Asahel Curtis Photographs, 1874-1941

Written on verso: Schmidt Park [sic], 20 minutes f[rom] downtown Seattle.

Schmitz Park, also known as Schmitz Preserve Park, is a 53.1-acre park containing one of the last stands of old-growth forest in Seattle, Washington. Located 15 blocks east of Alki Point in West Seattle, Schmitz Park was donated to the city of Seattle in pieces between 1908 and 1912. In 1908, German immigrants Ferdinand and Emma (Althoff) Schmitz donated the largest piece of 30 acres to the city in hopes of preserving it in its natural state. Schmitz Park has remained largely unchanged since.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer. Seattle, Wash.

Located at 104-106 1st Ave. S.

Cropped version. See PH482 Asahel Curtis Studio photographs item Curtis 441 for original.

Written on image: [...] Laplanders attending [...].

Written on verso: Reindeer [...] Brought from Finland [illeg.] and shipped to Alaska for propagation.

Probably part of the Lapland-Yukon Relief Expedition (also called the Manitoba Expedition).

Probably in Yakama County, Washington.

No print. Copy negative only.

Written on verso: [...] just above Lake Chelan. In N[orth]. central part of Wash[ington]. in Cascades.

The George E. Starr was a 148 foot wooden steamer ship built in 1878 for Seattle-based passenger service around the Puget Sound.

From left, Lincoln Hotel at 4th Ave, Spring St, and Madison St, and Third Avenue Theatre at 3rd Ave and Madison St.

The USS Nebraska was built by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle for the United States Navy. Launched in 1904, the ship was decommissioned in 1923 and sold for scrap.

Original not on file.

Written on verso: Bay City after the fire [...].

Written on verso: Between Seattle and Tacoma on Pacific Hwy [...].

Written on verso: Published by Chas. J. Hutchinson, 1916.

Written on verso: [...] Material yard, north end.

Originally named the Denny Hotel, construction on the Washington Hotel began in 1889 on the south summit of Denny Hill, near what is now 3rd Ave. and Virginia St. Disagreements among its developers and the economic Panic of 1893 stalled the project and left the hotel unfinished for over a decade. Real estate developer and hotelier James A. Moore (1861-1929) bought the property and completed construction, successfully opening the renamed Washington Hotel in 1903. In 1906, the Denny Hill regrades led to the demolition of the hotel but, in 1908, the hotel was rebuilt as the 14-story New Washington Hotel.

The block of buildings developed as the "Yesler-Leary Building" burnt down in 1889, and was replaced with the New York Mutual Life building in 1891.

Track probably laid during regrade of 3rd Avenue.

From left, Scurrey Building, at 3rd Ave and James St.

No print. Copy negative only.

Shows Mount Baker.

Written on verso: [...] Mt Baker [sic].

Written on verso: Life line work, [on the] east side of Mt. Baker.

Written on verso: Working out of crevasse [on the] east side of Mt. Baker.

Written on verso: In the great crevasse on eastern side of Mt. Baker.

Same print as item Curtis 8048b.

Same print as item Curtis 8048a.

The Denny Hotel was the last major property that refused regrading offered by the city. In 1907, they reversed course and the rest of Denny Hill was regraded.

No print. Copy negative only.

From attached material: The forests provide the principle exportable product but they proved a great handicap to road an[d] trail building. After Henry Smith had occupied his claim on Smith's Cove [sic], traveling by water when he went to town, he deceded [sic] that he should have a trail. After blazing his way through the forest all morning he came to a clearing which looked familiar. Investigation disclosed that he had traveled in a cirlce [sic] and was back home again.

Captioned on photo: [...] from trestle on 11th Ave S - 40ft above low tide at present.

Part one of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

No print. Copy negative only.

Part two of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

No print. Copy negative only.

Part three of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Copy print.

Part four of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Copy print.

Written on photo: [...] No. 2.

Part five of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Copy print.

Part six of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Copy print.

Part seven of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Shows King Street Station.

Copy print.

Part eight of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Part nine of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

No print. Copy negative only.

In 1934, the City of Seattle authorized a seawall and lane adjustment to the then Railroad Ave which was transformed and renamed Alaskan Way on July 6th, 1936.

Written on photo: ...across Weller at Eleventh [Ave].

Copy print.

Written on verso: Aquilla, auxiliary yawe [sic].

No print. Copy negative only.

Part ten of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Part eleven of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Part twelve of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Part thirteen of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Shows the Lincoln Hotel on 4th Ave.

Part one of three-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Dearborn St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Written on photo: [...] 4th and Atlantic looking east [...].

Copy print.

Part two of three-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Dearborn St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Written on photo: [...] #7.

Copy print.

Part three of three-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Dearborn St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Written on photo: [...] #25.

Copy print.

Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have made use of cedar bark for clothing since time immemorial.

Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have made use of cedar bark for clothing since time immemorial.

Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have made use of cedar bark for clothing since time immemorial.

Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have made use of cedar bark for clothing since time immemorial.

Probably used as regalia in dance or ceremony.

Part fourteen of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

Written on photo: [...] 3rd and King.

Copy print.

Captioned on photo: [...] in front of the McGill property.

Part fifteen of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.

No print. Copy negative only.

Probably in Neah Bay.

Same subject as Curtis 20183.

No print. Copy negative only.

No print. Copy negative only.

Copy print.

Shows inflated seal-bladder float.

No print. Copy negative only.

Same subject as Curtis 19235.

No print. Copy negative only.

Shows Columbia and Northern Fishing and Packing Co. building.

From attached material: Early history records the use of a road over Snoqualmie Pass by the Hudson's Bay Company and the Wilkes Expedition in 1841, but this appears to have been over Yakima Pass at the head of the Cedar. Chief Saniwa took Arthur Denny, J.W. Borst and Wm. Perkins across Snoqualmie in 1865 which appears to be the first time the pass was visited by white man. They reported favoring the pass for a road and Perkins built it in 1865 & 67 and emigrant [sic] wagons crossed in the later year. [As proof of the use of this route] C.W. Morse found the wheel of an imigrant [sic] wagon in the Cedar valley above the lake in 1895 and Mr. R.H. Thomsen found traces of the road and the camps as late as 1902. With the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad interest in wagon roads declined and the Snoqualmie remained little better then [sic] a trail for many decades.

This road is possibly National Forest trail 4800 (NF-4800) near Snoqualmie Pass.

Founded by O.W. Fisher and his son O.D. Fisher in 1911, Fisher Flouring Mills was one of the first businesses to operate on Harbor Island after its creation. In 2001, the mill was sold to Pendleton Flour Mills and in July 2002, Pendleton put the property up for sale.

Shows also steamship Anglian, Bailey, Thistle, and Zealandian.

Built in 1898, Bonanza King was an upper river steamship of British registry which operated on the White Pass and Yukon route. Originally owned by Boston & Alaska Transportation Co., she was sold to the Yukon Flyer Line in 1900, resold to P. Burns & Co., and then acquired by the WP&YR in 1901. She was last used as a boat by WP&YR in 1910. In 1917, she was converted to a lumber storeroom at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

The steamboat Casca was built in 1898 and in 1911, described in company records as being "practically worn out and useless", she was rebuilt so extensively that she was considered to be a new boat. She was wrecked at Rink Rapids on July 9, 1936.

Shows banners for sponsors, including the Seattle Chamber of Commerce—members of which were present on the ship—as well as The Bon Marché department store.

The steamboat Casca was built in 1898 and in 1911, described in company records as being "practically worn out and useless", she was rebuilt so extensively that she was considered to be a new boat. She was wrecked at Rink Rapids on July 9, 1936.

The Dawson was a stern-wheeler built in 1898 in Port Blakely for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. She was built under the direction of Captain James W. Troup and she served on the Yukon River. In 1899, she joined the fleet of the White Pass and Yukon route. She was maintained until 1920. The Minneapolis was also a stern-wheeler. She was built at Tacoma in 1898 for a group of Midwestern mining enthusiasts using the engines from the Otter. The Julia B. was a stern-wheeler built by Cook & Lake in 1908 in Ballard for the Yukon Transportation Company.

Shows also the Delta and the Martha Clow.

Written on verso: Mill Street looking East from Commerical [...].

Original by unknown artist. Copied by Asahel Curtis.

Written on photo: Copyright by Northern Pacific [Railway].

Written on verso: [...] one of the many streams leading from the Rainier Nat'l Park.

From attached material: The newly improved Sunset Highway of 1915 gave the driver plenty to think about without looking at the scenery.

Written on verso: [Future] site of Grande Coulee Dam [...].

Written on verso: Outline but leave in the section of belt between white and right hand margin. In outlining leave a little background behind the two levers shown in upper left corner. Note made on face. Make 6 in wide copper.

Written on verso: 18 mile hill road over Piperstone Pass.

Written on verso: Summer plan for Alder Gulch Virginia City.

Written on verso: The Jefferson Peaks from the pass between Virginia City and Ennis.

Written on verso: [...]road between Butte and Boulder.

Written on verso: [...] 8,000 feet [in elevation].

Probably Granite County, in the Lolo National Forest.

Written on verso: Davis grade near Pipestone [...].

Written on verso: Davis grade near Pipestone [...].

Written on verso: [...] east of the Rockies.

Written on verso: [...] Butte Water Co.

Written on verso: [...] Butte Water Co.

Written on verso: Nine Mile Canyon.

Written on verso: Boulder Whitehall [...].

Written on verso: [...] on the Boulder - Whitehall road.

Written on verso: [...] between Boulder and Bernice.

Written on verso: [..] from G.N. Bridge.

Written on verso: Road to Elkhorn - at entrance to Canyon.

Written on verso: Prickly Pear Canyon.

This road is now probably either Recreation Road South or US Interstate 15.

Written on verso: [...] above the dam.

Written on verso of item Curtis 36161: [...] above the gorge.

Written on verso of item Curtis 36169: [...] above the gorge.

Written on verso: [...] near Livingstone [sic] where the great plains begin the uplift fold on fold, to the crest of the Continental Divide.

Written on verso: [...] Livingstone-Bozeman road.

Written on verso of item Curtis 36220: Upper Gallatin Canyon.

Written on verso of item Curtis 36222: Upper Gallatin river.

Written on verso: [...] in the Rockies [...].

Written on verso: [...] between Henry's Lake [sic] and Red Rock Lake.

Written on verso: [...] in the Madison Valley.

Written on verso: [...] in the Madison Valley.

Possibly the Nine Mile/Montana Highway Two-Day Use Area.

The Nine Mile House was located at the mouth of Nine Mile, now Thompson Park, along Blacktail Creek near the intersection of Highway 2 and Continental Drive in Butte, Montana. The Nine Mile house was originally built as a summer home for James R. Boyce, a successful dry goods merchant in Butte in the 1880s and early 1890s. Around 1900, the home was converted into an inn and was used as a venue for social gatherings.

Shows railcars labeled C&S—Colorado and Southern Railway—near milled lumber stacks.

Shows railcar labeled BR&P—Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway—near industrial debris.

Written on verso of item Curtis 36299: Kootenai Canyon.

Written on verso of item Curtis 36300: Kootenai Canyon.

Written on verso of item Curtis 36308: Rock cut on Kootenai road.

Written on verso: Lake Couer de Alene [sic] on the Wallace - Couer de Alene road.

Written on images: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co. [...]

Written on verso of item Curtis 36431: [...] top of bowl, center line axis.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.

Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle, Wash.

Written on images: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co. [...]

Written on verso of item Curtis 36498: [...] along center line.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.

Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.

Items Curtis 36497 and Curtis 36502 show also Terry Hall and Lander Hall. Named for Charles and Mary Terry and Judge Edward Lander, who contributed land for the original Territorial University's Seattle campus in 1861, Terry and Lander Halls were built in 1917 and originally served as the Naval Officers Dormitory and the Aviation Dormitory for the U.S. Naval Training Camp. Following the end of the war, both buildings became student residence halls.

Stamped on verso: Rainier National Park Co.

Stamped on verso : Rainier National Park Co.

Written on verso: Truck is a Kelly or Kelly-Springfield model.

From attached material: Progress was slow until some one thought of the gas tax, a measured payment for the use of the road. This was followed by the Federal Aid Highway act in 1916. Surfaced roads came into existence and roads becmae [sic] a factor in mouring [sic] heavy loads.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle, Wash.

Known as the "Jenny," the JN-4 was designed by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company in 1917.

Written on verso: S.W. cor. [sic] 2nd & Madison. Was F & Nelson earlier.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, successor to Romans Photograph Co. Commercial Photographer, Seattle, Wash.

Shows Turrell Shoe Co.

From attached material: Western Engraving & Colortype Co. The Seattle Engraving Co. [illeg.] Fifth Ave. Main 1896. Seattle Wash.

Written on verso: From Seattle-Tacoma, highway via Auburn, Enuclaw [sic] en route to Mt. Rainier.

Caption on front of image: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co. [...]

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.

Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.

Items Curtis 40677 and Curtis 40679 show also Terry Hall and Lander Hall. Named for Charles and Mary Terry and Judge Edward Lander, who contributed land for the original Territorial University's Seattle campus in 1861, Terry and Lander Halls were built in 1917 and originally served as the Naval Officers Dormitory and the Aviation Dormitory for the U.S. Naval Training Camp. Following the end of the war, both buildings became student residence halls.

Caption on front of image: Rainier from White River Camp. Asahel Curtis. 40775.

Printed on verso: This is a real photograph made for the Rainier National Park Co., by Asahel Curtis Photo Co.

Written on image: Rainier from Yakima Park. [...]

Printed on verso: This is a real photograph made for the Rainier National Park Co., by Asahel Curtis Photo Co.

Written on images: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co.

Written on verso of item Curtis 40868: [...] from point 80 feet north of center line.

Written on verso of item Curtis 40871: [...] from top of bowl, center line axis.

Written on verso of item Curtis 40873: [...] from 60 feet east of north slope.

Written on verso of item Curtis 40875: [...] from center line east end of stadium.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.

Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.

Item Curtis 40875 shows also Terry Hall and Lander Hall. Named for Charles and Mary Terry and Judge Edward Lander, who contributed land for the original Territorial University's Seattle campus in 1861, Terry and Lander Halls were built in 1917 and originally served as the Naval Officers Dormitory and the Aviation Dormitory for the U.S. Naval Training Camp. Following the end of the war, both buildings became student residence halls.

Written on images: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co.

Written on verso of item Curtis 40937: [...] looking easterly along center line.

Written on verso of item Curtis 40938: [...] from point 80 feet north of center line.

Written on verso of item Curtis 40942: [...] from outer edge of stadium field.

Written on verso of item Curtis 40943: [...] from 60 feet east of north slope.

Written on verso of item Curtis 40944: [...] from center line east end of stadium.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.

Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.

Item Curtis 40944 shows also Terry Hall and Lander Hall. Named for Charles and Mary Terry and Judge Edward Lander, who contributed land for the original Territorial University's Seattle campus in 1861, Terry and Lander Halls were built in 1917 and originally served as the Naval Officers Dormitory and the Aviation Dormitory for the U.S. Naval Training Camp. Following the end of the war, both buildings became student residence halls.

Written on image: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co. [...] from 60 feet east of north slope.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.

Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.

Written on image: U. of W. Stadium, P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co., Oct. 30 1920. Looking easterly along center line.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.

Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.

Shows 1920 University of Washington football schedule.

Written on image: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co. [...] from point 80 feet south of center line.

Stamped on image: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.

Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer. Seattle, Wash.

Embossed on image: Copyright by Asahel Curtis for Northern Pacific RY Co.

Written on verso: Probably Summit Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota.

Embossed on image: Copyright by Asahel Curtis for Northern Pacific RY Co.

Written on verso: River in Montana?.

Written on verso: [...] "Evening in the Cascades".

Caption on mount: Lake Crescent and Camp [illeg.].

Copy print.

Written on verso: 1923-24 Rowing Champions [...] with Mt. Rainier in distance. First National Champions.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer. Seattle, Wash.

From attached material: The last unit of the Pacific Highway, the southern part along the Columbia River was paved and opened to traffic in the fall of 1923. Note the use of the central expansion joint.

Probably Cowlitz County, Washington.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer. Seattle, Wash.

This hemlock kootéeyaa (totem pole) was carved to honor Chief-of-All-Women, a Tlingit woman of the Kinninook family, a clan of the ̱̱g͏̱aanax.ádi (Raven moiety). Her family had solicited a carver to create a pole they felt represented Chief-of-All-Women, and raised it at a potlach in her honor. From 1790 the pole stood at Taant͏̛a (in Tongass Island) until members from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce (with accessory from crew of the City of Seattle) cut the totem down in August 1899 while most of the community was out fishing. It was taken to Seattle, incorrectly refitted and repainted, and "gifted" to the city, where it became a landmark at Pioneer Square. The Kinninook clan filed a petition to the Alaskan government for return of the pole and compensation for damages, and a grand jury was struck to indict eight Chambersmen for theft. However, the suit was dismissed after behind-closed-doors deals were reached with the US District Judge, the Seattle city government, and members of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (the sponsors of the expedition). The pole remained despite protests and further petition by the Kinninook clan. By 1917, advertising for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition intentionally removed the Kinninook clan from the narrative and popularized calling the kootéeyaa "the Seattle totem pole". By 1938, the pole suffered from dry rot and arson damage, and the Seattle City Council and Park Board ordered the pole be taken down and recreated. The United States Forest Service offered to coordinate efforts to recreate the pole in collaboration with the Civilian Conservation Corps, who hired Tlingit carver Charles Brown and his team in Saxman, Alaska (which included descendants of Chief-of-all-Women) to carve a copy from red cedar. The copy was installed on July 14, 1940, where it continues to stand unchanged, except for conservation work by John C. Hudson, Jr. (Tsimshian) in 1972.

From top to bottom, the figures depicted in the totem are: Raven; the frog princess with her child; the frog princess' husband; Mink; Raven alongside Whale, with a seal in his mouth; and Raven-at-the-Head-of-Nass (Grandfather of Raven). Collectively they represent some stories from The Raven Cycles (Yéil Ḵutláakw), and some stories from the "Frog Princess".

Shows also the Merchant's Hotel, the Seattle Hotel, and the Continental Mutual Savings Bank.

Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer. Seattle, Wash.

Copy print.

Copy print.

Written on verso of item Curtis 4715: Olympic Peninsula (Hoh Forest?).

Written on verso of item Curtis 47442: Olympic peninsula Wash?.

Written on verso: Olympic peninsula Wash?.

Written on duplicate: Country road on South bank of the Queets & 2-miles below Kelly Farm.

Written on verso: Olympic Peninsula (Hoh Forest?).

Written on duplicate: Spruce timber 17 miles above [illeg.] Trail.

Copy print.

Written on verso: Cascade Mountains?.

Written on verso: Olympic Peninsula, Wash?.

Written on verso: Olympic Peninsula, Wash?.

Written on verso: Olympic Peninsula (Hoh forest?).

Shows sign on tree trunk which says "Keep the forests green, prevent forest fires".

Written on verso: White River hydro-electric plant of Puget Sound Power & Light Co., between Seattle and Tacoma -- Capacity 80,432 horsepower.

The Civic Auditorium was between 3rd Ave N and 4th Aves N on Mercer St. Designed by architects Schack, Young and Myers.

Written on verso: Crockett Blockhouse.

Written on verso: [...] 3414 [East] Shore Drive [...].

Designed by architect J. Lister Holmes.

A segment of Washington State Route 410, from Enumclaw to the eastern bounds of Mount Rainier National Park.

Written on verso: [...] on road to Rainier Nat'l Park.

Written on verso: Dense undergrowth of [...] ferns and shrubs.

Written on verso: [...] Paradise side.

Part of the Tatoosh Range in the Mount Rainier Wilderness.

Copy print.

Written on verso: Concrete pavement through forest on Nisqually Road.

The Général de Sonis was a three-masted barque built by the Chantiers Nantais de Constructions Maritimes company, launched on Nov 7, 1901.

Written on verso: Frazier River Canyon, Cariboo Trail. Gold discovered in Frazer 1857 - Thousand of Am.[ericans] flocked to new diggings intensifying boundary conflict. Queen Victoria sent Royal engineers to Frazer in 1859 & they built road - can still be seen.

From material attached to duplicate: Hazelton, 836, miles north of Vancouver B.C., greeted the Golden Twilight Caravan of 1930 and the Governor of Alaska with a delegation told us they wanted a road. The car that [P.E.] Sands had driven to Hazelton in 1911 made the journey again in 1930. To journey over this road is to turn the pages of time back more than a half century to see the land of the hunter and trapper, of the trading post of the Hudson Bay Company, and the vast cattle ranges of our own frontier.

Shows sign "Seattle to Hazelton, B.C. August 1911. Studebaker Flanders ".

From attached material: As this road will link us with our northern territory every reasonable effort should be made to promote its early construction.

From attached material: A part of the Fraser Canyon road belongs to the historic past of the Northwest for it was constructed to the Cariboo Mines in 1859 and [18]60 by the Royal engineers sent out by Queen Victoria. The present road is but a slight revision of the old and the rubble wall at the left is a part of the road built in [19]59 and [19]60.

Written on verso: Rock garden on shore [...]

Copy print.

Operated from Pike Place Market stalls 82 and 83.

The Beaver was wrecked at Prospect Point in 1888.

Program of the University of Washington School of Forestry.

Site affiliated with the University of Washington School of Forestry.

From accompanying material: Mr. Hansberry opened Woodlawn Hardware Co., located at 7110 Woodlawn Ave E., about 1907 and operated it until his retirement in 1951.

Possibly Seattle munipal park.

Now US Interstate 90.

Probably US Interstate 90.

Possibly US Interstate 90.

From attached material: Now with modern snow removal equipment passengers and freight move across the uninterupted [sic] by the winter snows.

From attached material: Home [...] of E. E. Mundy [...].

Written on verso: Produce Row, Yakima.

From attached material: General view of Yakima [sic] Valley near [...] Snipes Mountain.

Copy print.

Near current site of the Salmon Bay Bridge and the Ballard (Hiram M Chittenden) Locks.

Written on verso of duplicate: [...] Note that hill in background is logged off; also logs in foreground have come up from Lake Washington through this ditch. White spot on opposite shore at right is Lake Union John's home.

A predecessor of the later Montlake Cut completed in the early 20th century, connecting Lake Union with Lake Washington, and following the route of the Ross Creek. Sometimes referred to as the "Montlake Ditch."

Settlers contrived the route, and canal concept, from the routes taken by Duamish people who lived and cared for the area, including those at nearby major villages like sluʔwiɫ (Slough for testing thickness of a canoe hull). The major waterways which comprise the sluice pictured probably include stataɫ (Fathoms), sxʷacəgʷIɫ (To lift a canoe), and the gʷaxʷap (Outlet) of x̌ax̌čuʔ (Small lake, "Lake Union").

From attached material: When the pioneer came he found the Indian paddling his canoe on the waters of the Sound and for mamy [sic] decades he could but follow the example of the Indian. If he lived east of the mountains it was the trial and the Indian pony. So we have the era of the Canoe and Paddle described by Theodore Winthrop. The members of the first Legislature journey for days to reach the Capitol and now we think two hours is slow travel.

See also item C1.

Artist notation cut off, probably "Gordon Grant".

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Artist notation shows "Gordon Grant, 1936".

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Artist notation shows "Gordon Grant".

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Artist notation cut off, probably "Gordon Grant".

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Sign shows "Olympic Peninsula Resort and Hotel [Association] On north to the new Olympic National Park U.S. 101 Olympic Peninsula".

Artist notation shows A. Chidley.

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Possibly Washington State Route 510.

Written on verso: Election Day - left to right, Col. Hansen - Attorney. Allan Greelt [?] - Portland Cement Assn. Vice Pres. Tom Halinau [?] - Attorney. Frank Barrett - Portland Cement Assn. State Development. Ralph W. Hansen - Seattle Chamber of Commerce. (Asahel Curtis in center).

Artist notation shows "Calvert".

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Item Curtis 65455 possibly Lake City.

Items Curtis 65456 and Curtis 65457 possibly Kenmore.

Probably US Interstate 90.

Item Curtis 65460 copy print.

Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.