University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
PH1452
Lloyd Anderson
Photograph Collection
1922-1929
36 photographs (1 folder)
Collection materials are in
English.
Photographs
relating to Lloyd Alva Anderson and his career. Anderson was a co-founder of
Recreational Equipment, Inc., commonly known as REI, a retail and outdoor
recreation services corporation.
Lloyd Alva Anderson was born in Roy, Washington on August 4, 1902. He
worked on his Uncle Dave Hay's dairy farm in Roy to save money. He attended the
University of Washington in Seattle and earned a degree in Electrical
Engineering in 1924. An avid outdoorsman, he began climbing mountains in 1929
and scaled over 400 peaks in his lifetime. In 1936 he ordered a $12 ice ax from
a Seattle distributor but was disappointed to receive a poor quality product
that cost him a full day's wages. He decided to order the ice ax he wanted
directly from Austria for $3.50. This experience served as the inspiration for
Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) which he founded together with Mary
Anderson. REI began operations out of the attic of their West Seattle home in
1938. Anderson also worked as an engineer for the Seattle Transit System. He
retired in 1971 and died Sept 13, 2000, aged 98.
Collection is arranged by date.
Photographs relating to Lloyd Alva Anderson and his career. Includes
photographs of Anderson, Ft. Casey in 1923, UW and Seattle in 1922, Roy
Creamery in 1924, various yachts and boats, construction projects, and
airplanes at Sand Point naval base in 1926
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Donor: Terris C. Howard, September 28, 2015.
Processed by Molly Bishop, April 2017.
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Anderson, Lloyd--Archives
Anderson, Lloyd--Photographs
Mountaineers--Washington (State)--Photographs
Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs
University of Washington--Photographs
Yachts--Washington (State)--Photographs
Airplanes--Washington (State)--Photographs
Photographs
Anderson, Lloyd
Photographs
Businesses and Corporations
Sports and Recreation
1922
1
1
Locks in Seattle, Washington
October, 1922
1
2
McCaskill and Bonnar shop on University Way, Seattle,
Washington
October, 1922
Written on verso: Place where I work for room.
1
3
Engineering Hall at the University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington
October, 1922
1923 - Fort Casey
1
4
R.O.T.C. Battery A standing in line at Fort Casey,
Washington
May, 1923
1
5
Barracks at Fort Casey, Washington
May, 1923
Written on verso: Quarters during stay at Fort Casey.
1
6-8
Men firing the 155 mm gun at Fort Casey,
Washington
May, 1923
Written on verso of 7: Barracks in distance.
1
9
Group of soldiers around the 12" mortars at Fort Casey,
Washington
May, 1923
1
10
Two 12" mortars at Fort Casey, Washington
May, 1923
1
11
View down the barrel of a 12" mortar, Fort Casey,
Washington
May, 1923
1
12-13
Four soldiers standing next to 10" gun at Fort Casey,
Washington
May, 1923
1
14
Field with fortifications of 10" defense guns at Fort
Casey, Washington
May, 1923
1924-1926
1
15
Roy Creamery with truck outside, probably in Roy,
Washington
June, 1924
1
16
Driver standing beside loaded truck at Roy Creamery,
probably in Roy, Washington
June, 1924
1
17
Men working on construction of a power plant at Baker
River, Washington
May, 1925
1
18
Lloyd Anderson standing in front of house with wooden
fence, Washington
May, 1925
1
19
Lloyd Anderson standing outdoors with Ruth and Helen
Thome, Washington
May,
1925
1
20-21
Army plane at Sand Point, Seattle,
Washington
May 8, 1926
1
22
Lloyd Anderson and two friends in a park,
Washington
May 20, 1926
1
23
Lloyd Anderson with friends on a boat,
Washington
May 20, 1926
1
24
Philosophy Hall [Savery Hall] at the University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington
June, 1926
1
25
Lloyd Anderson standing underneath a wooden trellis
walkway, Washington
June 20, 1926
1
26
People sailing on the yacht Tanis, Washington
July 18, 1926
1927-1929
1
27
People sailing on the yacht Tanis, Washington
May 22, 1927
1
28
Steamship sailing out of Prospect Point, Vancouver B.C.,
Canada
May 29, 1927
1
29
Lloyd Anderson standing in front of a house,
Washington
April 15, 1928
1
30
Crowd watching the Montlake Bridge being raised as a
ship passes through, Seattle, Washington
May 11, 1929
1
31-32
Lloyd Anderson and friends sailing aboard the yacht
Tony Boy, Washington
May 27, 1928
1
33
Group of people including Lloyd Anderson visiting the
construction site of the Diablo Dam, Whatcom County, Washington
June 23, 1929
Written on verso: Lloyd is the one in front standing with the
lady.
1
34-35
Group of people sailing on a yacht,
Washington
July 28, 1929
Caption on front of 34: Raudenbush's yacht.
Caption on front of 35: Homeward bound.
1
36
Lloyd and Harold Hergert on a hike in the snow,
Washington
August 11, 1929