Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries
Edward Thomas Osborn photograph collection
Osborn, Edward Thomas
PH0337
.37 cubic feet
1 box, 149 photographic prints
approximately 1909-1935
Photographs of architectural perspectives and elevations by Seattle architect and inventor and by other architects
English
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Edward T. Osborn, architect and inventor, worked actively in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest between 1910-1930. The buildings and interiors he designed display his ability to move easily between different architectural periods, whether Tudor, Gothic or Renaissance. Osborn also designed bathtub related inventions, and new construction techniques.
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The collection consists of photographs of architectural perspectives and elevations by Osborn as an architect and also as draftsman. Other architects represented include Houghton, Priteca, O'Brien, Roberts (Earl), and Wheatley. Projects are located in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, California and Vancouver, B.C. (including Pantages Theater, Los Angeles). The remaining photographs are of unidentified projects or personal photographs belonging to Osborn. All circa 1910s-1920s.
Series 1, Seattle
Charlesgate Apartments
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
3 photos, exterior
Colgroves standardized hotels for man and car
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
1 photo of architectural elevation
Cummings Towers - First unit of the Living Lincoln Assembly's Homes for the Aged
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
2 copies of photo of architectural elevation
Lynwood Apartments, 4th and Battery
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
1 photo, exterior
Proposed apartment house and store building, California Avenue, West Seattle.
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
1 photo of architectural elevation
Proposed hotel
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
1 photo of architectural elevation
Lorraine apartments for Mr. Lewis C. Troughton. Osborn, del.
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Photographer: Houghton, E.W.
1 photo of architectural elevation
Preliminary study for foyer of Moore Theater
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Photographer: Houghton, E.W.
1 photo of architectural elevation
Proposed theater and offices for J.G. Moore. Osborn, del.
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Photographer: Houghton, E.W.
1 photo of architectural elevation
Syndicate Building, Westlake and Pine. Osborn, del.
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Photographer: Houghton, E.W.
1 photo of architectural elevation
Building for Hamman Baths - Fitel Phillips, owner. Ellis St. West of Mason St. 1909.
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Photographer: O'Brien, Smith
1 photo of architectural elevation
Apartment Hotel for John E. Ryan, Esq. 5th and Marion. Osborn, del.
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Photographer: Priteca, B. Marcus
2 copies of photo of architectural elevation
Proposed Athletic Club for Gardiner J. Gwinn. Osborn, del.
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Photographer: Roberts, Earl
1 photo of architectural elevation
New Baptist Hospital.
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Photographer: Sonnichsen, S.E.
2 copies of photo of architectural elevation
Chas. D. Stimson Building. Westlake.
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Photographer: Spalding, A.W.
1 photo of architectural elevation. 1 photo of exterior
Woodland Park Methodist Episcopal Church. Osborn, del.
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Photographer: Wheatley, A.
1 photo of architectural elevation
Sacred Heart Parish Building Group on Warren Ave. from John to Thomas Streets. Osborn, del.
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2 photos of architectural elevation
Series 2, Tacoma
"Gymnasium". Osborn, del.
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Photographer: Hill, Mock and Griffin
1 photo of architectural exterior perspective
Imperial buildings
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Photographer: Houghton, E.W.
1 photo of architectural exterior perspective
Central Hotel Building. Corner 9th and Broadway
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Photographer: Priteca, B. Marcus
1 photo of architectural exterior perspective
Apartment house
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
1 photo of architectural elevation
Series 3, California
Novitiate of the Sacred Heart. Los Gatos, San Francisco. 1914.
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Photographer: O'Brien, Smith
1 photo of architectural exterior perspective
Sacramento Athletic Club
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
2 photos of architectural exterior perspective
Unidentified building.
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
1 photo of architectural exterior perspective
Pantages Theater. Los Angeles.
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Photographer: Priteca, B. Marcus
2 copies of photo of architectural exterior perspective
Series 4, Vancouver, BC
"Shopping center, office complex with pool?"
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
3 photos of architectural drawings of floor plans, sections
Vancouver Opera House
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3 photos of exterior
Series 5, Portland
The Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother. 1923.
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
1 photo of exterior architectural perspective
Series 6, All Other Photographs
Proposed theater and office building. Aberdeen.
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Photographer: Priteca, B. Marcus
1 photo of architectural exterior elevation
Proposed buildings of Western Canada College
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Photographer: Wilson and Whitenhall
4 photos of exterior elevations
East window. Trinity Church. Everett.
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
1 photo of drawing
McIntyre Building. Salt Lake City.
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
1 photo of architectural exterior elevation
Community Apartments. Walla Walla
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2 photos of exterior
Moorlands, adjacent to the Inglewood Country Club.
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Photographer: Osborn, E.T.
1 photo of architectural drawing of bird's-eye view
Unidentified photos of architectural drawings and of constructed buildings probably in this area.
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Photographer: Osborn, Wheatley and Osborn, B. Marcus Priteca
Views of New Zealand? Foreign projects.
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Mounted photographs of architectural details with Osborn's notes?
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Personal Photographs
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