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NTE2pc18.xml Guide to the Charles R. Pratsch Photographs 1888-1913 Pratsch (Charles R.) Photographs Finding aid prepared by Lorraine Burchfiel Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2025 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2025 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections PC 18 Pratsch, Charles Robert, 1857-1837 Charles R. Pratsch Photographs 1888-1913 7 Linear feet of shelf space 18 Boxes Glass negatives, lantern slides, and photographic prints record all facets of woodwork, milling and shipping, as well as fishing, sealing and other maritime activities of Grays Harbor, Washington (State). The cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam are pictured from their earliest times of sawdust and wooden streets. Also included in the collection are 64 portraits which record the Quinault Indians during the 1880s and 1890s, with many wearing treaty and trade adornments. Collection materials are in English

Charles Robert Pratsch was born November 17, 1857 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, son of Charles August (born 1833, Leipzig) and Catherine Anna Dostman Pratsch (born 1837, Lancaster, Pennsylvania). Moving westward he left Iowa at the age of 25 with his brother-in-law, Lester L. Darling, and in 1884 the two homesteaded adjacent claims on the Wishkah River in the Grays Harbor country. After establishing claims, they were joined by the elder Pratschs and their daughter, Mrs. Darling. Upon arrival Pratsch's parents entered the business life of the new community of Aberdeen (platted in 1883 and organized as a town in 1885). C. A. Pratsch was appointed postmaster of Aberdeen in 1886 and served in that position until 1889. He built the Pioneer House, later, the Del Monte, a wood frame hotel, in 1885, and in 1889 built a bakery and confectionary, known as Mrs. Pratsch & Co., across the street from the hotel. While Charles Robert occasionally worked in the hotel, he was soon involved in a project of his own: photography. He had persuaded a photographer named Tolman to teach him the techniques for $300.

In a "mugbook" of 1890 Charles R. Pratsch is listed:

Photographer, F Street, between Heron and Wishkah. We are indebted to Mr. Pratsch for many of the subjects from which our Gray's Harbor and Aberdeen engravings were made, his collection of views, portraits and architectural subjects, being very fine indeed. Mr. Pratsch is at present erecting a new studio building, and by the time this volume is out of press, he will be prepared to conduct his business with the aid of greater and better facilities than before. He attends to all classes of work, such as portraits, views, buildings, copying, enlarging, reducing, etc., and charges very reasonable prices. (South-western Washington; its topography...and pen sketches of their representative business men... Olympia: Pacific Publishing Company, 1890.178.)

In his later years Charles Robert Pratsch was caretaker of the Laidlow Island duck preserve. He died in 1937 at the age of 79 a few days after walking into a slowly moving train. His son, Fred Pratsch, acquired the negatives and made prints which he reproduced as oil paintings. (for example see 111 35.)

Colin S. MacKenzie: In the collection are many negative and lantern slides that are identified as the work of Colin S. MacKenzie (1879-1912). MacKenzie, a deputy sheriff in the Grays Harbor area, had become a studio photographer following a back injury suffered while fighting a fire. See Alfred J. Hillier Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 35:3 (July, 1944) After his death at the hands of John Tornow, his photographic files and materials were given to Pratsch by the family, for MacKenzie had often used Pratsch's equipment and facilities. Colin's name is spelled as MacKenzie on his photographs, in the 1910 census, and in a 1907 Pacific Monthly article using his photographs, but newspaper reports of and after his death popularized McKenzie as the spelling.

The collection consists of 584 glass negatives, mostly 8 x l0 inches; 299 lantern slides, many hand colored; and 33 miscellaneous photoprints.

The collection is more than ample in recording all facets of woodwork, milling and shipping, as well as fishing, sealing and other maritime activities of Grays Harbor. Shipping is preserved in extensive photographs of the coasters, lumber ships and schooners that plied the coast and rivers and sailed to all parts of the world. Aberdeen and Hoquiam are pictured from their earliest times of sawdust and wooden streets; their history progressing through canoe, rowboat, horse, oxen and steam periods to the advent of electricity. Here is the industrial, civic, and cultural growth of these cities and other area communities. Here also is the full range of the economy, with business leaders and laborers, mill offices and lumber camps, fraternal organizations and unions, city residences and small farms.

Of great interest and value to scholars are the 64 portraits and photographs of the Quinault Indians, who in the 1880's and 90's were not far removed from their earlier aboriginal state, harvesting the ocean and beaches for a livelihood, many with flattened heads and wearing treaty and trade adornments.

Series I, the glass negatives, is composed of 584 negatives varying in size from 8 x 10 inches to 5 x 7 inches. Each of these negatives has been cleaned and printed under laboratory conditions, providing prints which become the basic finding aid for the negatives, as well as being available for display.

Series II is the lantern slides. Many of the 299 slides have been hand tinted, apparently by a Seattle "artist," and over half are based on negatives in Series I. The major exception is the 64 portraits and scenes of the coastal Indians of Washington State.

Series III, Miscellaneous Prints, is 33 items which, though related to Aberdeen, lumbering and shipping, were either not Pratsch or MacKenzie photographs or are not represented among the negatives and lantern slides in the collection. Several of these, in fact, are related to the occupation and interests of Fred Pratsch, son of Charles R. Pratsch. While the photographs have been arranged in subject groupings to facilitate research, certain identifiable characteristics have been elaborated upon and incorporated into a Proper Name Index. This index provides access to all identified persons, locations, and especially names of vessels serving the Aberdeen lumber trade. While many of the person identifications are based on notations of Fred Pratsch's, the names of ships have generally been deduced from close examination of the prints and negatives with a magnifying glass.

The collection is organized into three series by material type.

In Series I, the 5 x 7 plates have been separated and placed at the end of the larger plates; they are numbered 551-584. The prints and the negatives have been arranged by subject and numbered sequentially.

In Series II, the lantern slides are arranged by subject and numbered sequentially.

Series III, Miscellaneous Prints, has been arranged in subject groupings to facilitate research and certain identifiable characteristics have been elaborated upon and incorporated into a Proper Name Index.

The photographs in this collection were digitized, along with photographs from the Alexander Girard and Colin MacKenzie Photographs, circa 1902-1921 (PC 170), and are available online as the Grays Harbor Collections.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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Charles R. Pratsch Photographs, 1888-1913 (PC 18)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The Charles R. Pratsch collection of photographs was purchased from Fred Pratsch of Aberdeen, Washington in 1971.

Alexander Girard and Colin MacKenzie Photographs, circa 1902-1921 (PC 170), covers the same geographical region and subject areas. The dates of the collections overlap, but the Girard and MacKenzie materials average perhaps a decade later.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Pratsch, Charles Robert, 1857-1837 -- Archives MacKenzie, Colin S., 1879-1912 MacKenzie, Colin S., 1879-1912 Grays Harbor (Wash.) -- History -- Photographs Aberdeen (Wash.) -- History -- Photographs Hoquiam (Wash.) -- History -- Photographs Quinault Indians -- Portraits Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Photographs Washington (State) Native Americans Photographs Series 1: Glass Nagatives

The description of each photograph is based on a close examination of the print and the negative, including captions scratched or painted on the negative; notes provided by Fred Pratsch on the prints he made as subjects for his oil paintings; a list of shipping scenes prepared by Harry Dying of the San Francisco Maritime Museum; and identifications by Robert Weinstein.

Portraits 1 Manning Hill and Eagle bike on road to Hoquiam 1893 2-3 Mary B. Pratsch 4 Mary B. Pratsch and daughter, Jenny 5-8 Charles Robert Pratsch 9 Catherine Pratsch 10-13 Portraits 14 Charles August Pratsch 15 Portrait of a man 16-17 Heater and Engrin, Civil War veterans, Westport.Title: All is well 18-25 Group portraits 26 Pratsch Family portrait 1888 27 Man photographing ladies by stream 28-34 Outdoor group portraits Cities and Towns 35 Aberdeen 1889 36 Aberdeen 1904 37 Aberdeen, with Grand Theater in center 1907 38 Business section, Aberdeen 1907 39 Business section, Aberdeen 40-47 Aberdeen 48 Cosmopolis 49 Hoquiam 1906 50 Montesano? 51 Steamer WISHKAH CHIEF leaving Wishkah Street dock, Aberdeen 1890 52 Wishkah and F Street, Aberdeen 1890 53-54 Heron and G Street, Aberdeen July 4, 1892 55 Heron Street looking west, Aberdeen 1892 56 F Street between Wishkah and Heron, Aberdeen. Walter and Main Circus. Wallace Pratsch on bicycle 1895 57 Aberdeen winter street scene, after fire of 1903 58 Heron Street, Aberdeen July 4, 1908 59 Heron Street at bridge on the Wishkah River, Aberdeen. Steamer GENERAL MILES 60-61 Heron Street dock, Aberdeen. Steamer CRUISER 62 Aberdeen street scene, firemen spraying water in air 63-64 Procession 65 Street scene, Fourth of July celebration? 66-67 Decorated fire trucks 68-70 City viewed from hill 71-72 Montesano City Buildings & Residences 73 Stewart Creek Water Works, Aberdeen 1895 74 Grays Harbor Electric Company car barn, Market and E Street, Aberdeen 1906 75 East Aberdeen School 76-79 Building Aberdeen high school 1892 80 Girls' gymnastics class 81 Washington Hotel, Heron and K Streets, Aberdeen 1905 82 Elks Club, Aberdeen 1907 83 Hayes and Hayes Bank, Aberdeen 1908 84 Heron and H Streets, Aberdeen State Bank 1908 85 Heron and G Streets, Red Cross Pharmacy, Aberdeen 1908 86-87 Aberdeen City Hall 88 Mitchell Building, Aberdeen 89 Hoquiam Hotel, Hoquiam 90 Office of American Mill Co 91 H. J. Cooke store and street corner 92 Post office 93 St. Joseph's Hospital, Aberdeen 94 Crescent Hotel, Ninemire & Morgan Building 95 F and First Street, Aberdeen. Methodist Church and Sam Benson [Sam Benn] house on hill 96-97 Outdoor ceremony at the church 98-99 Westport fog horn and light house 100 Chehalis Produce Company 101 Pacific Fruit and Produce Company 102 Grocery store, [---]ing- Kinsel Co.,Helling Kinsel Col. Inc. 317 E.Wishkah, Aberdeen, WA 103 Mrs. C. A. Pratsch store, interior, post office in corner 104 Auditorium or theatre interior 105 Wilson Bros. & Co. office interior May, 1909 106 Aberdeen saloon interior 107-108 The Casino, Eagle Dance Hall, owned by Ed Dolan. Bartenders, girls and band 109-120 Buildings, schools, apartment houses, residences 121 Aberdeen cannery 122 Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 123 Tallest telephone pole in northeast Aberdeen 124 Backyard garden 125 Small garden pond Farms 126 Billy Gohl's place on Indian Creek going to Westport.[William Gohl] 127 Mrs. McGregor's House 128 Farmhouse and auto, auto has sign: "Famous Cedarville Ranch, Chehalis Co., 5 4 10 acre tracts, for sale by 0. J. Engen, Aberdeen." 129-138 Farms and farmhouses 139 Bordens Ranch, Wishkah River 1891 140 Wilsons Camp 141 Guffey Ranch, Wishkah Falls, Washington 142-145 Farms and farmhouses Athletic Clubs 146 Square Deal, Aberdeen baseball club 1890 147 Square Deal, Aberdeen baseball club 148 Aberdeen baseball club 1891 149-150 An Aberdeen baseball club 151 Aberdeen and Montesano baseball clubs, 1891.Aberdeen players, 1-r: Williey, Stapleford, Sherwood, Keghler, Van Tassel, H. Hayes, S. Bowes, Balcomb, unidentified; Montesano players, 1-r: Lyons, Geissler, Has, Graham, Knauss, Roberts, Starr, McDougall, Hall, Dick Trask. 1891 152 Cosmopolis baseball club. Dave Patterson, I. Not, Ray Nives, Dick Trask, Sherwood, Jim Lyons, Jack Link, 2 unidentified 1891-1892 153 A Seattle baseball player 154-156 Aberdeen Ball Park 1907 157 Aberdeen High School track team 1907 158-160 Aberdeen High School basketball team 1907 160a Aberdeen High School basketball team 1905 161-163 Aberdeen High School football team 164 Aberdeen High School football players: Gross, Falkner, Blackwell, White 165 Aberdeen High School football team 1905 166 Football team Coast Guard, Police, and Fire Departments 167 U. S. Coast Guard crew with boat, Westport 1904 168 Aberdeen's first water works at F Street 169 Aberdeen policemen 170 Firemen: Walker, L. L. Darling, Frank Pratsch, Fred Balaue, Bill Anstie, Ab. Demished, Birt Keith, Bill Pierson, Joe Niece, Nick Lankins, Jerry Gagner, L. L. Maley, Chas. Kealier, Mark Payett, Floyd Creech, Frank Wyman 171-174 Fire engines and firemen 175 Fire engines and firemen. (Copyright C. S. MacKenzie.) 1907 Musical Bands, Unions, and Fraternal Organizations 176 Aberdeen Cornet Band. Joe Graham on bass drum, Van Tassel is 6 ft. 6 in. tall man 1890 177 Aberdeen City Band at GAR grounds, Westport 178 Aberdeen Cornet Band in front of Toklas and Kaufman, Dry Goods and Clothing 179 Aberdeen Cornet Band on a dock 180 Hoquiam Concert Band playing on the steps of the Hoquiam. Hotel 181-182 Knights Templars. Mat Peasley, Dr. Randalf, top row; "Drawbucket" Johnson, 2nd row, 2nd from left 183 Sawmill and loggers convention on deck of the SKOOKUM 184 Bricklayers and Masons Union, no. 11, Aberdeen 1911 185 Painters Union, no. 526, Aberdeen. J. J. Robinson and his son are in the front row 1911 186 International Hod-Carriers and Bricklayers Union no. 146, Aberdeen 1911 187-188 Teamsters and Deliverymens Union, Local 170, Aberdeen 1911 189 Housepainters Union, Local 1076, Hoquiam 1911 190 Team Drivers Union, local no. 93, Hoquiam 1911 191 Pile Drivers Union, local no. 12088 192 Gravediggers Union (?) 193 Electrical Workers Union Jetty and Shipyards 194-197 North jetty, Grays Harbor, under construction 1913 198 Lindstrom Ship Yard 199 Shipyard 200 McWhinney Ship Yard, Aberdeen 201 Mathews Ship Yard, Hoquiam. Schooner VIGILANT at left 202 Lindstrom Ship Yard 203 Ole Hansons spar yard in foreground; Lindstrom yard with steam tug RANGER and schooner under construction in background 204 The launching of the stern-wheeler MONTESANO with two brass bands 1890 205 Lindstrom Ship Yard, with JOS. L. EVISTON on the ways 206 A bow-first launching at the Lindstrom Ship Yard 207 Launching the schooner J. M. WEATHERWAX 1890 (Pratsch photograph number 24.) 208-213 Grays Harbor scenes 214 Bay View Lumber Mill, South Aberdeen 215-216 Aberdeen harbor scenes SHIPPING SCENES 217 Steam tug towing barkentine across Grays Harbor bar 218 Steam tug JOHN CUDAHY towing schooner ENDEAVOR 219 Steam tug JOHN CUDAHY towing schooner 1890 220 Steam tug DARING towing schooner CARRIER DOVE after viewing Roosevelt's Great White Fleet 1908 221 Steam tug PRINTER towing out two-masted schooner 222 Steam tug ASTORIA towing schooner ESTHER BUHNE 223 4-masted schooners under tow 224 Schooner METEOR under tow 225 Loaded 3-masted barkentine under sail 226 Schooner W. H. MEYER under tow 227 Schooner CHARLES A. FALK aground on Copalis Beach 1909 228-229 Yacht RESTLESS, owned by R. R. Pratsch 1904 230-231 Sailboat AVILON 232 Whaleboat rigged with sail opposite city 233 Stern-wheeler SKOOKUM going out to see the Great White Fleet 1907 234-236 Stern-wheeler HARBOR BELLE 237 Stern-wheeler HARBOR QUEEN, schooner Watson A. West 238-242 Government steamer COLUMBINE 1907 243 Steamer in the Hoquiam River? 244 Tug PRINTER, tug JOHN CUDAHY astern 1907 245 Tug DARING July 4, 1907 246 Steamer GENERAL MILES backing into channel 247 Steamer CRUISER, West Mill in background 248 Steamer and barge 249 Tug with Aberdeen Lumber and Shingle Company in background 250 Tugs and excursion boats in Aberdeen harbor 251 Steamer in channel, lumber mill on far bank 252 Tug RANGER 253 Tug TRAVELER 254 Tug RANGER (Pratsch photograph number 13) 255 Freighter BESSIE DOLLAR (MacKenzie photograph) 256 Steam schooner CLAREMONT loaded with lumber 257 Steamer CHEHALIS 258 Steamer TOLEDO 259 Naval steamer? 260 Decorated motor launch 261 Row boat near fish nets 262-263 Underwater diving operations 264 ALEXANDER, gill-net fishing boats, cannery dock with nets drying 265 Gill-net fishing boat KID 266 Schooner CHARLES R. WILSON at anchor 267 Schooner R. C. SLADE 268 Schooner at lumber mill, Aberdeen 269 Steam schooner CLAREMONT loaded with lumber, bow line attached to dock 270 S. S. INDRAVELLI 271 Stern-wheeler MONTESANO at Montesano dock 272 Barkentines MARY WINKELMAN and NEWSBOY at dock 273 Barkentine MARY WINKELMAN at dock 274 Westport dock, Steamers CLAN McDONALD, CITY OF ABERDEEN, TYPHOON, and CHEHALIS 275 Schooner W. J. PATTERSON at dock 276 Barkentine ARAGO 277 Schooner CHARLES HANSON at Union Mill dock (Pratsch photograph number 600) 278 Schooner CHARLES A. FALK at lumber mill dock 279 Four-masted schooner at dock 280-281 Schooner ESPADA docked at mill 282 MELVILLE DOLLAR at mill dock 283 MILVILLE DOLLAR with ESPADA tied to dock 284 Frieghter BLACKHEATH 285 West Mill wharf, schooners W. J. PATTERSON and FORESTER, with WATSON A WEST astern 286-287 Steam tug IOLA, barge, and steam schooner NEWBURG at dock, R.C. SLADE in background 288 Steam schooner NEWBURG at Slades dock, schooner CENTRALIA in the rear 1908 289 Schooner A. B. JOHNSON and other schooners at dock 290 Lindstrom's ship yard, mastless schooner SADIE at outfitting dock and steam tug JOHN CUDAHY in foreground 291 Cooney's Mill dock, Cosmopolis, with steam schooner SVEA and steamer HARCROFT 292 Steam schooners SANTA MONICA and SANTA BARBARA at dock 293 Schooner ORIENT and barkentine WRESTLER at dock with three-masted schooner CHAS. A. FALK being towed out 294 Schooner MAID OF ORLEANS, barkentine EUREKA and others at West Mill dock pre-1899 295-296 Barkentine NEWSBOY at near dock and schooner W. J. PATTERSON at far dock, steam schooner NORWOOD astern 297-298 Schooners FANNIE ADELE, C. H. MERCHANT and others docked at mill 299 Steamers JOSIE BURROWS, TOIWO, and one other loading passengers after funeral at Aberdeen cemetery 1888 300 Schooner OCCIDENTAL and brigantine GENEVA at West Mill dock steamer T. C. REED docked at far right 301 Steam schooner NORWOOD, schooner ESPADA 302-304 Ships at mill docks 305 Steamer HARCROFT at dock 306 Ships at dock near old West Bridge, Aberdeen July 4, 1907 307 Schooner COMET and steam schooners CENTRALIA and WHITESBORO and others at dock 308 Schooner A. B. JOHNSON, steam schooner G. C. LINDAUER, and others at dock 309 Schooners MELROSE and ALLEN A., steamer RUSTLER (Hoquiam) at Hoquiam Mill dock 1906 310-311 Schooners at West Mill dock, Aberdeen 1889 312-313 American Mill, Slade's dock, schooner WATSON A. WEST, steamer NEWBURG. (Photo by MacKenzie) 1908 314-316 Schooners CHARLES A. FALK and EDWARD R. WEST at dock; the sequence shows the steam schooner SANTA MONICA coming through the channel. Included is the steam schooner WILLIAM MURPHY. (Titled: Shipping scene, Aberdeen, Washington, copyright 1907, by C. S. MacKenzie). 317 Barkentine MARY WINKELMAN and schooners at mill dock, one four-masted schooner being nudged in by tug 318 Brigantine LURLINE and steam schooner GRACE DOLLAR at dock (MacKenzie photograph) 319-320 Stern-wheeler SKOOKUM, steam schooner GRACE DOLLAR, a schooner and the barkentine, WRESTLER, all at dock, with a small launch passing in channel Lumbering Scenes 321 Millers Dam and Wishkah Falls 1892 (Pratsch photograph number 45) 322 Log dam and spillway for boom pond 323 Eureka & Klamath River Railroad, three trains loaded with redwood logs, one a work train 324 Polson's trestle up the Humptulips River, log train with logs chained directly to trucks, Shay engine, number 564. (Al Coats Logging Co.?) 325 Shay engine (Polson's)number 2. (Al Coats Logging Co.?) 326 Oregon and California Railroad Company, three car train pulled by engine number 14, on a trestle near a small town. (positive) 327-343 Steam donkeys and their crews (many by Colin MacKenzie) 344-345 Burst steam donkey 1910 346 J. Gillis Camp, Hoquiam 1889 (Pratsch photograph number 17) 347 Gillis' camp 348 Jim Gillis' camp, Hoquiam River 1890 (Pratsch photograph number 46) 349 Gillis' camp (Pratsch photograph number 9) 350 George Keith's camp, Wishkah River (Pratsch photograph number 12) 351 George Keith's camp, Wishkah River 1889 352 Philips camp, Johns River 1888 (Pratsch photograph number 49) 353 Payett camp 1888 (Pratsch photograph) 354-355 Flowers camp 356 Redwood logging crew eating 1891 357 Gilbreth Skeen's camp 1888 [Gilbreath?] 358 Wilsons camp 359 Oxen, log and crew on roadway 360 Packhorses and crew 361 Hawkins camp 362 Logging scene 363-365 Clark and Miller crew 366 J. Gillis' camp 367 Blackwell's no. 2 camp 368 Oxen, log, crew and cooks on roadway 369 Roadway 370 Clark and Miller's roadway on the Wishkah River (Pratsch photograph number 50) 371 Leon Weather's crew 372 10 ft. fir stump 1892 (Pratsch photograph number 12) 373-374 Group of men on large stump 375 Washington stump (Pratsch photograph number 11) 376-377 11 ft. 3 in. stump. (MacKenzie photographs) 378 Group of men on a large stump 379 Packers with horses in woods. (positive) 380-382 Mary Pratsch and children in forest (Pratsch photograph) 383-384 Man on fallen spruce tree, near Aberdeen (Pratsch photograph number 44) 385 Timber scene on Fred Honley ranch near Wishkah Falls (Pratsch photograph number 27) 386 Children (Ersral Stout, Floyd Stout, Fred Pratsch, Wallace Pratsch, Elie Payett) on fir log, Canyon Kort, near Aberdeen 1896 (Pratsch photograph) 387-390 Groups of men among logs and stumps 391 Worlds Fair log 392-393 Matt Peasley on right, Billy Gohl at left, at logbucking contest 394-399 Men by cedar tree on Charley Creek 400 Men sawing eight foot fir tree 401 Felling fir tree with axes at Flowers Camp near Aberdeen 1888 (Pratsch photograph number 22) 402 Felling cedar tree on John River 1888 (Pratsch photograph number 23) 403 Three men by large log. (MacKenzie photograph) 404 Cedar tree by Johns River. (copy negative) 405 Two men by cedar tree on Charley Creek (Pratsch photograph) 406 Bearded man by tree (Pratsch photograph) 407 Two men, one bearded, by tree (Fred Pratsch states this tree (11 ft. 6 in. diameter) sent to St. Louis World's Fair, by Hepfinger & Drummond). 1902 (Pratsch photograph) 408-410 Loggers and trees 411 Fir tree (Pratsch photograph) 412 Four men and recently felled tree 413.11 Six armed men and felled tree 414-426 Lumbering scenes, loggers and forests 427 Bearded man by tree (Pratsch photograph) 428-437 Lumbering scenes and loggers 438 Automobile on road to North Beach 439-440 Reo on road by lake or river. (440 is positive) 441-444 Roads in woods. (441, 443 are positive) 445-449 Wood scenes Lumber Mills 450 West's first mill, burned in the 1880's 451-452 Weatherwax Mill and boom pond, later Anerson-Middleton 453 Weatherwax mill boom pond (Pratsch photograph number 30) 454-465 Mills and boom ponds 466 American Mill on the Wishkah River 467 Cooney's Mill, Cosmopolis, Steamer HARCROFT at dock 468-469 Lumber on dock at Union Mill Co., steam schooners WASP and J. B. STETSON 470 Grays Harbor Commercial Co. sawmill 471 Lumber mill 472-473 Steam schooner SANTA MONICA at mill dock 474 Loading the G. C. LINDAUER 475 Lumber mill, yard and docks 476 Lumber mill, Lindstrom's ship yard in background 477 Lumber mill 478 Hoquiam Lumber and Shingle Co. sawmill 479 Loading lumber at the dock, steam schooner G. C. LINDAUER Fishing and Hunting 480 Salmon scene at McGowan Cannery (Pratsch photograph number 10) 481 One night's salmon catch, Grays Harbor (Pratsch photograph number 11) 482 Salmon cannery dock at end of F Street, Aberdeen 483-484 Sturgeon catch 485-487 Fish at cannery 488-489 Fisherman on river bank. (positive) 490 Fishermen with catch in studio, Fred Hewitt, Ernie Phelps, Johnny McCook, and Colin MacKenzie 491-494 Studio scenes of fishermen and their catches 495 Trophy fish 496 Hunter with duck catch 497 Duck still-life 498 Armed hunters and dead bears in studio scene Miscellaneous 499 Cows in meadow by river Soo Man in riding outfit and show horse 501-502 Man and show horse. (501 is positive) 503 Man on horse 504-506 Man and show horse in front of livery stable 507-508 King and Queen and puppies 1894 509-510 Waterfalls 511 Mt. Shaster [sic], California 1888 (Pratsch photograph number 21) 512 Meadow 513 Change-making machine 514 Casket-lowering device 515 Wagon loaded with bed-rolls 516 Pacific and Oak Street, cows blocking road between Aberdeen and Hoquiam 517-519 Horse and carriage on road 520-521 Automobile on road 522-527 Bridges 528-530 Log footbridge over Humptulips River 1895 531 Harry Perkins riding Rudge bicycle in the surf on Westport beach 1892 (Pratsch photograph number 40) 532-533 Harry Perkins and others on Westport beach. Fred Pratsch, age two, in foreground 1892 534 Bathing in the surf at Westport beach (Pratsch photograph number 3) 535 Bathing in Grays Harbor at Westport 1892 (Pratsch photograph number 38) 536 Bathing in Grays Harbor at Westport (Pratsch photograph number 41) 537 Bathing in the surf 538-540 Clam diggers 541 Duck hunter in action 542-544 Ocean beach scenes 545-548 Coastal rock formations (some by Tolman?) 549 Seal Rocks, San Francisco 550 Seal Rocks. (Photograph by Tolman)(Copy negative) 5x7 Plates 551-553 Charles R. Pratsch 554 Catherine Anna Pratsch 555 Lady's portrait. Emma Ida Pratsch 556 Gentleman's portrait 557-558 Mary Pratsch 559-562 Portraits of ladies 563-571 Portraits of children 572-573 Hunters and fishermen 574 Fred Hewett, fisherman 575 John O'Hare and Fred Hewett cleaning fish in camp 576 Ducks in shallow water 577 Sporting goods store interior 578 American Fall from Luna Island, winter. (snow-covered tree arch) (Copy negative of published stereopticon view by George Curtis, ca. 1910) 579 Grotto Geyser Cone. (Copy negative of stereopticon view by F. Jay Haynes #4659) 580 Old Faithful Geyser. (Copy negative of stereopticon view by F. Jay Haynes #4587) 581 Minerva Terrace. (Copy negative of stereopticon view by F. Jay Haynes #4507) 582 Decorative border for oval portrait 583 Dinner in the photo studio 584 Schooners at dock Series 2: Lantern Slides

The lantern slide collection contains many duplicates of the larger plates, but of greatest significance are the 64 photographs of coastal Indians probably taken by MacKenzie. The slides are arranged in numerical order in three large slide cases. In case one are those numbered 1-100, case two, 101-200, case three 201-299. Slides that are duplicates of the glass negatives are indicated with the number of the glass negatives, such as 1331.

Lumber Scenes 1 C. E. Burrows Company Dam 2 Millers Dam, Wishkah Falls 3 Log bridge 4 Log bridge and falls 5 Log boom pond (splash) 6 Steam donkeys and their crews (1 331) 7 Steam donkeys and their crews (1 333) 8 Steam donkeys and their crews (1 342) 9-13 Steam donkeys and their crews 14 Polson Logging Company, Hoquiam. (train) 15 Train with logs 16 11 ft. 3 in. stump (MacKenzie photo) (1 376) 17 Groups of men among logs and stumps (1 387) 18 Groups of men among logs and stumps (1 390) 19 Men by cedar tree on Charley Creek (1 398) 20 Men by cedar tree on Charley Creek (1 399) 21 Three men by large log. (MacKenzie photo) (1 403) 22 Loggers and trees (1 408) 23-28 One or two people by logs and trees 29-33 Groups of people on or near trees and logs 34 Lumbering scenes, loggers and forests (1 423) 35 Lumbering scenes, loggers and forests (1 426) 36-40 Men with saws and axes by logs 41-42 Automobile on road to North Beach (1 438) 43 Road in woods (1 441) 44 Wood scenes (1 446) 45 Wood scenes (1 449) 46 Horse and buggy on road through woods 47-49 Logging trails 50-51 Woods and river 52-54 Trains and track 55 Horse and carriage on road (1 519) 56 Horse and carriage on road (1 517) 57 Bridge (1 526) 58 Log footbridge over Humptulips River 1895 (1 528) 59 Bridge 60 Two men by large tree roots Miscellaneous 61 Aberdeen Ball Park 1907 (1 155-156) 62 Groundbreaking ceremony 63 Crowd near camp, flag and White and Davidson Grocery 64 Camp Quick Print, 5 loggers eating at table 65 Old man near other sighting device on beach 66 Man with stock of grain showing the height 67 Man smoking cigar and holding Saturday Evening Post 68 Vegetable display 69 Clouds 70 Beef hanging at the loading dock at the slaughter house 71 Tallest telephone pole in N. E. Aberdeen (1 123) Mills and Docks 72 Ships at dock near Old West Bridge, Aberdeen July 4, 1907 (1 306) 73 Mills and boom ponds (1 454) 74 GEORGE OF ABERDEEN, a launch at dock 75-76 American Mill, Slade's dock, schooner WATSON A WEST, steamer NEWBURG (Photo by MacKenzie) 1908 (1 312-313) 77 Schooners CHARLES A. FALK and EDWARD R. WEST at dock; steam schooner SANTA MONICA coming thru channel. (C. S. MacKenzie) 1907 (1 316) 78 Schooner COMET and steam schooner CENTRALIA and others at dock (1 307) 79 Schooner A. B. JOHNSON and others at dock (1 308) 80 Schooner MELROSE and schooner ALLEN A. at Hoquiam Mill and steamer RUSTLER (Hoquiam) 1906 (1 309) 81 Harbor scene (Photo by MacKenzie) (1 318) 82 Stern-wheeler SKOOKUM, Steam schooner GRACE DOLLAR, 4-masted schooner and barkentine, all at dock, with a small launch passing in channel. (1 320) 83 Lumber on dock, three masted barkentine opposite 84 Hoquiam Lumber and Shingle Company sawmill (1 478) 85 Steam schooner SANTA MONICA at mill dock (1 472) 86 Loading lumber on the deck of a steam schooner 87 Ships at dock of lumber mill 88 Harbor Dock (wharf scene) 89-90 Grays Harbor jetty Shipping 91 Grays Harbor scenes (1 208-209) 92 Grays Harbor scenes (1 211) 93-94 Aberdeen harbor scenes (1 216) 95-96 Harbor scenes 97 A bow-first launching at Lindstroms Ship Yard (1 206) 98-99 4-masted schooner under tow (1 223-224) 100-101 Loaded 3-masted barkentine under sail (1 225) 102-105 4-masted schooners with sails set 106 Yacht RESTLESS, owned by R. R. Pratsch 1904 (1 228) 107 Yacht RESTLESS, owned by R. R. Pratsch 1904 (1 229) 108 Small sailboat 109 Stern-wheeler SKOOKUM, going out to see the Great White Fleet 1907 (1 233) 110 Stern-wheeler HARBOR QUEEN (1 237) ill Stern-wheeler HARBOR BELLE (1 234-236) 112 Freighter BESSIE DOLLAR (Photo by MacKenzie)(1 255) 113 Freighter BLACKHEATH (1 284) 114 Great White Fleet 115 Tug TRAVELER 116-117 Harbor scenes 118-120 Shipping scenes 121-123 Ship wreck scenes Aberdeen and Cities 124 Aberdeen, with Grand Theater in Center 1907 (1 37) 125 Aberdeen, business section (1 39) 126 Aberdeen (1 45) 127 Aberdeen (1 46) 128-129 Aberdeen 130 Hoquiam 1906 131 Scenic view of city on the river 132 Bridge (1 522) 133 Bridge 134 Heron Street dock, steamer CRUISER, Aberdeen (1 60) 135 Men building street 136-137 Street scenes during celebration 138-140 Residential streets 141 Street in Aberdeen 142-143 Street car and view of town 144 Laborers on construction train 145 Laborers on street corner 146 Fire engine, Aberdeen Buildings 147 Aberdeen high school, under construction 1892 (1 78) 148 Washington Hotel, Heron and K Street, Aberdeen 1905 (1 81) 149 Elks Club, Aberdeen 1907 (1 82) 150 Aberdeen State Bank, Heron and H Street 1908 (1 84) 151 Red Cross Pharmacy,Heron and G Street, Aberdeen 1908 (1 85) 152 Aberdeen City Hall (1 87) 153 Hayes and Hayes Bank, Aberdeen 1908 (1 83) 154 Hoquiam Hotel, Hoquiam (1 89) 155 St. Joseph's Hospital, Aberdeen (1 93) 156 City Water Works 157 Lumberman's Bank 158 Train depot 159 Fire engines and firemen 1907 (MacKenzie)(1 175) 160 Burnett Bros. Jewelers, Kaufman & Berliner and other stores 161 School house? 162-168 Individual houses 169 Grand Theater, Aberdeen 1907 170-174 Residential section 175-177 Churches 178 Power house? 179 Greenhouse, interior 180 Bank, interior 181 Small garden pond (1 125) 182 Crew building silo 183 Excavation 184 Westport fog horn and light house and United Wireless Telegraph Company station Children 185 Children riding mules 186-188 Photos of individual children Farms 189-190 Farms and farmhouses (1 144-145) 191-192 Farms and farmhouses Coastal Scenes 193 Man photographing ladies by stream (1 27) 194 Bathing in the surf (1 537) 195 Clam-digging 196 Horses packed with hay on beach 197-199 Ocean beach scenes 200-205 Ocean land scenes 206 Coastal rock formations (by Tolman?)(1 545) 207-209 Seal Rocks, San Francisco 210-213 Coast scenes Waterfalls 214-216 Waterfalls (1 509) Hunting and Fishing 217 Fisherman on river bank (1 489) 218-219 Studio scenes of fishermen and their catches (1 492-494) 220 Men by large fish catch 221 Men with catch of ducks 222 Men cutting up seal? 223 Armed hunters and dead bear in studio scene 224-225 Men hunting and fishing 226 Men at camp 227 Fish at cannery (1 487) ANIMALS 228 Mules 229-232 Dogs 233-235 Animals Indians 236 Indian village? 237 Che-poo, Indian woman 238 West-sup, Indian woman 239 Granny Mason, Indian woman 240-241 O'waata, Indian woman 242-257 Portraits of Indian women 258-268 Portraits of Indian men 269-272 Indian women carrying large baskets on back 273 Indian with horse and wagon 274 Makah Indian camp, Tatoosh Island 275 Clam digging 276 Funerary china 277-279 Miscellaneous portraits of Indians 280-287 Indian domestic scenes 288-289 Indian fishing scenes 290 Fishing scene, Neah Bay 291 Makah whaler 292-297 Fishing scene, Neah Bay 298-299 Indian fishing scenes Series 3: Miscellaneous Prints 1 Foot of Heron Street, Aberdeen undated 8.5 x 13.5 cm. photoprint (postcard) 2 Gun club 1915 8.5 x 13.5 cm. photoprint (postcard) 3 Log bridge over Wishkah River undated 8.5 x 13.5 cm. photoprint (postcard) 4 Mining camp undated 8.5 x 13.5 cm. photoprint 5 Pratsch & Co. Artist, no. 32. Wooden bridge undated 13.5 x 8.5 cm. photoprint (postcard) 6 Two motorcyclists undated 8.5 x 13.5 cm. photoprint (postcard) 7 Three motorcyclists undated 13.5 x 8.5 cm. photoprint (postcard) 8 Shooting range bought 1923 (construction) undated 8 photoprints. 12.5 x 17.5 cm 9 Dr. H. C. Watkins, Sr. on shooting range undated 12.5 x 17.5 cm. photoprint 10 "Billy the Bear, the big game hunter, wore no shoes in summer" undated 18 x 11 cm. photoprint 11 "Stewarts house torn down to build Robert Gray School," undated 13 x 17.5 cm. photoprint 12 Wishkah Falls Dam built in 1886 by Cy Blackwell undated 20.5 x 12.5 cm. photoprint 13 Malinowski Dam, built 1902 as a 5 gate dam, rebuilt in 1917-1918 with 6 gates, not used after 1923. 1902-1917 12.5 x 20.5 cm. photo-print 14 Wishkah Boom Co. main river dam (Joe Malinowski in charge 1909-1924) 1917-1923 11.5 x 18.5 cm. photoprint 15 Malinowski Dam 1917-1923 8.5 x 14.5 cm. copy photoprint of #14 16 South bay shooting box 2789 12 x 19 cm. photoprint 17 Schooners OTTILIE FJORD and ESTHER BUHNE tied at dock undated 20.5 x 25.5 cm. photoprint 18 Westport from the air undated 18.5 x 23 cm. photoprint 19 Gun club 1925 19.5 x 24.5 cm. photoprint 20 Governor Rosellini and friend with fish undated 20.5 x 24 cm. photoprint 21 Charter boat at Westport with catch 1965 20.5 x 25.5 cm. photoprint 22 C. A. THAYER at dock (Seattle?) 1955 20.5 x 25 cm. photoprint 23 C. A. THAYER at dock (another view of above?) 1955 20.5 x 25 cm. photoprint 24 Fred Pratsch's charter boat DOROTHY L undated 20 x 25 cm. photoprint 25 DOROTHY L. undated 12.5 x 18 cm. photoprint 26 DOROTHY L. and charter group with fish, Fred Pratsch in background 19608 25 x 20 cm. photoprint 27 Newspaper clipping from the Vidette, showing Charles R. Pratsch homestead in the Wishkah Valley in 1887 28 Pratsch homestead up Wishkah 1885 13 x 21.5 cm. photoprint 29 Aberdeen police force. Bill Pearson, Joe Graham, and Smith. 1892 21 x 16 cm. photoprint 30 Pratsch homestead 1890 20.5 x 25.5 cm. photoprint 31 R & R Yarder's tow-truck, photo by A. C. Girard, Aberdeen 1910 16.5 x 21.5 cm. photoprint 32 Sandison & Martintosh Photo. Aberdeen fire 1903 17.5 x 22.5 cm. photoprint 33 Another view of the Aberdeen fire 1903 17.5 x 22.5 cm. photoprint 34 Clipping: Seattle Scene: Memories of a champion bike rider by Frank Lynch re: Manning Hill and his bicycles. 1952 35 Hoquiam Mill 1906. Painting by Fred Pratsch after a photograph (1 309) 1971 10 x 12.5 cm. color transparency 36 Hoquiam Mill 1906. Painting by Fred Pratsch after a photograph (1 309) 1971 20.5 x 25.5 cm. color photoprint 37 Schooner O. M. KELLOG, Brigantine MONITOR, and Steamer MONTESANO 38 West Mill, Wishkah River, Aberdeen 39 Schooner MAID OF ORLEANS and Brigantine MONITOR 40 Schooner O. M. KELLOG, Brigantine MONITOR, and Steamer TRUCKEE 41 Schooner O. M. KELLOG, Brigantine MONITOR Series 4: Alternative Images.

A list of miscellaneous glass negatives and positives compiled by David Smestad in March, 1978 . (Number of similar photograph in main sequence in parentheses). Not indexed

49 30 men on large stump. Negative and print.(375) 55 Old tree, river and sawmill. Positive and print.(68) 61 Ships in port. Positive and print.(210) 62 Man and horse. Positive and print.(501) 67 Old tree, river and sawmill. Positive and print.(69) 82 Family with oxen team in forest. Negative and print.(368) 107 Loggers and oxen in forest. Negative and print 148 Man and large tree. Positive and print 164 Old car on road in forest. Positive and print.(438) 205 Old sailing ship. Positive and print.(225) 253 Road in forest. Positive and print 282 City hall and fire wagons and crew. Negative and print 322 Track team. Negative and print.(157) 357 Waterfall. Positive and print.(510) 371 Man and horse on log bridge. Positive and print 374 15 men on stump. Negative and print.(373) 385 Two old sailing ships. Positive and print.(223) 412 House, people, old car with real estate advertisement. Negative and print 424 Football team. Negative and print.(166) 456 Football team. Negative and print 485 Group portrait. Negative (no print) 516 Portrait. Positive and print 521 Girl in garden. Negative (no print).(9) 524 Girl in garden. Negative (no print).(9) 570 Ship in port. Positive and print.(210) 573 Football team. Negative and print 575 Man with axe and tree. Positive and print 583-622 5x7 negatives of ducks (except 603 - man with fish) with prints