WAUVanOlindaOliverPHColl376.xmlGuide to the Oliver S. Van Olinda Photographs and Ephemera 1884-1946Van Olinda (Oliver S.) Photographs and EphemeraSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2006 (Last modified: 9/23/2022)
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Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0376Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954Oliver S. Van Olinda photographs and ephemera1884-19461890-19191 album: 353 photographic prints, 1 drawing, 5 items (1 box) : some hand-colored ; various sizes101 photographic prints (1 box) : some cyanotype, some hand-colored ; various sizes30 lantern slides (1 box) : black and white, some hand-colored ; 11 x 9 centimetersCollection materials are in English.Photographs and slides of community life in Seattle, Vashon Island and Whidbey Island, Washington, made by Oliver S. Van Olinda between 1884 and 1946

Oliver Scott Van Olinda, a career newspaperman and early resident of the Pacific Northwest, was born in La Salle County, Illinois, in 1868. In 1884 he traveled with his family in a covered wagon from Bedford, Iowa, to Sidney, Nebraska, where he learned to set type at the Redington Press at age 17. Van Olinda moved from Nebraska to Vashon Island, Washington, in August 1891. His father, Elmer Eugene, sister Mattie, and brother Charles also relocated to Vashon Island. Later another sister, Jessie, was born. Eventually Van Olinda married Vashon resident Ida M. Anderson, with whom he had two children, Myrtle and Andrew Eugene.

Van Olinda and his father ran numerous businesses on the island, including the Island Home newspaper, published from 1895-1897, and the Vashon Island News-Record. His brother Charles served as the first postmaster on Vashon Island, opening the Portage Post Office on May 18, 1903. For three years Oliver S. Van Olinda published another weekly paper, the Stanwood Press, in Stanwood, Snohomish County. Starting about 1900, he also maintained a house on Whidbey Island, where he was the editor of the Island County Times, a Coupeville newspaper. In addition to his newspaper work, Van Olinda managed a commercial wireless station in Olympia for a short while and served for 18 years as historian of the Vashon-Maury Pioneer Society. He was an adept writer whose lively stories of Puget Sound pioneer life for both adults and children included the book History of Vashon-Maury Island, published in 1935.

Names appearing in the inventory: Elliston and Chautauqua are names for the current location of Ellisport, the land near Tramp Harbor on the east coast of Vashon Island. The Ram Pasture, believed to have been Oliver S. Van Olinda's first home on the island, was initially a one-room house; it was later renovated into a larger building.

The photographs document life on Vashon Island, Whidbey Island, Seattle, and other communities of Washington State's Puget Sound region from the 1880s into the 1940s. Featured are images of pioneer activities, industries and occupations, recreation, street scenes, and ferries and boat traffic at the turn of the century. Also included are a few photographs of Native American activities such as a potlatch on Whidbey Island. Most of the photographs were taken by Oliver S. Van Olinda.

Arranged in 4 series:

AlbumPrintsLantern slidesVariant prints of images in album and box 2

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Source: Mrs. Howard Shipman, 1977.

Processed by Nicolette Bromberg and Rebekah Dalby, 2002. Revised by Stefanie Terasaki, 2015.

The album cover had deteriorated and was discarded, but the original order of the album pages has been retained.

These photographs were relocated in 1993 from the Oliver S. Van Olinda Papers (Manuscript Collection 4353), which are also located in the Special Collections division, University of Washington Libraries.

Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954, History of Vashon-Maury Islands. Vashon, Washington: Vashon Island News-Record, 1935.

Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954, The Island Home. Vashon, Washington: Van Olinda & Son, [1892] .

Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954, Nothin Much: A Composite Picture of Life in the Northwest. Vashon, Washington: 1936.

Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954, ed., Surf. Coupeville, Washington: Surf Pub. Co., 1901.

Carey, Roland, Van Olinda's History of Vashon-Maury Island. Seattle, Washington: Alderbrook Publishing Co., 1985.

Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954--PhotographsVan Olinda family--PhotographsPuget Sound Region (Wash.)--PhotographsVashon Island (Wash.)--PhotographsWhidbey Island (Wash.)--PhotographsCoupeville (Wash.)--PhotographsSeattle (Wash.)--PhotographsFrontier and pioneer life--Washington (State)zPuget Sound Region--PhotographsDwellings--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--PhotographsStreets--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--PhotographsIndians of North America--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--PhotographsSkagit Indians--Washington (State)--PhotographsBuildings--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--PhotographsSteamboats--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--PhotographsRecreation--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--PhotographsTransportation--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--PhotographsAutomobiles--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--PhotographsCanoes and canoeing--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region--PhotographsSalishan Indians--Boats--PhotographsLantern slidesCyanotypesGroup portraitsPortrait photographsPhotographic printsPhotographsWashington (State)TransportationPioneersArchitectureChildren and YouthHome and FamilyNative Americans

 

Album1/11aGrand Army of the Republic, Sons of Veterans1892

Caption on album: "Gen. Wadsworth Camp #29, Sons of Veterans. W. Cutler, F. Lansing, F. Lindley, H.F. McClintock, O.S. Van Olinda, A. Judd, C. Cristman, J. Mock, C. Jacobs, E. Price, E. Cristman, G. Kingsbury, L. Snow, D.A. Pruitt, H.O. Fuller, F.M. Sherman, L.E. Price."

1/11bRoad above Vashon Wharf18911/11cVashon Lake1891 1/11dVashon Center, looking east1893 1/11ePresbyterian Church, Vashon Center, and the first log-cabin schoolhouse, built in18811892 1/22aGrand Army of the Republic group, H.G. Sickles Post 571892

From caption on album: Rear: Adam Cristman, C.A. Barton, S.D. Sherman, J.W. Jacobs, J.S. Markham, Lawrence Cristman.

Lower: Mark P. Waterman, Jerome Cutler, E.E. Van Olinda, Adolph Sandrock, James Pruit, Daniel Price, George E. Lindley, Isaac Reese, Moses H. Snow, A. Cassler, James E. Mace.

1/22bVashon Wharf, from top of hill1893 1/22cVashon Methodist Church, built in 18851894

Same image as items 40g and 44f.

1/22dGrand Army of the Republic Women's Relief Corps, H.G. Sickles Post 371892

From caption on album: Rear: Mrs. M.P. Waterman, Mrs. H. Snow, Mrs. Lawrence Cristman, Mrs. S.D. Sherman, Mrs. Lucy Lansing, Mrs. Laura Price, Mrs. Adam Cristman.

Front row: Mrs. L.A. Lindley, Mrs. H.E. Fuller, Mrs. E.E. Van Olinda, Mrs. J.W. Jacobs, Mrs. Porthena Morgan, Mrs. W.H. Clark, Mrs. Hattie Jacobs.

Second row, standing: Mrs. J.P. Blackburn, Miss Sarah Lindley, Mrs. Joe Dean, Mrs. C.A. Barton, Mrs. Osborn (an organizer from Seattle), Mrs. James Pruit.

1/22eQuartermaster School1890 1/22fLabel from Vashon Island Pressundated1/22gLabel from Press Job Printing Officeundated1/22hTyped note from [Larry Price?] to Miss Ida Anderson regarding the play Among the BreakersDecember 29, 18941/33aJudd Creek Bridge1892 1/33bVashon Methodist Church1893 1/33cVashon Dock Road1891

Same image as item 156.

1/33dBerry pickers at Thompson's Strawberry Ranch July 4, 1893

Same image as item 46f.

1/33eMan with pick-ax and boulderbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/33fTwo couples, including Dillon Van Olinda at far leftbetween 1898 and 1910? 1/33gStern wheel steamboat Mary F. Pearleybetween 1891 and 1892? 1/33hO.S. Van Olinda and womanbetween 1891 and 1900? 1/33iDillon Van Olinda in Harrington greenhousebetween 1898 and 1905? 1/33jBaptist Church at Vashon Center1893 1/33kJudd Creek1891 1/33lQuartermaster Harbor and two-masted sailing shipbetween 1891 and 1893?

Same image as item 12c.

1/44aVermontville School with scaffolding1892 1/44bVashon Methodist Church1892 1/44cHop pickers' picnic at Aquarium1893 1/44dC.A. Wright farm between 1891 and 1892? 1/44eJ. Boerstler house1892 1/44fO.S. Van Olinda milking cow into cat's mouth, Whidbey Island1891 1/44gGeorge Lindley house and family1894 1/44hHatch store, Burton1892 1/44iNative American canoes and people on beachprobably between 1900 and 1910? 1/55aFrenchMr. and Mrs. S.D. Sherman1892 1/55bH.O. Fullerbetween 1891 and 1900? 1/55cFrank Atkins and Howard Darlington spoon feeding a chickbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/55d E.G. Thompson, Montgomery Robb, and Harry Buckner at campsite near Ollala1893 1/55eBaptist Church with flags and Grand Army of the Republic Women's Relief Corps., H.G. Sickles Post 37 banner, Memorial DayMay 30, 1893? 1/55fGeorge and John Mock and man on Nipsic1893 1/66aNative Americans outside canvas shelter1891 1/66bNative American man, "Whiskey Jim," Whidbey Island1900 1/66cNative American woman1895? 1/66dPartially carved Siwash canoe1900 1/66eNative American man and woman with baskets1892 1/66fTwo Native American children1901 1/66gSteam barge Michigan and Native American canoe next to dock1900? 1/66hSiwash canoe and paddle on beach1895?

Same image as item 157.

1/66iMount Rainier from Vashonbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/66jNative American woman cutting driftwood 1895? 1/77aAmos Tiltonbetween 1891 and 1900? 1/77bWomen, man, and dog on Vashon Dock1893 1/77cSteamboat Skagit Chief at Vashon Dock1892 1/77dLoading strawberries onto railcars on barge1905? 1/77eDillon Van Olinda and Jessie [Harrington?]between 1898 and 1910? 1/77fMattie, Dillon, and Jessie Van Olinda1905? 1/77gRobinson Point light beacon, eastern edge of Maury Island1891 1/77hNellie Jacobs and Aggie Yule1905? 1/77iBaptism of Ella Miner, Chautauqua 1893? 1/88aPortage1911 1/88bPortage from the west1911 1/88cCleared land and buildings above coast, Tramp Harbor1885 1/88dFrank U. Miner house and wellbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/88eFirst Rev. R.B. Dilworth house1884 1/88fChautauqua1892 1/88gStill-life Vashon Fruit1896 1/88hReverend R.B. Dilworth house1888 1/99aGroup portrait on beach1894

From album caption: Rear: Angie Markham.

Front row: Isabel Fuller, Amy Lovering, Sadie Lindley, Ida Anderson.

Back row: Anna Wright, Hattie Blackburn, Carrie Blackburn, Julia Markham, Helen Cutler, Anna Bonney.

1/99bJessie Yule and Jessie Harrington on horse carriage at Vashon Center1892 1/99cStern wheel steamboat Multnomah at Chautauqua dock1892 1/99dCast photo from Among the Breakers1894

From album caption: Rear: Charles Cristman, P.L. Nye, Capitola Price.

Front: W.N. Alexander, Hattie Blackburn, Levi Snow, O.S. Van Olinda, Ida Anderson, Jennie Snow, L.E. Price.

1/1010aFrank and Lucy Lansing with baby1894 1/1010bE.G. Thompson, Montgomery Robb, and Harry Buckner with rifles and a dog at campsite near Ollala18931/1010cMattie Van Olinda and John Thompson with large log1894 1/1010dHorace Holbrook's launch Juanita in Deception Pass, Whidbey Islandbetween 1900 and 1910? 1/1010eGroup portrait of picnic party on plank road, Chautauquabetween 1891 and 1910? 1/1010fElla Startbetween 1891 and 1900? 1/1010gMontgomery J. Robb on horsecart1893 1/1010hJ.T. Thompson in Uncle Sam costume1895 1/1010iIsabel Fuller1892 1/1111aHarvesters in field at the J.C. Gorsuch farmJune 1893 1/1111bGroup at ChautauquaJuly 4, 1896 1/1111cMan with old-growth log1892 1/1111dCabin with women1893 1/1212aFaculty of Vashon College, first termOctober 5, 1892

From album caption: Mrs. A.C. Jones, elocution; Pres. A.C. Jones; Mrs. Anna Farrow, matron; Nora A. Gilmour, librarian; O.S. Van Olinda, stenography; L.P. Venen, languages and higher math; D.E. Crandall, commercial; Cora Teaff, music; W.H.P. Redlinger, military tactics.

1/1212bMain building, Vashon College1892

First building opened for use on October 25, 1892.

 1/1212cQuartermaster Harbor and two-masted sailing shipcirca 1891 or 1893

Same image as 31.

1/1212dVashon College buildingsbetween 1901 and 1910?

Original building from 1892, Commercial Hall from 1894 with 1898 addition, and Armory from 1901.

1/1212eMen in work clothes with tools and main building of Vashon College1893? 1/1212fSmall house in snowbetween 1891 and 1910?

Album caption: "Ram Pasture."

1/1313aWomen in a Franklin automobile1914 1/1313bCougar carcass1915 1/1313cVashon Center from the south, with Vashon Garage and Vashon Grocery1932 1/1313dPeople and geese in yard near Kalama, Washington1915

From album caption: Frank W. Gorsuch, Mrs. L.C. Beall, Sr., Ida. M. Van Olinda, Aunt Susie, L.C. Beall, Sr., F. Herthum.

1/1313eFirst post office in Clallam County (1878), made from a tree stumpbetween 1890 and 1910? 1/1414a1860 lighthouse, Admiralty Head, Whidbey IslandApril 15, 1900 1/1414b1857 blockhouse at Ebey's Prairie, Whidbey Island1900 1/1414c1860 blockhouse on Crockett farm, Whidbey Island1900

Same image as item 158.

1/1414dEdson, Norman, d. 1968Chief Charley Snatelum and wife Katie, Coupeville, Whidbey Island1910?

Handwritten on image: "Chief Snaklum and wife, Coupeville, Wash." [final word is illegible].

Item 54 is a cropped and enlarged version of this image.

1/1414eNative American man, "Whiskey Jimmy," Whidbey Island1900

Caption on image: "Whiskey Jimmy, 104 years old, 1900."

1/1414fWhidby Island blockhouse dedication clippingSeptember 29, 1938

On item: "Whidby Island blockhouse to be dedicated."

1/1414gSteamship Princess Royal1914

Caption on image says "Princess Alice '14," but the steamship has been verified as the Princess Royal.

The Princess Royal , an all-wood vessel, was built in 1906 for Canada Pacific Railway by B.C. Marine Railway in Esquimalt, Canada. By 1913, her light grey hull was painted black, and in the late 1920's, her vertical clearance was increased to accommodate automobiles. After a 27-year career serving Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver B.C., she was sold in 1933 for scrap. (Robert Turner, The Pacific Princesses).

1/1414hSteamship Sioux1914 1/1414iSteamship Iroquois between 1907 and 1930? 1/1515aPier and west coast of Vashonbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/1515bP.L. Nye house with people1894 1/1515cSide-wheel steamboatbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/1515dWoman picking hopsbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/1515eStern wheel steamboat Skagit Queenbetween 1898 and 1905 1/1515fElmer Eugene Van Olinda house with man, woman, and young girlbetween 1892 and 1900? 1/1616aUnidentified homestead, Vermontville1911

Handwritten on image: "The Old, 1911."

1/1616bA. Eugene Van Olinda as a baby in a washtub1903? 1/1616cOliver S. Van Olinda house, Glen Acres1914

Handwritten on image: "1914, The New."

1/1616dA. Eugene Van Olinda as a baby sleeping in high chair1903? 1/1616eIda M. and Oliver S. Van Olinda1897 1/1616fMyrtle and Eugene Van Olinda1903 1/1616gTwo women with babiesbetween 1898 and 1899? 1/1616hEugene and Myrtle Van Olinda on beach1905 1/1717aPeople on log bridge over a ravine, south of Harrington Greenhouse1893 1/1717bHoward Darlington and Frank Atkins reading outside1893 1/1717cSteamboat Glide1893? 1/1717dMen cutting old growth tree1893? 1/1717eSteamship Kingstonbetween 1891 and 1900? 1/1717fB. Jacobs in Grand Army of the Republic uniformbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/1717gLandscapebetween 1891 and 1910? 1/1717hLandscape with houses in snowbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/1717iFrank Atkins and Howard Darlington with sicklesbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/1717jGroup at picnic, Des Moinesbetween 1891 and 1900?

Album caption: "S. of T. Picnic, Des Moines."

1/1818a C.W. Dow house1894 1/1818bMrs. Ida Anderson Van Olinda and Anna Wright1897 1/1818cReverend and Mrs. W.H. Leech, of Vashon Methodist Episcopal Church, seated on couchbetween 1891 and 1900?1/1818dMonitor warship U.S.S. Monterey1894 1/1919aVashon Wharf Road with Mount Rainier1891 1/1919bLandscape with snowNovember 1894 1/1919cLargest fir tree on Vashon at Snow-Dumbleton homestead, Glen Acres1892

Same image as item 159.

1/1919dSmall house, "The Ram Pasture"1895

Album caption: "The Ram Pasture."

1/2020aMen with baseball equipmentJuly 4, 1894

From album caption: Rear: VanCamp, Doane, Howard Darlington, Jacobs.

Front: Blackburn, Gilman, Horace Lovering, Gibbs.

1/2020bVashon Cornet Bandbetween 1892 and 1900?

From album caption: Rear: Ervin Thompson, H.O. Fuller, Lake Price, bandleader P.L. Nye, Earl Price, Lester Blackburn, Charles Jacobs, William Alexander, Horace Lovering.

Front: Ed. Mace, O.S. Van Olinda, Mont. Robb, Earnest Lindley.

1/2020cGroup at picnicMay 1893

From album caption: Hattie Blackburn, Isabel Fuller, Jessie Yule, George McFarland, Sena Hansen, Carrie Blackburn, Ervin Thompson, Dillon Van Olinda, Jessie Harrington, Mattie Van Olinda, Jay N. Robb, Lester Blackburn.

1/2020dVashon School class photo1894 1/2121aTugboat Michigan and Siwash canoe at dock18911/2121bVashon College1904Kneeland Foto

Dates of when the buildings were built are written above each structure.

1/2121cExtended E.J. Mace familyNovember 29, 1921 1/2121dMrs. and Reverend C.R. Pomroybetween 1891 and 1900? 1/2121eJay N. Robb and group in open automobilebetween 1907 and 1915? 1/2222aSheffield dahlia farm1920 1/2222bO.S. Van Olinda house at Glen Acres19131/2222cElmer Eugene Van Olinda store and post office1930 1/2222dGlen Acres wharf and steamship Daily1916 1/2323aVashon Center from the north1914 1/2323b[Jennings?]Strawberry Festival reception committeeJune 28, 1913 1/2323cVashon Center from the south1915 1/2323dAutomobile parade, VashonJuly 4, 1916 1/2323eAutomobile parade and fireworks, VashonJuly 4, 1916 1/2424aE.W. Lindley and Mrs. L.A. Lindley in O.S. Van Olinda's Franklin automobile1913 1/2424bChautauqua sand spit1896

From album caption: Site of later KVI radio station.

1/2424cCar on Quartermaster-Center Road1916 1/2424dBoy in snow near O.S. Van Olinda house, Glen Acres1915 1/2525aIda Van Olinda in War Garden, Glen Acres1918 1/2525bCar ferry Washington leaving Vashon Heights on first tripAugust 16, 1919 1/2525cPhotographer on ladder and Maypole dancing at Vashon High SchoolMay 1, 1915 1/2525dVashon Center, looking north from water tower1930 1/2626aWedding photo of Captain Louie MacMillan and Beatrice Thompson1915 1/2626bRoad to Vashon Wharf1892 1/2626cA. Eugene Van Olinda in uniform and Elmer Eugene Van Olinda with sword1864 1/2626dPortrait of manbetween 1891 and 1900? 1/2626eNative American girlundated1/2626fWedding of Captain Louie MacMillan and Beatrice ThompsonJune 24, 1915 1/2727aO.S. Van Olinda house, Glen Acres1913 1/2727bO.S. Van Olinda house1910 1/2727cMr. and Mrs. J.N. Robb with groupbetween 1891 and 1900? 1/2727dMan with saw and old growth treebetween 1891 and 1910? 1/2727eSteamship Daring at dockJune 24, 1915 1/2727fWharfbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/2727gDowned treebetween 1891 and 1910? 1/2828aStella McDonald1893 1/2828bWaterman house and family on porch1894 1/2828cFirst Avenue, Seattle1892 1/2828dMembers of Van Olinda and Scott families outside small wooden building1893 1/2929aJohn F. Stier housebetween 1891 and 1910? 1/2929bJohn F. Stier house1937 1/2929cH. Harrington house with three people1893 1/2929dTwo hundred-foot tree next to small building on Floyd Mace farmbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/3030aJ.T. Blackburn house, one-half mile east of Vashon Center1886

From album caption: In foreground: J.T. Blackburn, Mrs. J.P. Blackburn, Carrie, Hattie, and J. Lester.

1/3030bJ. Lester Blackburn playing horn with howling dogbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/3030cVashon School House, first milled lumber school house on island1891

Same image as item 160.

1/3030dGeorge Mock in front of housebetween 1891 and 1910? 1/3131aMattie Van Olinda in riding attire with horse1891 1/3131bA horse named Docbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/3131cJessie Harrington and Carrie Blackburnbetween 1898 and 1910? 1/3131dCarrie and Hattie Blackburnbetween 1898 and 1905? 1/3131eLarge tree with snowbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/3131fMattie Van Olinda with another young womanbetween 1891 and 1900? 1/3131gEdna Jacobsbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/3131hYellow Egg plumsbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/3131iNellie Jacobs and Agnes Yule1892 1/3131jHorse and nursing calfbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/3131kDillon Van Olindabetween 1896 and 1902? 1/3131lJulia Hanson and Mattie Van Olindabetween 1891 and 1900? 1/3131mMyrtle Fuller, Isabel Fuller, and Dillon Van Olindabetween 1900 and 1905? 1/3131nDillon Van Olinda with shotgunbetween 1898 and 1910? 1/3232aWooden bridge at the S. Harrington greenhouse1891 1/3232bGeorge and Vern Covey building their greenhouseOctober 24, 1894 1/3232cSteve Stephensonbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3232dHattie and Carrie Blackburnbetween 1898 and 1905? 1/3232eWorkers picking hops1893 1/3232fMattie, Elmer Eugene, and Jessie Van Olinda1893 1/3333aFour-masted sailing ship in Dockton dry-dock, Quartermaster Harbor1914 1/3333bSteamboat Flyer, the first job at Dockton dry-dock, Quartermaster Harbor1892 1/3333cSailing ship at dock, whaleback steamboat Wetmore in dry-dock, Quartermaster HarborJuly 14, 1892 1/3333d"'The Big Rock,' where S.D. Sherman first landed on Vashon Island in 1877"between 1891 and 1910?

Title taken from album caption.

1/3333eH.M.S. Hyacinth being secured in Dockton dry-dock, Quartermaster HarborOctober 1892 1/3333fInside Dockton dry-dock from the fore deck of the Wetmore, Quartermaster Harbor1892 1/3333gWhale-back steamboat Wetmore in Dockton dry dock, viewed from the water, Quartermaster Harbor1892 1/3333hDry dock and several ships, Dockton, Quartermaster Harborbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3434aWest Seattle ferry at DocktonAugust 14, 1946

Same image as item 161.

1/3434bMan with old-growth tree cut into sectionsbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3434cDirt roadbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3434dCar ferry at Docktonbetween 1916 and 1920? 1/3434eJ.T. Thompson house1895 1/3434fLandscapebetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3434gPortage House1/3535aBoybetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3535bHousebetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3535cPhotographer on pierbetween 1891 and 1900? 1/3535dMan with saw and tree stumpbetween 1891 and 1905?1/3535eWomen in winter clothingbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3535fShipbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3535gMan with woman on a logbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3535hMan with two women on a logbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3535iStern wheel steamboat Skagit Chiefbetween 1895 and 1905? 1/3535jTwo men diggingbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3535kStern wheel steamship Pearley at dock between 1891 and 1900? 1/3535lSchool photo, Vermontville Schoolbetween 1892 and 1905? 1/3535mSchool, Sumner, Washington1892 1/3535nH.D. Thompson as a boy, on running board of carbetween 1907 and 1915? 1/3535oWoodland Park Conservatory, Seattle18921/3636aStern wheel steamship Greyhound1909 1/3536bPost office and other buildings at Aquariumbetween 1892 and 1914? 1/3636cStern wheel steamship The Glide at Vashon Wharf1895 1/3636dStern wheel steamship Fairhavenbetween 1891 and 1918?

Same image as item 162.

1/3636eSailboatbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3636fSteamship Spokane with President Theodore Roosevelt on board1903?

Same image as item 163.

1/3636gHybrid steam and sailing ship Grantbetween 1896 and 1911? 1/3636hMen in rowboatbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3636iWarship U.S.S. Iowacirca 1894 or July 13, 1899 1/3737aSearight house1894 1/3737bFloyd and Effie Mace on horses with dogbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3737cMattie Van Olinda in gardenbetween 1891 and 1900? 1/3737dIsabel Fullerbetween 1898 and 1905? 1/3737eSusie, Native American womanbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/3737fWomanbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3737gManbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3737hMen with oxenbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3737iEd Mace sawmillbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3737jSteamship City of Kingstonbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3737kEd Mace sawmill under construction1899 1/3838aHomer Bullbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3838bMan named Blathersbetween 1891 and 1910? 1/3838cJack Greer in uniformbetween 1888 and 1900 1/3838dMontgomery J. Robbbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3838eA. Linton Gilmorebetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3838fO.S. Van Olinda and Ida M. Andersonbetween 1891 and 1895? 1/3838gCharles Van Olinda on bicycle between 1895 and 1900 1/3838hCharles and Dillon Van Olindabetween 1891 and 1900? 1/3838iRemains of water wheel at Livesley Shingle Mill1891 1/3838jE.L. Giddingsbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3838kLarge groupbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3838lHelen Cutlerbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3838mNorth childrenbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/3939aCraneSecond-generation islanders1892

Rear: O.S. Van Olinda, J.L. Samson, May Lovering, Isabel Fuller (Mrs. P. McCormick), George Mathis, Andrew Yule, Julia Hanson (Mrs. F.M. Sherman), Frank Lindley, Harriet Sherman (Mrs. W.N. Alexander), unidentified, Edna Jacobs.

Middle row: Carrie Blackburn (Mrs. C.S. Tilton), C.S. Tilton, Maggie Sherman (Mrs. Charles F. Van Olinda), Aggie Yule, Saxe McClintock.

Front row: Jessie Yule (Mrs. C.D. McKinley), Fay H. McClintock, Maude Jacobs (Mrs. H.O. Fuller), Nellie Jacobs, J. Lester Blackburn, Edith Blanchard, Ida McClintock, Jessie Harrington (Mrs. L. C. Beall).

1/3939bHattie Blackburn, Amos Tilton, Carrie Blackburn, Charles Tilton, Lester Blackburn, J.T. Blackburn, and Mrs. J.T. Blackburn18921/3939cBurton with Quartermaster Harbor in background18921/3939dH.M.S. Hyacinth being secured in Dockton dry-dock, Quartermaster HarborOctober 18921/3939eLuella Startundated1/3939fHop pickersundated

George Covey, Ed Mace, VanCamp, E. Lindley, Mrs. VanCamp, infant, F. Lindley, Mrs. George Lindley and Sadie Lindley.

1/3939gStern wheel ferry Zephyrbetween 1891 and 1907?O.S. Van Olinda1/3939hSteamboat Sophia with people on deck18931/4040aLandscape with canoe on water1892 1/4040bMaggie Sherman and Isabel Fullerbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4040cTorpedo boat Rowan1895 1/4040dVermontville Road between 1905 and 1915? 1/4040e-40fElmer Eugene Van Olinda and woman in automobileOctober 19081/4040gVashon Methodist Church, built in 18851894

Same image as items 2c and 44f.

1/4040hBremerton dry dock, first basin1894 1/4040iStill life with strawberries, ferns, and coin1892 1/4040jIda Van Olinda holding the infant Myrtle in a horse-drawn carriage1902 1/4141aMace family in front of the J.E. Mace house1892 1/4141bIda Van Olinda seated at piano1911 1/4141cZetta Snowbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4141dCarrie Blackburnbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4141eCharles F. Van Olinda 1891? 1/4141fEffie Mace with a girl and a dogbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4141gEdward Macebetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4141hIda Macebetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4141iIda Van Olinda and Amy Loveringbetween 1896 and 1900? 1/4141jIda and O.S. Van Olinda, baby, and woman in Manitou Park, Spokane1899 1/4141kMattie Van Olindabetween 1891 and 1900? 1/4141lAndersson House with two women on porch1892 1/4242aEd Mace saw millbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4242bPost office and other buildings at Aquariumbetween 1892 and 1914? 1/4242cLucy Cutlerbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4242dWomen and a man with old growth treebetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4242eJohn and Ida Mace Dunhambetween 1891 and 1900? 1/4242fCharles F. Van Olinda as a boybetween 1880 and 1885? 1/4242gWalter Cutlerbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4242hNative American infants in cradleboardsbetween 1892 and 1920? 1/4343aElmer Eugene Van Olinda house1918 1/4343bElmer Eugene Van Olinda house1899 1/4343cElmer Eugene Van Olinda house1891 1/4343dCharles F. Van Olinda with ax and cut tree1893 1/4343eJessie Van Olinda, wearing a large leafbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4343fElmer Eugene Van Olinda with apple tree1916 1/4343gCharles F. Van Olinda shooting a pistolbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4343hO.S. Van Olinda and girl in front of house1896 1/4343iElmer Eugene Van Olinda with child on horse cart1896 1/4444aLoading strawberries onto rail cars on bargebetween 1900 and 1910? 1/4444bDillon Van Olinda on bicyclebetween 1898 and 1905? 1/4444cView of street at Vashon Center1908 1/4444dDillon I. Van Olinda fishingbetween 1891 and 1900? 1/4444eH.S. Lovering and Charles F. Van Olinda fishingbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4444fVashon Methodist Church, built in 18851894

Same image as items 2c and 40g.

1/4444gIda M. Van Olinda with bicyclebetween 1896 and 1905? 1/4444hSailboat underwaybetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4444iDowned treesbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4444jSkidding logsbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4444kTreesbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4545aLoggersbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4545bCharles F. Van Olinda, H. Weiss, and T. Hansen in automobile, Index, WashingtonJune 1914 1/4545cIda and O.S. Van Olindabetween 1896 and 1905? 1/4545dStern wheel steamship Fairhavenbetween 1891 and 1905?

Same image as item 164.

1/4545eView across bridge, Portage1908 1/4545fView of building from end of bridge, Portage1908 1/4545gFish from Judd Creek1899 1/4646aHop pickers, with Nick Mathis identified1892 1/4646bMan and woman on logbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4646cHop pickers, with Mable Start, Queenie Hopkins, and Luella Start1892

Other persons are not identified.

1/4646dStern wheel steamship The Glide at Vashon Wharfbetween 1891 and 1899? 1/4646eEdith Blanchard, Jessie Yule, and Jessie Harrington1892 1/4646fGroup of berry pickers at Thompson's Strawberry RanchJuly 4, 1893

Same image as item 3d.

1/4646gGroup standing in from of stacked lumberbetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4646hHop pickers in field, Puyallup, Washington1892 1/4747aBuckCharles Van Olinda (second from right) and other men outside the Portage post officeJuly 1903 1/4747bCharles Van Olinda in Navy uniform1895 1/4747c-47dSecond automobile owned on IslandJuly 19071/4747eWedding party of Margaret Sherman and Charles Van Olinda, PortageMay 21, 1901

Shows Oliver S. Van Olinda at far right with cable release for camera.

 1/4848a Building near water, Burton1892

Handwritten on mount: "Van Olinda & Erickson, Burton, 1892."

1/4848bMan with cut logs1891 1/4848cP.L. Nye property with Mount Rainier in background1893 1/4848dLindley family in front of large tree1892 1/4848eGroup with A. Sandrock at left and A. Beattie at right1893 1/4848fPeople on raft in Vashon Lakebetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4848gA. Beattie at left with a man and woman fishing in a streambetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4848hCows and trees, later site of laundry1891 1/4848iJohn and Mattie Thompson in front of old-growth treebetween 1891 and 1905? 1/4949aPotter, Nebraska, from schoolhouse hillAugust 1888

Mounted to back cover of album.

1/4949bBlue ribbon from Vashon-Maury FairOctober 1916

Mounted to back cover of album.

PrintsPortraits2/150O.S. Van OlindaDecember 1927 2/151Dillon Van Olinda1900?2/152Stanley Lovejoy with toy sailboat, CoupevilleFebruary 25, 1900 2/153[D. Carl Pearson?], Island County auditorbetween 1891 and 1905? 2/154Chief Snaklum, Coupeville1910?

Cropped enlargement of item 14d.

2/155[C?]H. Stockpole, Coupevillebetween 1900 and 1910? 2/156Group on beachbetween 1900 and 1910?

Partially identified on verso of image, left to right: Mary Howard, Charley Straub, Lauren Gillespie, [Mary Clegg?], Cecil Mitchell, Carl Gillespie, Ludington, Belle Stoddard.

2/157Baseball team, Coupevillebetween 1900 and 1910?

Partially identified on verso of image: Carl Gillespie, Tom Hastie, Dick Hastie, Carl Pearson, [Jenne?], Loren Gillespie, Jenne, Walt Stoddard.

Vashon Island2/258Two hundred-foot fir tree on Floyd Mace homestead19312/259Group in front of Elmer Eugene Van Olinda homebetween 1891 and 1905?2/260Strawberry Festival, Ellisportbetween 1912 and 1915? 2/261People and set tables at Strawberry Festival, Burtonbetween 1912 and 1915? 2/262Crowd and cars at Heights Grocery Co., Vashon Heightsbetween 1905 and 1915? Vashon Island schools2/363Vermontville Schoolbetween 1891 and 1895? 2/364Vermontville Schoolbetween 1891 and 1905?

Names listed on back, but not identified: Henry Holmes, Roy Kimmel, Floyd Mace, and Levi Reed.

2/365School buildingbetween 1900 and 1910? 2/366Grade School, Vashon1924?

From verso of image: Delta Dalton, teacher; Mrs. Morton, principal.

2/367Vashon High1928? 1/168Vashon High and Grade School1913

This oversized photo is stored in Box 1.

Whidbey Island town scenes2/469Street and houses, Coupeville between 1900 and 1910? 2/470Street and houses, Coupevillebetween 1900 and 1910? 2/471Houses at waterfront, Coupevillebetween 1900 and 1910?2/472Wooden sidewalk and businesses from the east, Coupevillebetween 1900 and 1910? 2/473Businesses and horse carriages from the west, Coupevillebetween 1900 and 1910? 2/474Houses and church, Coupevillebetween 1895 and 1910? 2/475Man loading wagon, livery stable, and businesses, looking east, Coupeville1901 2/476O.S. Van Olinda's newspaper, job printing, and wireless office, Coupeville1908 2/477Interior of Island County Times office, with Carl Pearson and O.S. Van Olinda, CoupevilleMay 1903 Whidbey Island2/578Portion of Ebey's Prairie, Gould Farm19012/579Portion of Ebey's Prairie, Gould Farm1901 2/580Portion of Ebey's Prairie, Gould Farm1901

Two copies of same image.

2/581Sabrina Kineth in doorway of one-room wooden building, Smith Prairie between 1900 and 1910? 2/582McGrevy house with family group on porch, Coupevillebetween 1900 and 1910? 2/583Judge Stills houseMay 30, 1930

On verso of image: "Judge Stills house with no corners."

2/584Log cabin with stone chimney, Stills Parkbetween 1900 and 1910? 2/585Dance pavilion, Stills Parkbetween 1900 and 1910? 2/586Horse plow with O.S. Van Olinda's house in background, East Coupevillebetween 1900 and 1910? 2/586aView south on Main Street, Coupeville, Whidbey Island, Washingtonbetween 1900 and 1910? 2/587Sam Hancock with Chinese man, "Johnny Gong" and horse teambetween 1900 and 1910? 2/588E.J. Hancock farm, with house, buildings and cows, south of Coupeville1900

Two copies of same image.

2/589Threshing on E.J. Hancock farmbetween 1900 and 1910? 2/590Deception Passbetween 1891 and 1905? 2/591View of driftwood on beach with John Richards perched on log at 9 a.m.June 30, 1900 2/592View of coast with Hastie's sailboat Trilby looking northwest from CoupevilleFebruary 11, 1900 2/593aVan Olinda residence, Coupeville, Whidbey Island, WashingtonApril 23, 1900 2/593bMan with camera on side of cliff1900?Seattle2/694Construction view of Lake Washington Ship Canal1915? 2/695Construction view of Lake Washington Ship Canal1915? 2/696Construction view of Lake Washington Ship Canal with boats in foreground1915? 2/697C.V. CoatesConstruction view of Smith Tower1914? 2/698Gazebo, Woodland Park1894 2/699Sailors marching in front of O.S. Van Olinda shop, 6th and Olive Street1918 Other Puget Sound locations2/7100View of pier, Bremerton1893 2/7101Farm and house, east side of Camano Island1898 2/7102C.E. NailorPost Office built in tree stump, on stage road west of Port Angelesbetween 1891 and 1905? 2/7103Jefferson County Court House, Port Townsend1900 2/7103aMethodist Episcopal Church, Port Townsend, Washington1900

Written on verso: M.E. Church and personage. W.H. Leich.

2/7104W.H.LNative Americans with canoe, Port Townsendbetween 1891 and 1905? 2/7105Hop pickers in front of wooden shelter, Puyallup1892 2/7106Lumber mill, Stanwoodbetween 1891 and 1910? 2/7106aMilitary troops disembarking from sternwheeler boat, Vancouver, WashingtonJanuary 19, 1901 Boats and a train2/8107Launching of the Gen. George M. Harris, owned by a member of the Lovejoy familybetween 1891 and 1905? 2/8108The Gen. George M. Harris after being launchedbetween 1891 and 1905? 2/8109The motor launch Juanita, owned by Horace Holbrook, overloaded with passengersbetween 1891 and 1905? 2/8110The Juanita in Deception Passbetween 1891 and 1905? 2/8111Ferryboat Multnomahbetween 1891 and 1910?2/8112Trainbetween 1891 and 1905? Skagway, Alaska2/9113View of Skagway, Alaska1900 2/9114Mrs. Leech standing on porch of Methodist Episcopal parsonage, Skagway1900

From verso of image: Mrs. Leech was the first wife to accompany a Methodist Episcopal preacher to Alaska.

Skagit potlatch, Whidbey Island, Washington2/10115 Skagit men cooking food for potlatch, Coupeville, Whidby Island1904

Same image as lantern slide item 131Ltn.

2/10116Men playing game of strengthApril 18, 1904 2/10117Potlatch house with people gathered outside1904? 2/10118Skagit potlatch house with canoes on shore1904?

Same image as lantern slide item 126Ltn.

2/10119Potlatch house, tents and canoes on shore1904?

Same image as lantern slide item 127Ltn.

Native American reburial, Whidbey Island, Washington2/11120-124Reburial, Whidbey IslandApril 17, 1904

Item 121 is the same image as lantern slide item 138Ltn, and item 123 is the same image as lantern slide item 139Ltn.

2/11125Native Americans on Whidbey Island beach, perhaps in regard to cemetery removalundatedLantern slidesSkagit potlatch, Whidbey Island, Washington3126LtnSkagit potlatch house and canoes1904?

Same image as print item 118.

3127LtnSkagit potlatch house and canoescirca 1904

Same image as print item 119.

3128LtnSkagits and Skagit potlatch house1902 3129LtnSkagit men with bucketsbetween 1902 and 1904? 3130LtnSkagit man with basket on beachbetween 1902 and 1904?3131LtnSkagit men cooking for potlatch, Coupeville, Whidbey Island1904

Same image as print item 115.

Native American reburial, Whidbey Island, Washington3132Ltn-137LtnNative American reburialundated3138LtnNative American reburialApril 17, 1904

Same image as print item 121.

3139LtnNative American reburialApril 17, 1904

Same image as print item 123.

Mount Rainer3140Ltn-141LtnAutomobile near Mount Rainierbetween 1905 and 1915? 3142LtnGlacierbetween 1891 and 1905? [Vashon Island?]3143Ltn-144LtnSunset on beachbetween 1891 and 1905? 3145LtnBoat May Flower and bridge1892 3146LtnPeople on beachbetween 1891 and 1905? 3147LtnWoman on beachbetween 1891 and 1905? 3148LtnBaybetween 1891 and 1905? 3149LtnRoad over the Puget Soundbetween 1891 and 1905? 3150LtnMyrtle Van Olindabetween 1899 and 1900? 3151LtnMan with bicycle on dirt roadbetween 1905 and 1915? 3152LtnO.S. Van Olinda with decorated bicyclebetween 1891 and 1905? 3153LtnSheep in fieldbetween 1891 and 1905? 3154LtnCalf and dog drinking from bucketbetween 1891 and 1905? 3155LtnVashon Island News newspaper printing office in Burton1915? Variant prints of images in album and box 22/12 156Vashon Dock Road1891

Same image as item 3c.

2/12 157Siwash canoe and paddle on beach1895?

Same image as item 6h.

2/12 1581860 blockhouse on Crockett farm, Whidbey Island1900

Same image as item 14c.

2/12 159Largest fir tree on Vashon at Snow-Dumbleton homestead, Glen Acres1892

Same image as item 19c.

2/12 160Vashon School House, first milled lumber school house on island1891

Same image as item 30c.

2/12 161West Seattle ferry, at DocktonAugust 14, 1946

Same image as item 34a.

2/12 162Stern wheel steamship Fairhavenundated

Same image as item 36d.

2/12 163Steamship Spokane with President Theodore Roosevelt on boardundated

Same image as item 36f.

2/12 164Stern wheel steamship Fairhavenundated

Same image as item 45d.

2/12 165Admiralty Head Lighthouse, Whidbey Island, Washington1900Cyanotype

Same image as item 14a.

2/12 166Vashon College1904

Same image as item 21b.

 Island County

Some items may have been taken around the same time and related to the photographs in the Album.

2/13 167-168Waterfront hillside, Whidbey Island1900?

Written on verso of 167: SE of Fort Casey.

2/13169Waterfront hillside with man sitting near tree, Whidbey Island1900?

Written on verso: SE of Fort Casey.

2/13170Waterfront hillside with man sitting on log, Whidbey Island1900?

Written on verso of 167: SE of Fort Casey.

2/13171-172West waterfront hillside, Whidbey Island1900?

Written on verso of 172: Pt. Partridge in distance.

2/13173Man standing on cliff, north of Point Partridge, Whidbey IslandApril 29, 1900