warren in 1885. He Cawthon photographed various places in Washington including Spokane Falls, 1890, Spokane, 1892; partnered with William R. Read, as Cawthon & Read, 1893, Palouse, 1901-1902; Everett, 1903-1904; various Seattle (including Ballard) locations, 1904-1913; and partnered as Cawthon & Steward, 1912. He was active in Portland, Oregon, 1888-1889, and in Victoria, B.C., 1898. Cawthon is also spelled Cawthorn.

E. Chamberlain Photographic Studio was active in Sitka, Alaska. He was a photographer and artist, and taught art classes in Sitka, Alaska.

The Chehalis Art Co. was located in Chehalis, Washington. It was possibly owned by William Drummond of Drummond's Studio and his wife Lucinda Clippinger.

Active in Oregon City, Oregon, 1896-1901.

Three Cheney siblings worked as professional photographers, in Oregon City and McMinnville. Eston and his sister Edith both had studios in Oregon City, while Ethel partnered with Bessie Krumm in McMinnville. Eston, the oldest of the three, was the operator of Cheney's Art Gallery in Oregon City from 1895-1901. Shortly after he sold his business to William Snodgrass in 1902, the youngest, Edith, opened her own Oregon City gallery. Ethel, who was already listed as a photographer in the 1900 Oregon City census, became a partner with photographer Bessie Krumm in McMinnville in 1905. She may have worked earlier in Portland at the Imperial Gallery and at Lewis and Krumm. Krumm was rooming with the Cheney family in Oregon City in 1900.

George Chew was an engineer in the City of Seattle water Department into the 1930s.

Active in Alaska, Yukon, and the Pribilof Islands, 1897-1911.

W.A. Pinney managed Christy Studio, at 1006 Northern Bk & T Bldg., and 1007 Seaboard Bldg., Seattle, Washington, 1912-1919. During this time period, Pinney partnered with C.A. Bushnell at Christy Studio, 1918. Charles D. Lothrop was associated, and possible new manager of the Christy Studio, 1920.

See also: Bushnell, Corry A.

See also: Lothrop, Charles D.

E.A. Clark was born in Pennsylvania and moved to California in 1850 and Washington in 1852. He was the Justice of the Peace and County Auditor for some time and was known for his daguerreotypes. He has been referred to as Seattle's first resident photographer. He died April 27, 1860 at age 32.

The proprietor of Clark's Photo Studio was Lloyd W. Clark. He was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin and moved to Lansing, Michigan at the age of 19 to apprentice in a photography studio. In 1902 he moved to Kent, Washington. He was active in Kent, Washington 1902-circa 1925. He was also a pilot and engineer and had worked for many years on river boats along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. He died September 21, 1935.

Active at 819 3rd Ave., Seattle, Washington, 1919.

Collison was born in 1870. She had an interest in photography and American Indian art. She lived in Portland, Oregon at 443 East Clay Street with her husband, a house plasterer. She died in 1945.

Active at 614 ½ 2nd St., Seattle, Washington, 1902-1904. Colpitts was also active as Colpitts & McKnight (Claude Colpitts and Samuel F. McKnight), at 113 ½ Marion St. Seattle, Washington, 1902; and in Tacoma, 1902. He was with Colpitts Studio Co. (Claude Colpitts and A.F. Herpich, jr.), at 113 ½ Marion St., Seattle, Washington, 1904; and in Mt. Vernon, 1909-1910.

Active in Juneau, Alaska, 1917.

Active in Sitka, Alaska.

Leslie R. Corbett was born on February 9, 1882 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He worked as a photographer in Whatcom County, Washington in the 1920s and 1930s and resided in Bellingham, Washington. He married Martha G. Harding who died of tuberculosis October 21, 1931. Corbett was a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics Bay City Council No. 3. Leslie Corbett died May 13, 1938.

George B. Cornish inherited William Prettyman's studio, located at 125 West Fifth Avenue in Arkansas City, Kansas in 1905. Cornish was an active photographer until 1937. He died in 1946.

The Reverend Harry Prosper Corser (1864-1936) was born in Portageville, New York. He was a Presbyterian minister and a writer. While living in Wrangell, Washington, 1910, and authored a book titled Totem Lore Of The Alaska Indians.

Cowan Studio was located at 4730 University Way and was owned by William R. Cowan and his wife Lucretia Cowan.

The A.H. Cox Building was located at 414 1st Ave. S., Seattle Washington.

See the Henry Broderick Photograph Collection, PH Coll 685, item 18, for a photograph of the A.H. Cox Building and offices, circa 1919.

John D. Cress was born August 12, 1864. His father was a Union Army Staff Surgeon in the Civil War. In 1890 he opened the Chicago Transparency Company. In 1912 he moved to Seattle to work as a photographer for the American Lumber, a trade journal. In 1916 he started a photography business with L.R. Dale. Their studio was located in the Crary Buildings, Seattle. The partnership was announced dissolved in the Seattle Times on January 19, 1924. Cress died in December of 1938.

Active in Bozeman, Montana.

Active at 606 2nd St., Kilgen Block, Seattle, Washington.

Cromwell was a commercial photographer, and was active at Judkins Portrait Gallery.

Thomas Jefferson Cronise was born in Peru, Illinois in 1853. He moved to Salem, Oregon at age 29. He married Nellie Riggs in 1884. Cronise bought a photography studio from William P. Johnson in 1902 located in the Bush-Brey Building at Commercial and Court. Thomas and his wife, along with their son Harry operated the studio from 1902-1972.

Arthur B Cross and Edward L. Dimmitt sold photo postcards of the Columbia River Gorge, Mt. Hood and Portland. Cross opened a studio in 1909 in Portland and in 1914 Dimmitt started working there. In 1916 they became partners. They frequently sold their post cards out of their car, a Model T, at Crown Point. As their business grew they built a stand at Crown Point and eventually set up a studio in Portland in the 1920s.

S. B. Crow is listed in a city directory as practicing in Vancouver, WA in 1903-1904. He may have moved from Astoria, Oregon because the mat for his photograph says he is in Astoria.

Edward B. Curlette (1872-1952) came to Calgary, Alberta in 1899. He entered the photography business with his uncle, K.W. Snider, and in 1902 took over the studio. He worked in Calgary until 1946 when his building was destroyed by fire.

Neil Currie (1842-1921) was an active traveling photographer from Minnesota.

Active as partners at 614 2nd St., Seattle, Washington, 1892-1897.

Edward Curtis was born in Wisconsin. At about 1874, the family moved to Le Sueur County, Minnesota. As a teenager, he became interested in photography and built a camera using the book, Wilsons Photographics. In 1885, at age seventeen, he apprenticed with a photographer in St. Paul. After the family moved to the Seattle, Washington area in 1887, Curtis bought a partnership in the photographic studio of Rasmus Rothi. He left that business after about six months and formed a new partnership with Thomas Guptill, called Curtis and Guptill, Photographers and Photoengravers. In 1897, Curtis and Guptill parted ways and Curtis renamed the studio Edward S. Curtis, Photographer and Photoengraver. Curtis was known for photographing local Native American Indians.

Active in Heppner, Oregon, 1889-1891. He also partnered as Danner & Lubken, Pendleton, Oregon, 1903-1905; in Athena, 1907; and in Milton, 1911-1917.

Active in Ashland, Oregon.

Homer C. Davidson was active as a commercial photographer at 905 Pike St., Seattle, Washington.

He also partnered as Davidson & Averrett (Homer C. Davidson and Walter E. Averrett), at 611 D S Johnston Cp. Bldg., 1908.

Active at the corner of First and Taylor Streets, Portland, Oregon, 1879-1897. Circa 1897-1928 his studio was located at 3rd and Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon

George W. Davies (1855-1929) was a photographer and a printer for F.G. Abell, 1879-1882. Davies operated the Davies Studio with his stepson, Clarence A. Defries, 1901-1925.

Active at 302-3, Lloyd Bldg, Seattle, Washington, 1943.

Davis Studio was active at the Southeast corner of Second and Blanchard, Seattle, Washington, circa 1888.

Deig (1879-1955), was a photographer and photo tinter, active at 415 6th Ave., Seattle, Washington.

Active in 230-1-2 Lumber Exchange, Centralia, Washington, 1908-1914.

Active at 500 National Bank of Com. Bldg., Tacoma, Washington.

Denman is listed in The International annual of Anthonys photographic bulletin and American process year-book , Volume 14, 1902 as the Vice President of the Washington Camera Club, which was established May 18, 1900. The headquarters were located The Ferry Museum, Tacoma, Washington. Denman authored a book in 1924 titled The Name of Mt. Tacoma.

Denman was instrumental in early documentation of Mount Rainier National Park, located in Pierce County, Washington. Denman Falls, was named after A.H. Denman by Ben Longmire.

Dennison Photo was active at 120 ½ Wall Street, Spokane, Washington.

Orion O. Denny, son of pioneers Arthur and Mary Ann Denny, was the first white boy born in Seattle.

Cheshiahud was a Duwamish native and a Denny family friend. Better known as Lake Union John, he spoke Lushootseed and had a Lushootseed name. Cheshiahud and his wife Tleebuleetsa (also known as Madeleine) were the last Native Americans to live in the Seattle area. They lived in a small house next to Portage Bay at the foot of Shelby.

Earl B. Depue was born in 1887 in Wisconsin. He was the president of Depue, Morgan & Company, Inc., active at 1117 Pine St., Seattle, Washington circa 1921.

Depue also partnered with Calvin F. Todd, a commercial photographer in Washington, 1921.

William Dallas (Dall) DeWeese (1857-1928), was a hunter, naturalist, and author in Canon City, Colorado during the late 1800s. He spent three months in 1898 on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, in quest of large mammals (moose) for the United States Museum, and published cabinet card photographs he made while on that trip. He named Emma Lake, Alaska, for his wife Emma, the first woman hunter on the Kenai Peninsula, in the fall of 1898.

Active in Deering, Alaska.

Active in Seattle, Washington.

Dingman Brothers studio was operated by Harry C. Dingman and Waldo H. Dingman in Seattle, Washington, 1902-1908.

Harry and Waldo also worked out of their own separate studios in Seattle: Harry at 1209 ½ 2nd, and 218 ½ Columbia St., 1902-1904; and Waldo at 416 Epler Blk., and at 315 Shafer Bldg., 1904-1911. Waldo also partnered with Andrew Hamilton for Novelty Photo Co., 1901-1902.

See also: Hamilton, Andrew L.

Active at 218 ½ Columbia St. and 1209 ½ 2nd, Seattle, Washington, 1902-1904.

Harry also worked with his brother Waldo H. Dingman in Seattle, Washington, 1902-1908.

See also: Dingman Brothers.

Waldo also partnered with Andrew Hamilton for Novelty Photo Co., 1901-1902.

See also: Hamilton, Andrew L.

Beverly Bernett (B.B.) Dobbs (1868-1937) started a photography studio in Bellingham, Washington, in partnership with F.F. Fleming circa 1890-1891.

B.B. Dobbs was active as a photographer and also was a pioneer in the emerging motion picture business in both Alaska and Washington State during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; he is believed to be one of the first individuals to have used motion picture film north of the Arctic Circle. Born Beverly Bennett Dobbs near Marshall, Missouri, he first learned photography in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1888, Dobbs moved to Bellingham, Washington, where he would operate a photography studio for twelve years (including a partnership with F.F. Fleming under the name Dobbs & Fleming between 1890-1891). Lured by the gold rush, Dobbs moved to Nome, Alaska in 1900, but ultimately found more success documenting life in Alaska as a photographer and film maker. By 1903, he had formed a partnership with A.B. Kinne. The Dobbs & Kinne studio in Nome offered photography services and photo supplies. Dobbs photographed scenes in Nome and the Seward Peninsula and made award-winning portraits of the Iñupiat people (more commonly referred to at the time as Iñupiats). Around 1909, he established the Dobbs Alaska Moving Picture Company, producing Atop of the World in Motion, a collection of travelogues. Just a few years later, Dobbs began to focus exclusively on film making. He sold his photography negatives to the Lomen Brothers (who later issued some of his work under their company name). By 1914, he had set up the Dobbs Totem Film Company in Seattle, Washington. Dobbs is listed as the cinematographer for A Romance of Seattle, a film shot in and around Seattle in 1919. During the 1930s, Dobbs photographed fish processing operations at Pacific American Fisheries (PAF) in the Fairhaven area of Bellingham.

Active at the corner of Commercial and Washington St., Seattle, Washington. Before coming to Seattle, Dollarhide worked with George D. Morse in San Francisco, California.

Active in Whitehouse and Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada.

Doody had a varied career including work for the Smithsonian Institution in Central America, the US Army in Texas in 1882 and as a Kansas cowboy. Doody was part of the 1898 stampede from California, and first worked with H.C. Barleys branch studio in Whitehorse.

Active in Olympia, Washington, 1895. Duckering also managed Wilses Seattle Photographic Company, 1900-1913.

Duclos (1863-1917) was active in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Alaska, 1899-1812. Duclos was originally from Quebec, but learned his photography skills in Maine. He and his wife moved to Dawson in 1898. He partnered with Per Edward Larss creating the photography firm of Larss & Duclos, 1899-1904. Duclos specialized in studio portraits while Larss roamed the streets and the gold fields. They sold views of the Chilkoot Pass, Dawson, and gold fields scenes taken in 1898, advertising Thousands of negatives in stockLarss and Duclos also sold film and supplies for amateurs. The firm was dissolved in 1904 when Larss married and left the Yukon. Duclos continued as a photographer in Dawson until 1912, when he sold his studio to E.O. Ellingsen. Duclos reported to Larss in 1905 that he was getting a fair share of the work although there was competition in the portrait business from Edward Adams and Mrs. Edith Goetzman. Joseph Duclos died of pneumonia after undergoing surgery in Alaska in 1917.

Roger Dudley was born in Brockton, Massachusetts and lived in Seattle starting in 1912. He was active at 1 Stuart Building and the Cobb Building, Seattle, Washington. He was the president of the newly formed Professional Photographer's Association of Washington, Commercial Division in 1947. Dudley had two sons with wife Stella, Roger Jr. and Jack. He died June 6, 1954. Roger Dudley Jr. continued in the commercial photography business under the same name as his father. In 1964, Roger Dudley Jr. merged studios with John Hardin and Chao-Chen Yang, forming Dudley, Hardin & Yang, Inc. located at 1921 Minor Avenue.

Active in Seattle, Washington, 1916.

Charles M. DuVall was born November 19, 1852 in Missouri. In 1853 his family moved to Portland, Oregon where he received his education. He became interested in photography when he was twenty years old and opened a photography studio in Goldendale, Washington. He was a well known Whitman County photographer and was elected Justice fo the Peace in 1890. Charles DuVall died September 18, 1913.

This was a partnership in a photography studio in Goldendale, WA. It may have been when Charles DuVall first started out in photography.

Active in Blaine, Washington, circa 1880s. Dyer also worked around Washington state including, Seattle and LaConner.

Active at First and Jefferson Sts., Portland, Oregon. Most likely this is Prof. Gilman L. Eastman active in Portland, Oregon, 1887-1897. He later moved to Boise, Idaho. Records indicate that he was a disabled from volunteer civil war service as a Private, E. Company, 30th ME Infantry. Enlistment 19 July 1864 in Augusta, Maine and discharged 20 Aug. 1865 Savannah, Georgia.

Active at First St., Cheney, Washington and Spokane County, Washington, circa 1884.

Active in Everett, Washington.

Active 1891-1920 in Waterloo, Ontario, and later at 622 Cordova St. and 534 Cordova St., Vancouver, British Columbia.

George William (b. 1867) and Edgar Herbert Edwards (1870-1947) worked as photographers in Waterloo, Ontario, and in 1891, moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. They were portrait photographers but also made landscape photos. George Edwards photographed in the Yukon Territory in 1898 during the Klondike gold rush. The firm was listed in the 1911 directory, and from 1911 to 1920 they concentrated on photographic supply and motion picture supply sales.

Additional examples of their work may also be found in the book Edwards Brothers. Glimpses of Vancouver, B.C.

Active in Seattle, Washington.

The photographer was either James P. Eggan or Halvor P. Eggan (1854-1931), brothers who operated a studio called Eggan Brothers at 113 Marion St., between Front and Second, and 207 Pike St., Seattle, Washington, 1891-1895. Both men operated their own studios, 1890-1897.

See also: Eggan Brothers

See also: Eggan, James & Ericson, Carl.

Active at 113 Marion St., between Front and Second, and 207 Pike St., Seattle, Washington.

Eggan Brothers included James P, Halvor P., and Sever P. Eggan. After 1900, Sever moved to Minneapolis.

See also: Eggan.

Active at 1516 ½ 1st Ave. and 1501 2nd Ave., Eitel Building, Seattle, Washington, circa 1901-1906

Eggan & Ericson studio was operated by James P. Eggan and Carl Ericson, 1902-1906, Seattle, Washington. James P. Eggan also operated Eggan studio and Eggan Brothers studio in Seattle with his brother Halvor P. Eggan, 1891-1895, and his own studio, 1895-1897.

Several studios of this name were located in various cities across North America. The studio at 313 and 818 Riverside Ave., and 523 Eagle Building in Spokane, Washington, circa 1896-1932, was operated by Miss Margaret M. Foster (b. 1867) & Miss Minnie (M.K.) Wachtman (b. 1868), advertising Photographs of children a specialty. Other locations included San Francisco; Nanaimo, British Columbia; and possibly Juneau, Alaska; Omaha, Nebraska, and Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Active in Colfax, Washington

Active in Crescent City, California in the early part of the twentieth century

It is possible that this was Bob Evans, a Douglas, Alaska photographer.

It is possible that this was Bob Evans, a photographer in Douglas, Alaska.

It is possible that this is the same Evans that created photograph Evans 1

David B. Ewing was active at Rucker ave., Bayside, Everett, and in Anacortes, Washington, 1893-1903.

Staff photographer for John Hamricks Theaters and active at Broadway 1441, Tacoma, Washington. He was also Life Magazine's official Northwest photographer circa 1930s-1940s.

He was married to artist and photographer Carol Eyerman, whose work appeared in Life and on 23 covers of Sunset magazine.

Active at 16 Colonial Bldg., Seattle, Washington, and managed by Frank K. Brown, 1893-1894 and by W. Scott Hanks, 1894-1896.

Field Studio was located at 201 Northern Life Building, Seattle, Washington. The studio was bought by W.B. Fiske in 1919 but maintained the original studio name.

Active in Aberdeen, Washington.

Leonid Fink was born in Russia circa 1890. Fink moved to Seattle in 1919. He worked for Curtis Studio, Seattle until 1925 when he started his own studio at 308 White Building, Seattle, Washington. He was a known portrait photographer and photographed for the Seattle Times often through the 1920s-1950s. His fiancé, Ruth McDonald, was found dead January of 1929 in Spokane, Washington. Fink was detained while investigations were ongoing but was eventually released when her death was ruled a suicide. He died March 25, 1960 in Los Angeles, California.

Elliott L. Fisher was active in Ketchikan, Alaska, circa 1924-1930.

The Fisher Studio motto was "We Photograph Anything, Anywhere". Fisher went to Ketchikan in 1924 and created studio portraits, as well as photographer for newspapers, magazines, travelogues, high school year books, and local advertisements. He traveled around the country and introduced the public to Alaska. His photos of canneries, cold storage plants, huge fishing fleets that drove the economy, downtown Ketchikan, masonry buildings that were replacing wooden, natural disasters, celebrations, parades, and lazy afternoons can be found in the book We Photograph Anything, Anywhere .

Active at 857 Main St. Pomeroy, and in Asotin, Washington.

Almeron D. Fox (d. 1925) operated his studio, 1890-1925, and his son Jerry was in charge 1906-late 1920s. Jerry (d. 1952) was a talented musician and organized the Pomeroy Band. His own band, the Fox Orchestra, often played for the silent films shown at the Seeley Theatre. Jerry Fox's career was cut short when an accident damaged his eyesight.

Leonard Frank was born in 1871 in Oldenburg, Germany. He traveled to San Francisco, United States in 1892 in search of gold and in 1894 went north to Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Frank won a box camera in a local raffle and started taking photographs and in 1915 he established a photography business with his brother, Bernard, in Vancouver. The studio was located at 553 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia. Leonard Frank photographed the lumber industry, scenery of mountains and buildings, as well as famous people such as the musician and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, and ballerina Anna Pavlova. In the 1920s he was among the first to create and sell color-tinted postcards to the public. He died February 23, 1944.

E. Arthur (Happy) French (1897-1962). Photographer Art 'Happy' French worked at the Seattle P-I from 1923 until his retirement in 1946. French (called Happy because he never looked it) was typical of newspaper photographers of his day in that he had little formal schooling and a strong nonconformist streak. Beginning his career at the P-I in 1923, French made a reputation for his trick photography and composite images. He was able to produce better snowstorm pictures than his rivals by splattering ink on his negatives. Known for his sassy remarks, when Romania's Queen Marie asked him, "Don't you ever shave?" he replied, "Say, I been following you for the last coupla days at 60 miles an hour; when d'ja think I'd have time to shave?" In 1943, he observed long line of children waiting to get into the department store across the street to see Santa Claus. He walked over and took a few photographs of the children and Santa Claus. The pictures became so successful the following year he took a leave of absence and sold his Santa Claus photographs for $1 a print. He ended up earning $10,000 in five weeks, commenting "What the hell, there is a Santa Claus." He retired from the PI in 1946 saying he had found a way to earn "three times the money in one-tenth the time." He was married to a Cherie Hernas, who died in 2000.

Active in Nome, Alaska, 1897.

Mitsutaro Fuku came to the United States in 1922 where he worked in the dry goods business in Seattle. By the 1930s, he was very active as a photographer, exhibiting his work in Seattle (where he had a solo exhibition in 1935) and in photographic salons. In 1934 he became the director of the Seattle Photographic Society but he returned to Japan by 1936 and the next year had a solo exhibition there in Mitsukoshi department store. His work was published in Photographie 1936, a special issue of the magazine Artes et Metiers Graphiques dedicated to modern photography which published the work of leading photographers of the time. In 1940 he taught photography at Nihon University for one year. After World War II, Fuku ran a commercial photographic studio in Kyōbashi, Tokyo.

Active in Port Townsend, Washington.

Partnered with J.M. McMurry in Fulton & McMurry.

Active in Alaska.

Gabbett (1882-1940) was a 2nd Lt. U.S. RCS at the time the following photographs were made. The USRC McCulloch was designated to enforce fur seal regulations in the vicinity of the Pribilof Islands August 9, 1906-1912. During these years of service in the Bering Sea patrol, she was especially well known because of her services as a floating court to the Alaskan towns.

Gabbett was later a captain in the U.S. Coast Guard, 1920.

Herman Kimball Gage (1825- 1915) was born in Massachusetts, and was active in Aurora, Nevada, at Pine Street, c1863. He also operated a parlor at the corner of Church and Bridge (No. 1 Church Street) in Truckee, Nevada County, 1874-86. An 1894 Photographers' bulletin reported him missing and suffering from mental troubles. A July 1915 article in the Sacramento Union announced his suicide at the age of 90 by shooting himself. He was described as a "wealthy and respected old pioneer" who "retired from his photography business a few years ago."

Gardiner (also spelled Gardener), photographer and manager for the Great Eastern Photographic Advertising Co., Victoria, 1888; as well as, British Columbia, Oregon, and various locations in California, circa 1885-1900.

In the "Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, January 3, 1889, page 3: Two agents of the Great Eastern photo and advertising company, of which R. H. Gardiner is the manager, are in southern Oregon for a short time, making views along the railroad for advertising purposes. The company wants views of all residences and business places. They will show you the pictures and give you a chance to purchase some if you wish. They are sold in one-half dozen and one dozen lots at low rates. Give them a chance to show up your business.

Frank E. Marshall was the proprietor and active at 1322 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Washington, 1898-1912.

Benjamin A. Gifford (1859-1936) was born in DuPage County, Illinois. He apprenticed to William Latour in Missouri, photographers in Fort Scott and Chetopa, Kansas, 1883 and later opened his own studio. Gifford moved to Portland, Oregon, and opened a photo studio 1883-1895. He moved to The Dalles, Oregon, and was first a partner in the Gifford and Hale studio 1895-1899 and then alone between 1899-1910. He then moved back to Portland where he worked under several studio names including, Giffords Studio and Gifford and Prentiss Inc., 1910-1920. Gifford was well-known for his images of Native Americans, views of central Oregon and Portland areas, and was considered one of Oregons best landscape photographers documenting many scenes along the Columbia River.

Goetze was proprietor of Alaska Studio, active at 321 ½ Pike St., Seattle, Washington, and in Alaska, 1901-1912.

Grady was active in Seattle from 1920-1925.

Samuel B. Graham began his career in Washington, but soon moved to east Portland, Oregon, where he promoted his landscape photography. He married a local woman, Mary Haner, in 1888 and opened a studio in Corvallis in 1889. By 1892, he had moved to Colorado Springs.

Active in Twisp, Washington, and this is possibly Mrs. N.E. Grantham, Pateros, Washington, circa 1901. She is a photographer listed in A Checklist of 19th Century Minnesota Women Photographers

Orrin E. Graves was the Graves Studio proprietor active in Pullman, Washington, 1925-1941.

Active in Thane, Alaska.

Alexander Gylfe was active in South Bend, Washington, circa 1901-1906.

Urban Pope Hadley (1852-1912) was active in Tacoma, Washington, circa 1890s-1911. Hadley arrived in Tacoma, Washington, in the 1880s, and later moved north to Lynden. He died in nearby Bellingham, 1912. His wife, Hattie, was also a photographer.

Active in North Yakima, Washington

Active in Oregon after working in San Diego, California (1888-1890). Hale started in Portland (1892-1894) before moving to The Dalles and partnering with Benjamin A. Gifford (1895-1899). He operated on his own until 1915. In 1916, Hale returned to Portland and partnered with Charles F. Redmond as Home Photographers (1916-1920).

Active in Nome, Alaska

Active in Carbonado, Washington

Dr. M.F. Hall was a physician and surgeon in Tanana and Fairbanks, Alaska circa 1899-1915. He was often photographed treating patients and around hospitals.

Ephraim J. Hamacher worked with Hilda Anderson in Ellensburg, Washington as Anderson & Hamacher circa 1885. Starting in 1888, he operated his own photographic business in both Ellensburg and Yakima, Washington. He was later active in Oregon from 1895 to 1898, and in Alaska in 1898 where he photographed people and activities related to the Klondike gold rush and became a well-known Whitehorse photographer, Yukon Territory, 1901-1912.

Andrew Lennox Hamilton partnered with Waldo H. Dingman for Novelty Photo Co. at 218 ½ and 308 ½ Columbia, Seattle, Washington in 1901-1902. Hamilton was also successor to Frank La Roche at 16 Colman Bldg., Seattle Washington, 1904.

Hamilton Studio was active at multiple locations in the 811 First ave., Colman Bldg., Seattle, Washington from 1905-1918. He either opened a new location or moved to Tacoma 1919-1926.

Active at 918 Tacoma ave., Tacoma, Washington from 1898-1899.

Active at 314 Pike St., Seattle, Washington, 1893-1895.

Kenneth Harris was a library clerk interested in photography. He became a photographer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Active in Spokane Falls, Washington.

The Harrison Brothers were active in Juneau, Alaska, circa 1888-1900.

Joseph Nicoll and Henry John Harrison came to Alaska to photograph the scenery, and for a time had a photography studio and dental clinic in Juneau.

L.C. Whitney was the proprietor, and active at 1328 and 1332 2nd Ave., Seattle, Washington, 1920-1922.

Active in Seattle, Washington

Active in Blaine, Washington. One of the partners could have been Thomas Harvey, a photographer who worked under his own name in Blaine between 1901-1902.

G.W. Hathaway was born in 1875 in Pennsylvania. He was married to Edith Hathaway. He was active in Leavenworth, Washington were he had a shop that included stationary, school supplies, a confectionary, and a soda fountain. The shop was up for sale in 1914. In 1887 he was a traveling librarian in Chelan County for Washington Territory's Department of Traveling Librarians. This program sent traveling librarians around with a small collection of books. He was an active member of the community including holding a position on the Leavenworth School Board in 1908 and was the manager of the Leavenworth Creamery.

Margaret Hazard, known as "Hazzie," was a Mountaineer and was married to Joseph T. Hazard. Joseph Hazard was the author of Snow Sentinels of the Pacific Northwest, a book that provided the history of the Cascade and Olympic Mountains, as well as descriptions of many trails in the area. He and his wife, Margaret were part of the Mountaineers and frequently took photographs when on outings.

Hazeltine (1827-1903) was active in Baker City, Oregon and operated Hazeltine's Excelsior Studio, circa 1880-1903. While living in Oregon, Hazeltine also traveled to Idaho and Nevada where he took stereoview scenes of the region became a respected "traveling photographer".

Hazeltine was first active in several cities on the east coast around his home state of Vermont, including New York, Chicago, St. Charles, Illinois. In 1853 Hazeltine moved to San Francisco with his brother George Irving Hazeltine (1836-1918) and they operated a studio creating daguerreotype together till 1855. During his time in California Hazeltine also traveled around the state taking stereoview photographs documenting many places, including Yosemite Valley and the Sierra Butte Mine and was a highly respected pioneer photographer with extensive field work throughout the far West. Many of his views taken in the Mendocino area were later published by such firms as J. P. Soule and Lawrence & Houseworth.

In 1888, Martin was assisted at fairs near Baker City by a young boy, Wesley Andrews, who later gained renown as a photographer and postcard marketer in the Northwest. Among photographers who worked for Martin Hazeltine in the 1890s were Miss Josephine Rea and Miss Rata Allen.

Two of Martins children became photographers. Leland S. Hazeltine was offering his photography services in Joseph, Or., as early as 1884, and he is believed to have established himself in the photography business at Lakeview, Or. Viola Hazeltine, herself a photographer, married Roland T. Parker of Parkers Studio in Baker City and worked with her husband in the business under the name Parker Studio.

Peter Hegg was the brother of Eric Hegg, the Klondike Gold Rush photographer. The brothers were originally from Sweden and Peter Hegg came to Washington in 1888. Eric Hegg started a photography studio in Bellingham, Washington in 1889, but sold it when he went to the Klondike to record the Gold Rush. Peter took over the Hegg studio when Eric left.

Joseph Gonder Heistand was born in Strasburg, Pennsylvania on August 15, 1860. In 1900 he moved to Manitou Springs, Colorado and bought Ute Iron Springs near Pikes Peak. There he built a pavilion and hotel that attracted tourists. He was the official photographer of the Pikes Peak Railway. He owned a famous mineral shop in Manitou as well.

Herrin (d. 1903) was active in The Dalles, Oregon, 1896.

In 1888, the Southern Oregon Transcript reported that "Photographer D. C. Herrin, of Ashland, will open a gallery on Front Street" [Medford]. David C. Herrin, with his wife Margaret, also a photographer, ran a studio in The Dalles from 1892-1898. Moving to East Portland in 1899, the husband and wife team joined Frank G. Abell to form the Abell & Herrin Co.

Active in Port Angeles, Washington, 1903-1906.

Victor Leopold Hetzel (1877-1949), began toying with a box camera and photography at the age of 14. He traveled about the Pacific Northwest, after leaving school, and supported himself by shooting photos of proud loggers posing in forests. He moved to Southeastern California in 1910, and continued another 30 years of photography. particularly noted for his historical American frontier documentary style of photography. He created flattering photos of his subjects, and his wife and daughter often hand colored his desert-in-blossom scenes sold to Imperial Valley, California, residents.

T.J. (Tomar Jacob) Hileman (1882–1945) was active at Glacier Park, Montana, photographing landscapes and the Blackfoot Indian people. After working in Chicago and graduating from Effingham School of Photography, he was a photographer in Colorado. In 1911 Hileman moved to Kalispell, Montana to open his own portrait studio. He and Alice Georgeson were the first couple to marry in Glacier National Park in 1913.

Hileman was appointed the official photographer for the Great Northern Railway in 1924, and created photos of Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, moving bulky camera equipment by packhorse, even at times perching on a narrow ledge to get just the right image on film. He also photographed the Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton, Alberta, which was built by the railway. In 1926 Hileman opened photo-finishing labs in both Glacier Park Lodge and Many Glacier Hotel, which were convenient for tourists who could drop off their film evenings and pick up their prints the next morning.

Active in Alaska and Atlin, British Columbia.

Hirschfeld (1866-1926) worked the Alaska and Klondike towns in 1898, and moved to work in Atlin 1899. Hirschfeld's photo studio was destroyed in the August 1900 fire. He purchased the Atlin Claim in December 1900 and sold it the following year. Hirschfeld eventually settled in Vancouver, but appears not to have practiced professionally there. He married Marguerite Ethel Miller in Vancouver, 1902, and Hirschfeld became manager of the Atlin Lake Lumber Co. He later moved to San Francisco.

Active in Tacoma, Washington, circa 1890s.

Maurice Hodge was active at 711 South West Ankeny Street in Portland, Oregon. He was a Sergeant in World War I and photographed some aspects of the war for the United States Army Signal Corps. After the war, in 1924, Hodge began working with Edgar B. Smith. They remain partners for a couple of years and then separated. Around the 1930s Hodge was a co-owner of Sawyer Commercial Studios in Portland, Oregon along with Harold J. Graves and Edwin E. Mayer. Sawyer Commercial studios was active until about 1948.

Active in Chiwaukum, Washington, circa 1880's.

Active at Christs Block, Vancouver, Washington, circa 1885 and operated Hofsteater Photograph Gallery through circa 1901-02.

Gilbert D. Horton (1853-1936), partnered with Lewis from Stanwood and operated the Palace Floating Gallery, Snohomish, 1884-1886. Horton operated alone it until 1888. On September 1, 1888, The Eye reported, "Horton has sold his floating gallery to a Seattle gentleman who will take it to Stanwood next week."

Mart Albert left his home in Webster, Massachusetts in October of 1897 in search of gold. His travels brought him to Alaska and north to Dawson, Yukon Territory. He operated a mine for a short period until 1905 when he returned to Massachusetts.

Active at Mill St. Seattle, Washington, 1876-1878. Hoyt worked as a photographer in California, 1873-1875, before operating his studio in Seattle, Washington. He later moved to Texas where he worked as a photographer until 1899.

Harriet Elizabeth (Frost) Hunt, (Lizzie), (1865-1934) was active in Ketchikan, Alaska, 1898-1934.

Harriet and her daughter Bertha Hunt Wells were the first female photographers in the territory. Harriet and her husband Forest Joseph Hunt moved from Washington to Wrangall, Alaska, in 1898. She immediately took over the operation of a small café, the Blue Front. She was very popular for her lemon pies. The family moved to Ketchikan in March, 1900. When the family was settled in Ketchikan, Harriet Hunt opened a photo studio and gallery in the family store. The Hunt store was one of the first to recognize the need to serve the visitor trade as well, making postcards and even putting Harriet's photos on china souvenirs. She took hundreds of photos over the next few years, but then gave up photography over concerns about working with the chemicals and the physical exertion of lugging the big camera back and photographic plates back and forth. Their pet black bear could sometimes be seen waiting out side their meat store on Front Street. Lizzie founded the Lyceum club which became the library board and would serve on it for the rest of her life. She would also found the women's Chamber of Commerce and be active in local lodges and other groups. Forest was Ketchikan's mayor, an active community leader, and State Legislator. They owned Hunt's Book and Novelty Store where you could "buy almost everything you want". The store was a very popular stop for visitors and locals. It closed in 1954.

Active in Seattle, Washington.

See Rothi, R.P., and Rothi R.P. & Curtis, Edward S.

Active at 1128 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Washington. Ives partnered with Harry S. Hover, operating Ives & Hover, circa 1895. Ives then worked at the Lick Gallery (1896-1898).

Albert Jackson was born in Knoxville, Iowa on April 4, 1856. In 1862 his family traveled to Eugene, Oregon where he opened a photograph studio in 1876 and was active there and in Portland, Oregon until circa 1885. He moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1885. Jackson was active at 919 C. St. Paris Panel and 1021 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Washington, 1891-1918. In 1897 he won the top prize in the state photograph exhibit. Jackson and Edward D. Johnston operated together as Jackson & Johnston, 1911. He died September 26, 1922.

O. Seti and Y. Matsuda operated the Jackson Photo Studio, active at 624 Jackson, Seattle, Washington.

J.M. Amano was a photographer at the Jackson Photo Studio, Seattle, Washington, circa 1919-1925.

See also: Amano, J.M.

William Jackson was born in London, England and moved to the United States in 1850. Active at Pacific Ave. and the corner of 11th St., Tacoma, Washington, circa 1887-1908. Jackson also worked in Sunnyside, Washington, circa 1905.

Jacobs (d. 1948) was active in Nome, Alaska.

Active in Bellingham, Washington, circa 1905.

Leo M. Jacobson graduated from the University of Washington in 1935. In the 1940s he was working at the University of Washington as a senior officer in the Veterans Administration training office.

Active in Roslyn and North Yakima, Washington, circa 1885-1904.

The James & Bushnell studio was operated by Eli M. James & Corry A. Bushnell in Seattle, Washington, 1903-1922. James was also partnered with Sidney M. Merrihew in Seattle and Tacoma between 1919-1926. Bushnell previously worked in Ellensburg, 1891-1895.

See also: Bushnell, Corry A. (1866-1941).

Active in Seattle near Pike and 1st St., and Tacoma, Washington.

James & Merrihew ran a great promotion in 1930. They had a baby photo exhibit, free to visit. Visitors would vote on the cutest baby. And during the exhibit they also had visitors pose their babies for free to be in the next photo contest.

Active in Olympia, Washington

Active in Mt. Angel, Oregon, 1903-1917.

Johnson (1880-1926) was active in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1905-1914. The Johnson Studio and camera shop was first located at 290 lst Avenue, and later moved to 3rd Avenue near Cushman Street. In 1914 the family moved to McKinleyville, California, and later to Oakland where he operated a successful portrait gallery. He briefly lived in Nenana, Alaska, 1916-1918, and was one of the official photographers for the Alaska Engineering Commission and worked on a special assignment, documenting the very beginnings of the town of Nenana. Johnson documented Iñupiat life near Nome, walrus hunting, village activities and modes of travel by coastal Natives.

Active at 1516 ½ First ave., circa 1906-10; 314 Liberty Bldg., 1912-1919; 314 Yale Bldg., circa 1920; 519 Hinckley Bldg., 1921-1925, Seattle, Washington.

This is possibly Johnson from Alaska, who was involved with the Iñupiat and Reindeer population. He participated in writing a Report on the work of the Bureau of Education for the natives of Alaska, 1914-1915.

This photography studio was possibly in San Francisco in the 1910s.

The studio was located in Aberdeen, Washington. Bliss B. Jones opened the studio in 1914. Jones' father owned photo studios as well and his son continued the family business. The studio was located at 1918 Simpson Ave, Aberdeen, WA 98520.

Active at 207 2nd SO., Seattle.

Printed on verso: The home of the cowboy post cards.

Charles L. Judd was born in 1856 to Edwin and Rosina Judd in Waupun, Wisconsin. His family moved to Minnesota in 1867. Judd moved to Washington in 1900 and lived in Everett and Tacoma before moving to Anacortes where he opened a photograph studio. He specialized in portrait and Puget sound Landscape photography. Every summer from 1926-1930 Judd became the Official Photographer for the Cascade Pass Highway Commission. Judd died June 9, 1936.

Joseph C. Judkins worked as a photographer in Seattle during the years 1891-1902. His studio was located at various locations along 2nd and 3rd Avenues.

Mark Frederick Jukes (1878-1971) lived and worked in Bellingham, Washington for 76 years. His studio was located in the Sunset Building, Bellingham.

J.A. Juleen Studio was an Everett commercial photo studio, 1908-1954, first in the hands of John Juleen (1874-1935) and, following John's death, under the ownership of his wife Lee, Lena Dalquist Juleen, who died in 1955.

Juleen opened his first photo studio in Everett's Colby building, located on the southwest corner of Hewitt and Colby. Later Juleen Studios were located in the Eclipse Building at 2810 Colby in 1912; 1709 Hewitt Avenue, circa 1921; and 2930 Rockefeller in 1923. For a time, Lee Juleen operated the studio in Everett's Bon Marche building.

Ira A. Kautz was active at 912 2nd St., Seattle, Washington, 1893-1910.

Kautz partnered with Harry F. Roberts, for Roberts & Kautz, Seattle, Washington, 1892-1893. He partnered with Kinsey, (possibly Darius Kinsey), 1893-1895. He also partnered with Frank C. Plummer at the Sterling Studio, Seattle, Washington, 1895-1898. He was also active in Roslyn, Washington, 1903-1910.

See also: Plummer, Frank C.

See also: Kinsey & Kinsey

Ira A. Kautz & Kinsey were active at 912 2nd St., Seattle, Washington, 1893-1895.

Kautz partnered also with Harry F. Roberts, Roberts & Kautz, Seattle, Washington, 1892-1893; and with Frank C. Plummer at the Sterling Studio, Seattle, Washington, 1895-1898. He was also active in Roslyn, Washington, 1903-1910. This Kinsey brother is possibly Darius Kinsey, brother to Clarence and Clarke Kinsey who were active photographers in Alaska. Darius Kinsey was active in Seattle and Sedro Woolly, Washington 1903-1917.

See also: Plummer, Frank C.

See also: Kinsey & Kinsey

Active at Main Street, Montessano, Washington, circa 1889.

Active at 1111 E. Street, Tacoma, Washington, 1890-1894. Kelly also worked for the Cresent Gallery. Kelly was killed by a train outside of Tacoma in January of 1911.

Active at the Kennell-Ellis Studio, 1280 Willamette St., Eugene, Oregon.

Edward Corliss Kilbourne was born in Vermont on January 12, 1856. He grew up in Aurora, Illinois. After graduating from high school he studied dentistry under his father and joined the practice until 1880. His relative, Corliss P. Stone was Seattle mayor in 1872. Edward moved to Seattle in 1883. In 1888 Edward began promotion of the northern part of Seattle, the Fremont area. Along with other developers and businessmen, Edward championed electric transportation and trolleys to the new neighborhoods of Fremont and Greenlake. In 1892 he became owner of the Union Electric Company that provided electric lighting to the city of Seattle. Edward Corliss Kilbourne died on August 15, 1959.

Charles A. Kinnear was born in Metamora, Illinois, on March 22, 1868. He came to Seattle with his parents, George and Rebecca Kinnear in 1878. He graduated from the original location of the University of Washington in 1888. He then earned a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1890. He returned to Seattle and started a law office that he operated for three years. In 1901 he was part of the inaugural meeting of the Amateur Photographic Club of Seattle. The meeting was held at the Young Naturalist Hall in March of 1901.

Clarence and Clark Kinsey were brothers of Darius Kinsey. They left for the Klondike in 1898 and settled in Grand Forks, otherwise known as Bonanza. Here they built a cabin and filed a claim in nearby Gold Hill. Initially working out of a tent, it was almost four years before they could afford a permanent wood framed building. With their photographic equipment they did a substantial amount of portrait work and also had photographs appear in publications, brochures and pamphlets advertising goods for miners and describing the Klondike to outsiders. They were the official photographers for the Seattle & International Railway which was active under that name from 1896-1901 in Snoqualmie, Washington. Their partnership dissolved in 1906, when Clark Kinsey and his wife left for Seattle.

See also: Kautze and Kinsey.

Clark and Darius went on to document the logging industry. [See Clark Kinsey Photograph Collection].

Active at Room 14-Scheuerman Block, Seattle, Washington. In 1897 Kirk opened a studio in partnership with Anders Beers Wilse, a Norwegian engineer, surveyor, and photographer who documented the construction of the Great Northern Railroad as well as the Klondike Gold Rush. After only six months, Kirk sold his portion of the studio to Wilse.

George W. Kirk (1848-1919) apprenticed under the Baltimore photographer, William Chase, and later set up a studio in Huntington, West Virginia. After 13 years he left to become a raspberry farmer in Washington State. Kirk resumed photography in 1896 and opened a studio in Everett, Washington, 1898. Later he operated an additional branch studio in Arlington, Washington, 1901-06, and left the Everett studio to be operated by his son, T. Leston Kirk partnered with Loren H. Seely. They opened another studio in Snohomish. The Arlington and Snohomish studios were closed after George Kirk had a stroke in 1906 and retired.

Active at 1607 Fairview Ave. N, Seattle, Washington, was a photographer with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Harry Kirwin worked the boats and the docks, and he was also a part time newspaperman. He was the co-author with Ralph W. Andrews of the book This was Seafaring – a sea chest of salty memories

Active in Portland, Oregon, 1905-1921. Fred H. Kiser was a mountaineer, promoter, and a successful landscape and commercial photographer in the American West during the first two decades of the early 20th century. His work is credited with popularizing Crater Lake National Park and the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon and establishing Glacier National Park in Montana. He and his brother Oscar also operated the Lewis and Clark Official Photographic Co. at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon. Clarence L. Winter, Fred's partner, later operated Winter Photo Company.

Originally from Denver, Colorado, Kneisle arrived in Seattle in 1903. He was active in Seattle, Washington from 1912- 1925.

Active in Seattle, Washington. Operator at the Way down East Co., local 162frw.

Frederick Koerner was active at 388 East Morrison, Portland, Oregon in 1898. He lived in Portland, Oregon up to 1914.

Active in Juneau, Alaska, circa 1890.

Lloyd Winter also partnered with Percy E. Pond in Juneau between 1893-1943.

Active in Seattle, 1901-1904. In 1901 he is listed with a partner, Anna Nelson at 1331 1/2 Second Ave. That same year he is also listed as working alone at 314 Pike St. He partnered with William T. Lawson in 1903, with H. Earle Napier in 1904 both at the Pike St. address. HIs studio addredd is listed both as at 314 Pike St. and 314 1/2 Pike St.

Active from 1902- 1926 in Tacoma, WA at 17th Street and Jefferson Ave as well as 1525 Commerce Street. Originally form Wisconsin he had a successful career in Tacoma until his retirement in 1940.

Kirk Leston was based in Everett, Washington.

Edwin Levick, originally from London, came to the United States in 1899 and began working as an Arabic translator for the Guaranty Trust Company, New York City. He began taking photographs for various publications, such as the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times. After writing and photographing for newspapers and magazine, he decided to specialize in maritime photography. He is well known for his images of ships and sailboats. His photography studio was very successful and at one point employed seven to eight assistants. The studio was located at 10 West 47th Street, New York City. Levick died in 1929 in New Rochelle, New York. After his death, Levick's studio continued to produce photographs covering a variety of events and topic.

Active in Spokane, Washington, 1916; Auburn, Washington, 1917-18; and Port Angeles, Washington, 1925-26.

Richard T. Lewish was born around 1906 and died in 1979. He was active at 1809 E. Mission, Spokane, Washington.

Active in Spokane, Washington.

Charles A. Libby (1879-1966), born in Olympia, Washington, began his career in photography working for his sister, Addie, in the Libby Art Studio in 1898. He opened the Charles Libby Studio on his own studio in 1901. Libby did both portrait and commercial work from the beginning and took on both portraits, commercial photography, pictures of train wrecks for insurance companies, and houses for real estate companies. When Charles A. Libby, Jr. joined the firm in the early 1920s, the studio began to do extensive aerial photography in and around Spokane and the Inland Empire. During this time, Charles Sr. was elected president of the Inland Empire Photography Association. Charles Libby Sr. was so proud of his son, that in 1928 he changed the company name to "Charles Libby and son". After Charles, Sr. died in 1966, Charles, Jr. continued to operate the studio until 1969, when he sold it.

Active in Seattle, Washington, and Alaska.

Active at 919 C Street, and 1017 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Washington, 1892-1908.

Conrad Lindahl and Ellison A. Lynn were also partners in the late 1890s in Tacoma, Washington. Ellison A. Lynn worked solo under his name in both Seattle and Tacoma, Washington between 1893-1921.

Long's Studio was run by Jacob T. Long from 1919-1923 and by Edward S. Long from 1924-1925. The studio was at 4317 14th Avenue Northeast.

Frederick Victor Longstaff was born in Surrey, England. He moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1911. He was a major in the military and the head of the maritime committee of the British Columbia Historical Association. He authored a history of the HMCS Naden and Esquimalt Harbour naval base. He died in 1961.

B.E. Loomis was the mail carrier for Bucoda, Washington. He had a son named Frank.

Active at 824 Riverside Ave., Spokane, Washington. Archibald and Milton Loryea were brothers and both active photographers in Spokane, Washington in the early 1890s. The Loryeas were also active in California, primarily in San Jose and San Francisco before moving to Washington. Archibald (Archie) died at age 35 in Spokane in November 1900 and Milton continued photographing through 1914.

Active at 217 and 425 Walker Bldg., University & Second Ave., Seattle, Washington, 1911-1925.

Brothers, Charles D. and J. Willard Lothrop ran a studio called Lothrop Brothers. The studio was located in Port Townsend, 1901-1906. The brothers were also active in Seattle, Washington under their own names.

Lowman & Hanford was a store in Seattle. It was started by James D. Lowman and Clarence Hanford in 1882 and existed until the 1960s. Lowman & Hanford sold photo supplies, stationery, books, sewing machines, pianos, and more.

Born in South Dakota in 1887, Lutz spent his childhood years in St. Paul, Minnesota, and eventually attended Hamline University there. At the age of 27, he decided to turn his interest in photography into a career and purchased the Peter Holmboe Photographic Studio in Mandan, North Dakota, ultimately benefitting from the longest running cottage industry in Mandan. Starting in 1924, members of the Standing Rock Sioux nation were hired by the Northern Pacific Railway to perform as a tourist attraction for patrons who selected the NP line versus their competitors line which ran through Minot. Tribal members would charge a quarter to pose for custom pictures in full traditional dress and Lutz mass marketed these images as postcards for a nickel each. Lutz sold his practice to Lee Mohr in 1937 and moved his family west by rail to Tacoma, WA., where he had recently purchased a new studio. He gained national attention when he was honored with the title "Master Photographer of America," The Lutz's moved to Bainbridge Island when the photographer retired to be nearer to his children and grandchildren. Rolland Lutz died in 1964 and is buried next to his wife on the island.

Active in Tacoma, Washington, circa 1893-1920. Lynn also worked with Earl Cram, Lynn & Cram, in Seattle, Washington, 1906-1910.

Lynn, Ellison A. and Lindahl, Conrad were active at the Corner of 11th Street and Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Washington.

Conrad Lindahl and Ellison A. Lynn were partners in the late 1890s in Tacoma, Washington. Conrad Lindahl also worked independently under his own name between 1892-1906. Ellison A. Lynn worked independently under his name in both Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, 1893-1921.

Colin S. MacKenzie (1879-1912) also known as C.S. McKenzie, was active in Aberdeen, Washington.

Colin S. MacKenzie came from Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1899 with his great-grandparents, Simon Fraser and Jessie Ann (MacKenzie) Fraser. McKenzie was a deputy sheriff in the Grays Harbor area, had become a studio photographer following a back injury suffered while fighting a fire.

D. Marsh was active in Kendrick, Idaho and may have been active in Weiser, Idaho and Big Rapids Michigan as well. He made stereoviews as well including a Yellowstone Park series.

Was active as a publisher in McMinville, Oregon.

Milford Berwick Martin was born in 1883. He owned Martin Photo at S1 Howard, Spokane, Washington, from 1910 or earlier, to 1920 or later.

Frank (Sakae) Matsura (1873–1913) was born in Japan and he arrived in Okanogan, by way of Seattle, in 1903. He operated a photo studio, 1904-1912 and was well known for portraits and landscapes.

He is a descendant of Emperor Saga, the 52nd emperor of Japan, through the Matsura, lords of Hirado Island (northwest of Kyūshū). His father and uncle were samurai, serving Tokugawa Yoshinobu, 15th Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the family entered the tea business. Matsuras parents died, and he was raised by an uncle and aunt, learning English at a school they founded in Tokyo. As further evidence of his family's high standing, he possessed a ceremonial sword.

In 1903, he answered an ad in a Seattle newspaper for a cooks helper and laundryman placed by Jesse Dillabough, owner of the Elliott Hotel in Conconully, Washington, and was hired. He arrived with his camera equipment and began photographing the Okanogan region. His photographic subjects were wide and varied and included portraits, infrastructure projects such as the construction of Conconully Dam, Native Americans, celebrations and parades, stage coaches, riverboats, farming and ranching, and virtually all aspects of the lives of the people of Okanogan county. Matsura was a respected and beloved figure in this frontier region that he documented with his camera. His funeral attracted more than three hundred Native American and pioneer mourners.

The Maxwell Brothers, Charles Thomas and Joseph D., were active from 1875-1900 in Spokane, Spokane Falls, and on Main St. in Walla Walla, Washington. Joseph D. Maxwell first opened the studio in 1875, and was joined by Charles D. in 1878. The brothers opened two more studios, one in Spokane Falls in 1884 and another in Dayton, Washington. Additionally, the brothers worked with W.W. Maxwell and operated a branch gallery in Lewiston, Idaho, circa 1899.

Active in Victoria, British Colombia, Canada, 1864-1912.

Hannah Hatherly Maynard (1834-1918) (Mrs. Richard) was born in Stratton, Cornwall, England. She married Richard Maynard (1832-1907) in 1852 sailed with him to Canada and lived in Bowmanville, what is now the province of Ontario.

Hannah became one of British Colombia's first professional photographers. Richard Maynard left his family and joined the Fraser River gold rush 1858-59 and successfully mined the Huson Bar while Hannah learned photography at home in Bowmanville. They emigrated to the Colony of Vancouver Island along with their 4 children in 1862. By 1864 he was noted for his photographic work as well. In 1874 Hannah and Richard built one of the city's first portrait studios, Mrs. R. Maynards Photographic Gallery on Douglas Street at the corner of Johnson, with Richards adjoining boot and shoe store. She experimented with every new photographic techniques, and Richard was almost exclusively known for his landscapes. Both Hannah and Richard were well traveled and photographed their adventures. Her work was marketed under a separate imprint, and his photographs were primarily landscapes.

Active in Victoria, British Colombia, Canada, 1864-1907.

Richard Maynard (1832-1907) was born in Bude, England. He married Hannah Hatherly Maynard (1834-1918) in 1852, sailed Canada and lived in Bowmanville, what is now the province of Ontario. They emigrated to the Colony of Vancouver Island along with their 4 children in 1862.

Richard's wife Hannah became one of British Columbia's first professional photographers. In 1874 Richard and Hannah built one of the city's first portrait studios, Mrs. R. Maynards Photographic Gallery on Douglas Street at the corner of Johnson, with Richards adjoining boot and shoe store. Both Hannah and Richard were well traveled and photographed their adventures. Her work was marketed under a separate imprint, and his photographs were primarily landscapes.

Active at 63rd St. & Stewart Ave. Abel Building. (Englewood) Chicago. A partnership of Chicago photographers, Charles A. Mayo and J.E. Weed. The firm were "special artists" for Graftons Tours, which was also a Chicago company. In 1891, J.E. Weed traveled to Alaska with a tour going along the scenic route of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mayo & Weed published a catalogue and album of this trip. The catalogue described the views of this trip as sized 5x8 and 8x10.

Arthur B. McAlpin was born in Pennsylvania in 1856. McAlpin's family moved to San Francisco, California after his birth. He was working as a photographer in San Francisco by the 1870s. In 1884 McAlpin moved to Portland, Oregon. In 1890-91 McAlpin went into business with Charles Y. Lamb forming the McAlpin & Lamb Studio located in the Dekum Building at 3rd and Southwest Morrison Street in Portland. They also operated a gallery in Portland called the Imperial Gallery.

McAlpin Garage in Arlington, Washington was started by Earl McAlpin and was operated by him until his death in 1919. Otis Allen took over the business to great success and expansion of services. Allen operated a business that included freight trucking, under the subsidiary Arlington-Darrington Truck Company, one of the leading gas stations in Arlington that was an agent of Firestone Tires, a car repair shop and the Arlington Distribution Company providing Union Oil products.

Active at 705 Broadway N. and Seattle's Loveless Studio building at 711 Broadway E, Seattle, Washington.

Ella E. Mcbride (1863-1965), was an internationally noted fine-art photographer, as well as an avid mountain climber, environmentalist, and civic leader. Ella had several creative and athletic interests. She belonged to a Spanish Guitar Club, a Bicycle Club, and being tall and broadly built, she soon caught "Mountain fever" as she described it. In 1896, joined the Portland mountaineering organization Mazamas (meaning "mountain goat") and served as their historian/secretary from 1897-1899. 1897, she met photographer Edward S. Curtis, who was leading a Mazama-sponsored ascent to Mt. Rainier along with his wife and several distinguished climbers and scientists.

Ella McBride began working in the photography when Edward Curtis convinced McBride to leave her teaching position in Portland and relocate to Seattle to assist him. She accepted and during 1907-1916 she was working in his darkroom and showroom, and manager of his studio. For more than 30 years operated her own successful Seattle photography studio starting in 1917-1922 with Edmund Schwinke. Wayne Albee, (1882-1937), fine-art photographer of Tacoma had also joined the McBride studio by 1919 as partner and chief photographer. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925, and McBride continued to operate a studio in various Seattle locations. Others associated with her studio included the brilliant Pictoralist, Frank Asakichi Kunishige (1878-1960) and Soichi Sunami (1885-1971), who would become a major force in the field of dance photography.

Her main interest for subject matter centered on floral studies, for which she seems to have had immediate success. Her love of flowers likely stemmed from her recollection of the abundant flora in the foothills of Mt. Rainier. She later recalled, "we were just right out in the rain and picked flowers and the flowers were just gorgeous. it was just a blaze of flowers, you couldn't step without stepping on flowers or pitch a little tent without the floor covered with flowers" (Molenaar Audio Interview). In 1932 she partnered with Richard Anderson (1908-1970); they continued to work together until she retired in 1954 due to her failing eyesight. She died at the age of 102.

Morton S. McClaire (d. 1917), was active at 719 ½ Front St., and Shorey Block. Cor. Third and Columbia, Seattle, Washington, 1884-1896.

See Also: McClaire & Quirk

The McClaire & Quirk was a studio run by Morton S. McClaire and his partner Quirk. McClaire also worked by in Seattle under several studio names between 1884-1896.

Active at 719 ½ Front Street, Seattle, Washington, 1885-1886.

The McClaire & Quirk was a studio run by Morton S. McClaire and his partner Quirk. McClaire also worked by in Seattle under several studio names between 1884-1896.

This is possibly Roy and Ray McClinton or Amberson L. McClinton. Roy, Ray and Amberson were sons of James G. McClinton and moved from Aurora, Nevada to Quilcene in 1889 and later to Port Angeles, Washington. Ray and Roy were the youngest in the family and were fraternal twins who photographed mostly around Clallam County. This included Port Angeles school photographs, and the surrounding woods and outdoors. Amberson McClinton was Roy and Ray's older brother, and happened to be a twin as well with brother, Myron. Amberson was a customs and steamship official for the Seattle Port Commission and the deputy collector of customs for Port Townsend. He arrived in Seattle in 1894 and worked for the Alaska Steamship Company as a purser on the S.S. Rosalie from 1897-1900. In 1915 he was put in charge of the Bell Street Dock, Seattle. Amberson died June 5, 1920.

Active at 1608 Belmont Ave., Seattle, and Friday Harbor, 1906-1918.

Active in Alaska.

Active at 514 9th St., Seattle, Washington. McDonald is listed only in the 1892-93 Corbett Seattle Directory. Some of his images are also stamped "A.J. McDonald & Son." Perhaps the economic panic of 1893 drove him back to California. The California State Library preserves a large collection of his San Francisco subjects, but only a few Seattle scenes survive in local collections. Probably most of his Seattle subjects were taken during the photographers brief stay here.

McDonald is well known for his stereoviews of California. He is one of the few photographers who recorded a view of the 1863 Cliff House and the Cliff House to Ferry Railroad in San Francisco, California.

Active in Alaska, McDonough was the official Navy chief Photographer on the Alaska Aerial Survey Expedition, circa 1929.

Active in Walla Walla, Washington, circa 1890.

Joseph (Joe) McKissick (1869-1939), was active in Dungeness, Washington, circa 1900s, and owned McKissick Photo Studio.

McKissicks father was originally from Ireland and his mother a Native Clallam woman named Mary.

The McKnight Brothers, Samuel F. & John C., were active at the corner of Front & Madison Streets, 1019 ½ Front St., and the Front SW corner of Spring, Seattle, Washington, 1887-1914.

Samuel McKnight also worked at 614 ½ 2nd with Claude Colpitts as Colpitts & McKnight (Claude Colpitts and Samuel F. McKnight), 1902, and at 314 ½ Madison as McKnight & Beaudry, 1892-93.

Charles McMillan's studio was located at 314 Georgia Street, Vallejo, California. He was born in Kingston, Canada in 1853 and eventually moved to Chicago, Illinois before re-locating to California in 1879. In 1891 he moved to Vallejo, California and operated at the corner of Sacramento and Virginia Street.

Active in Port Townsend, Washington, 1886-1902.

William A. McPherson (or McPhearson) was active as a photographer for the Alaska Central Railroad, Seward, Alaska 1903-1906.

Active at 113 ½ Marion and 218 ½ Columbia, Seattle, Washington, 1905-1909.

Elisee Meresse (1855-1924) studied art, photography, and college in Paris in the 1870's and emigrated to the United States from France in 1889. He and his family settled in Oregon City, with a summer property in Netarts, Oregon. In summers he took photographs of the area and sold prints (some labeled "Netarts photo") in Netarts. In 1894, the family moved to Forest Grove, where Elisee taught art and French, and possibly ran a photography studio.

Active in Hoquiam, Washington, circa 1890-1900.

Henry Benjamin C. "H. B." Meriwether left Alabama circa 1890 established photographic studios in Aberdeen, Hoquiam and Elma, Chehalis County, Washington, conducting those galleries for about ten years, during which he was also in the government employ. In 1900 he left Washington and came to Arizona, conducting photographic studios in different places throughout the state until 1907 when he located in Globe.

Hugo Henry Mertens was born in Essen, Germany and set up a photography studio in 1889 in Tacoma, Washington. Later he moved to Centralia where he became widely known.

Active in Montesano, Washington, circa 1890s. He also worked as a photographer in Aberdeen, Washington, circa 1901-1904.

E.L. Meyer worked in Seattle and also opened a branch studio called Palmos' Studio in Nanaimo in May 1904 and is listed as having a studio in Walla Walla in 1905.

Also active at various locations on the 314 Pike, Colonial Blk., 37 Safe Deposit Bldg., and 8024 Stroud, Seattle, Washington, 1894-1901. Meyer was also a photographer in Alaska around 1900, where he documented the construction of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad and everyday life activities.

Active in Sitka, Alaska.

Active at 230 Henry Building, Seattle, Washington, as a commercial photographer starting circa 1900. He was also active at Phone Main 8878, Stuart Building, Seattle, Washington.

Miller was also a partner with Asahel Curtis, 1914-15.

Monroe Studio was active at 2108 East 65th Street.

Active at 29 Washington St., Portland, Oregon, starting circa 1870s. From 1884-1887, B.C. Towne and Elbridge W. Moore operated a San Francisco Gallery in Portland as partners. At this time, the studio was also listed as Towne & Moore.

Moore bought Abell & Son business in 1888. Moore was also the Vice President of Camera Craft in 1903, and exhibited his portraits at the National Exhibition.

Active in Pendleton, Oregon, 1889-1902.

Major Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) was an engineer and clerk before being appointed Lt. Colonel in the militia, serving as secretary to the Governor of Oregon. He later managed a farm and ran a general store in Pendleton. In 1889, he was appointed Indian agent at the Umatilla reservation. He produced over 9,000 images documenting urban, rural, and Native American life in the Columbia Basin and Umatilla County, Oregon, of the Umatilla, Nez Perce, and Cayuse Native American people.

Active in Seattle, Washington, 1885-1889. Morford photographed many views of the surrounding Seattle area now referenced as subjects for historical comparison "now and then" studies.

Joseph G. Morris (Nov 21, 1850 - Feb 8, 1923) worked as a photographer from about 1883 to 1896 at 16 Sixth street in Pittsburgh, PA. About 1897 the address changes to 126 Sixth street, until 1912. He apparently gave up photography about 1913, age 63. He managed a building and worked as a sales agent for about ten years until his death in 1923.

Morton and Company was active at 515 Market Street, San Francisco, California.

Gabriel Moulin was born in San Jose in 1872 to German and French parents. In 1884 his family moved to San Francisco. He worked in the studios of I.W. Taber and R.J. Waters and Co before opening his own studio at 153 Kearny, San Francisco, California. The studio was the official photographer for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. Moulin died in 1945 but the studio is still operated by Gabriel's sons, Irving and Raymond and his grandson, Tom.

Active in Atlin, British Columbia, circa 1902, and at 1743 Melrose Place, Seattle, Washington, 1908-1920. Lewis P. Muirhead made a living as a commercial marine photographer in Seattle and specialized in taking photos of ships and sold the photos to crew members as mementos of their service.

Archibald Murchie was active from 1890-1895 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

Louis F. Murdock, active at 1611 15th ave., and at 4521 Eastern Ave., Seattle, Washington, late 1890s-1930s.Abel's Photographic Weekly (Vol. 30, No. 758, July 1922) noted about his autochromes of the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, "there are none better than his anywhere." Murdock was an active mountaineer, listed in "The Olympic Mountains Climbing Guide," as having made the first ascent of Mt. Duckabush (later named Mt. Steel) in 1899. He is also listed as a 1907 charter member of "The Mountaineers".

Eadweard Muybridge came to the United States from England in 1850. He resided in San Francisco and in 1868 became famous for his photographs of Yosemite. That same year he traveled to Alaska to photograph the Tlingit tribe and the Alaskan landscape. He is most famous for his images of animal locomotion. He died in 1904

Myers was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio on November 4, 1857. He was one of four sons born to John and Mary Myers. He learned photography early on from his uncle, Austin Kracaw. He then moved to Chicago where he studied under various photographers including Rider's and Stefifens'. He started his own business in Peoria, Illinois, where he remained for three years. He afterward returned to his old home town of Washington, Iowa, and later to Biloxi, Mississippi, where he lived for six years. In August of 1902, he purchased the Vassar Northrup Studio at 1414 Hewitt Avenue in Everett, opening Myers Art Studio from 1902-1926.

Active in Spokane, Washington, (possibly Nels B. Nelson), 1913-19.

Nels Bertelsen Nelson (b. 1876), learned photography in Denmark after high school. After serving the regular army, he traveled to the United States and joined his brother at Nelson, Washington, 1899 (His brother being the namesake for the town). After working as a shop keeper with his brother, a custom broker, and postmaster, he built his own store in Curlew, 1901. In 1903 he opened a branch store in Molson, then partnered into the firm of Anderson Brothers at Brewster and became manager of the Brewster store, 1904.

H.G. Nelson worked in the Hoquiam area in the early 1900s and 1910s. He is listed in the business directory as working in Elma during the mid-1920s.