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Asahel Curtis Photographs, 1874-1941
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941
- Title
- Asahel Curtis Photographs
- Dates
- 1874-1941 (inclusive)19001949
- Quantity
- 1.49 cubic feet (4 boxes, 6 oversize folders)
- Collection Number
- PH1286
- Summary
- Photographs taken by Asahel Curtis of mainly Pacific Northwest scenes and people
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
No restrictions on access.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Asahel Curtis was the best-known Seattle photographer in the early twentieth century, as well as a noted outdoorsman and regional booster. Born in Minnesota in 1874, he moved to the Puget Sound area in 1888. Asahel's brother, Edward, supported the family by opening a photo studio in Seattle, and Asahel went to work for him in 1894. In 1897 the brothers agreed that Asahel should go to the Yukon and photograph the gold rush. Asahel stayed there for two years, alternately taking pictures and working a small claim that never produced much gold. When Asahel returned in 1899, he learned that Edward had published several Yukon photos without giving acknowledgment that they had been taken by Asahel. The brothers had a massive fight and rarely spoke to each other for the rest of their lives. Edward later became nationally famous for his twenty-volume series of photos of Native Americans. Asahel never achieved this measure of success, but had a notable career nonetheless. He married Florence Carney in 1902 and opened his own studio in 1911. He was hired by a number of companies, organizations, and wealthy individuals to take portraits and promotional photos. But Asahel was probably better known for his high-quality photos of the Washington landscape published in national magazines.
Asahel Curtis loved Mount Rainier; some people thought that he almost worshiped it. He photographed it thousands of times and climbed it dozens of times. Curtis was a founding member of the Mountaineers, a mountain-climbing group which also promoted the preservation of wilderness areas. Curtis was active in the affairs of the club for the first several years after its founding in 1906, but his activities as chair of the Mount Rainier National Park advisory committee from 1911 to 1936 strained his relations with the group. Curtis sought to promote accessibility to the park and to boost tourism by building roads. He also ran afoul of the Mountaineers when he vigorously opposed the expansion of Olympic National Park in the late 1930s.
Indeed, Curtis was almost as much of a regional booster as he was a photographer. For example, Curtis not only worked as the official photographer of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, he also chaired its Development Committee and its Highway Committee for many years. Curtis did not confine his work as a booster to Seattle. He owned a small orchard near Ellensburg, and always thought that the interesting landscape of Central Washington could be improved by building irrigation projects to turn the semi-desert into cropland. The Washington Irrigation Association thus chose Curtis to be its president in the 1920s. He also participated in the affairs of the Washington State Good Roads Association, serving as its president in 1932 and 1933. Asahel Curtis died in 1941.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs by Asahel Curtis. The locations and people pictured in the collection are primarily in the Pacific Northwest. Subjects include Seattle and vicinity; the University of Washington in Seattle; Mount Rainier; ships; forests; railroads; and members of the Makah and Lummi tribes.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 5 series.
- Photographs with Curtis number
- Photographs without Curtis number
- Curtis & Romans photographs
- Curtis & Miller photographs
- Copies of Curtis photographs by unidentified photographers
Acquisition Information
Photograph of Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition grounds seen from across Portage Bay donated by Elizabeth Perera, 2021.
Processing Note
Processed by Kelly Linhardt and Liam Patrick Bryant; processing completed in 2024.
Related Materials
See also PH482 Asahel Curtis Studio photographs
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Photographs with Curtis numberReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/1 | Curtis 7 |
Schmitz Park near Alki Point, Seattle,
Washington 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.
|
between 1912 and 1920 |
| 1/1 | Curtis 184 | Mount Rainier from northwest, Pierce County,
Washington |
between 1889 and 1941? |
| 1/1 | Curtis 345A |
Cooper & Levy Store, 1st Ave S vicinity of Yesler
Way, Seattle, Washington Seattle merchant Cooper & Levy was a grocery, hardware, and
woodenware store located at the southeast corner of 1st Ave. and Yesler Way in
Pioneer Square, the then commercial center of Seattle. The store was owned and
operated by Isaac Cooper (d. 1945) and his brother-in-law Louis Levy (d. 1947),
both from prominent families within the city's Jewish community. When the
Klondike Gold Rush began following July 17, 1897, Cooper & Levy quickly
became among the largest and most heavily advertised of the city's outfitters.
While the frenzy for gold began dissipating after 1899, Isaac Cooper and Louis
Levy continued their business until they sold it in January 1903.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer.
Seattle, Wash.
Located at 104-106 1st Ave. S.
|
between 1897 and 1898 |
| 1/1 | Curtis 441 |
Native American woman and children picking hops vicinity
of White River, King County, Washington Cropped version. See PH482 Asahel Curtis Studio photographs item
Curtis 441 for original.
|
1902 |
| 1/1 | Curtis 522A |
Reindeer near Woodland Park entrance, Seattle,
Washington Written on image: [...] Laplanders attending [...].
"Laplander" is a derogatory term used historically to refer to a Samí person, derived from the word "Lapp" (and its relatives) used in many Scandinavian languages. The traditional bounded lands of Samí peoples—Sapmí—reaches across northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, bounded by the Barents, Norwegian, and White Seas. See Library of Congress Authority, "Lapland" (sh 85074668). 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).
|
March 1898 |
| viewcopy | |||
| Curtis 838 | Curtis 838 | Native American hops pickers posed in hops yard with
harvest, Washington Probably in Yakama County, Washington.
No print. Copy negative only.
|
between 1900 and 1908? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/1 | Curtis 895 | Tulalip weavers spinning and carding wool, Tulalip
Reservation, Washington |
between 1900 and 1910? |
| 1/1 | Curtis 898 | Canoe near buildings on Tulalip Bay shore, Tulalip
Reservation, Washington |
between 1900 and 1910? |
| 1/1 | Curtis 905 |
Man fishing in Stehekin River, Chelan County,
Washington Written on verso: [...] just above Lake Chelan. In N[orth].
central part of Wash[ington]. in Cascades.
|
1906? |
| 1/1 | Curtis 1557 |
Steamboat George E.
Starr The George E. Starr was a 148 foot
wooden steamer ship built in 1878 for Seattle-based passenger service around
the Puget Sound.
|
1903? |
| 1/1 | Curtis 1641 |
Steam shovel regrading 3rd Ave vicinity of Madison St,
Seattle, Washington From left, Lincoln Hotel at 4th Ave, Spring St, and Madison St,
and Third Avenue Theatre at 3rd Ave and Madison St.
|
1907? |
| 1/1 | Curtis 1653 |
Robert Moran with US Naval officers on the deck of the
USS Nebraska, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
1904? |
| 1/1 | Curtis 2276 |
West Point Lighthouse with Mountaineers Club event
attendees, Seattle, Washington Original not on file.
|
February 17, 1907 |
| 1/1 | Curtis 3043 | Two children standing on industrial debris, Bay City,
Washington Written on verso: Bay City after the fire [...].
|
between 1900 and 1910? |
| 1/1 | Curtis 3177 |
Drivers on Pacific Highway, King County,
Washington Written on verso: Between Seattle and Tacoma on Pacific Hwy
[...].
The "Pacific Highway" was an auto trail system spearheaded by Samuel Hill to connect the West Coast of the US through a road network, first from the south Puget Sound to Vancouver. Active from 1916-1936, the system would eventually span the whole coast, and is today superseded mostly by US Interstate 5, and various state routes and highways. Written on verso: Published by Chas. J. Hutchinson, 1916.
|
1916? |
| 1/1 | Curtis 3458 |
Construction of the Great Northern Tunnel, Pike-Market,
Seattle, Washington Written on verso: [...] Material yard, north end.
|
between 1903 and 1904? |
| 1/1 | Curtis 3479 | Lobby and reception of the Washington Hotel, Seattle,
Washington 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.
|
1903? |
| 1/1 | Curtis 6235 |
Yesler-Leary building, 1st Ave and Yesler Way from
southeast, Seattle, Washington 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.
Source: https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/5389/. |
1887? |
| 1/1 | Curtis 6840 |
Cribbing for cable car track, James St. vicinity of 2nd
Ave from southwest, Seattle, Washington Track probably laid during regrade of 3rd Avenue.
From left, Scurrey Building, at 3rd Ave and James St.
|
between 1906 and 1907? |
| viewcopy | |||
| Curtis 6976 | Curtis 6976 | Laborers digging trench, vicinity of Denny Hall facing
northwest, University of Washington campus, Seattle, Washington No print. Copy negative only.
|
between 1895 and 1900 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/2 | Curtis 7434 | 1906? | |
| 1/2 | Curtis 7456 | Mazama Glacier on Mount Adams from northwest, Skamania
County, Washington Written on verso: [...] Mt Baker [sic].
|
1906? |
| 1/2 | Curtis 7467 |
Mountain climbers on Mount Baker, Whatcom County,
Washington Written on verso: Life line work, [on the] east side of Mt.
Baker.
|
1907? |
| 1/2 | Curtis 7480 |
Mountain climbers navigating crevasse on Mount Baker,
Whatcom County, Washington Written on verso: Working out of crevasse [on the] east side
of Mt. Baker.
|
1907? |
| 1/2 | Curtis 7485 |
Mountain climbers scaling crevasse on Mount Baker,
Whatcom County, Washington Written on verso: In the great crevasse on eastern side of Mt.
Baker.
|
1907? |
| 1/2 | Curtis 7490 | Northwest summit of Mount Baker, Whatcom County,
Washington |
1906? |
| 1/2 | Curtis 7494 | 1906? | |
| box-folder:oversize | |||
| XC2 | Curtis 8048a |
The Belles of Thurston
County [Grazing cows] Same print as item Curtis 8048b.
|
1910 |
| box:oversize | |||
| XC2 | Curtis 8048b |
A Flower in the Crannied
Wall Same print as item Curtis 8048a.
|
1910 |
| viewcopy | |||
| Curtis 8347 | Curtis 8437 | Denny Hotel and environs on partially degraded Denny
Hill, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
1906? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/2 | Curtis 8443 | Path through old growth forest, vicinity of Smith Cove,
Seattle, Washington 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.
|
1907? |
| viewcopy | |||
| Curtis 10356 | Curtis 10356 | Pioneer Square across Elliot Bay tidal flats from 11th
Ave S facing north, Seattle, Washington Captioned on photo: [...] from trestle on 11th Ave S - 40ft
above low tide at present.
11th Avenue at this time was supported on elevated wooden scaffolds over Elliot Bay. Part one of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in
the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. No print. Copy negative only.
|
June 10, 1908 |
| Curtis 10359 | Curtis 10359 | Buildings north of Beacon Hill from vicinity of King
Street Station facing east, Seattle, Washington Part two of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in
the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. No print. Copy negative only.
|
June 10, 1908? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/2 | Curtis 10361 |
Elevated railroad crossing Elliot Bay tidal flats,
vicinity of 4th Ave S and 6th Ave S, from S Holgate St facing northeast,
Seattle, Washington Part three of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in
the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. Copy print.
|
June 10, 1908 |
| 1/2 | Curtis 10658 |
Exposed plumbing pipes near Jackson St from S King St
and 7th Ave S facing northeast, Seattle, Washington Part four of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in
the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. Copy print.
|
July 8, 1908 |
| 1/2 | Curtis 10659 |
Landslide between 8 Ave S and 9 Ave S from S King St
facing east, Seattle, Washington 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.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. Copy print.
|
July 8, 1908 |
| 1/2 | Curtis 10661 |
Exposed S Weller St plumbing pipes from 7th Ave S facing
east, Seattle, Washington Part six of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in
the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. Copy print.
|
July 8, 1908 |
| 1/3 | Curtis 10729 |
Land reclamation works on 6th Ave S and S Weller St from
northeast, Seattle, Washington Part seven of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in
the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. Shows King Street Station.
Copy print.
|
1909? |
| viewcopy | |||
| 1/3 | Curtis 11034 | Griffin House building on exposed foundations over
Elliot Bay, vicinity of Seattle Blvd S and 6th Ave S facing south, Seattle,
Washington Part eight of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in
the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. |
September 15, 1908 |
| Curtis 11764 | Curtis 11764 | Regraded undeveloped plots north of Beacon Hill, from
King Street Station facing east, Seattle, Washington Part nine of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in
the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. No print. Copy negative only.
|
December 29, 1908 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/3 | Curtis 12012 |
Looking east on Madison St from Alaskan Way, Seattle,
Washington 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.
|
April 22, 1913 |
| 1/3 | Curtis 12535 | Buildings near regraded S Weller St from vicinity of
10th Ave S facing south, Seattle, Washington Written on photo: ...across Weller at Eleventh [Ave].
Eleventh Avenue has not intersected with (South) Weller Street since the construction of Interstate Five (I5), which opened in 1964. Copy print.
|
February 17, 1909 |
| 1/3 | Curtis 12676 |
Sailboat Aquilla Written on verso: Aquilla, auxiliary yawe [sic].
|
1909? |
| 1/3 | Curtis 13467 | Maple tree on Chehalis River bank,
Washington |
1909? |
| viewcopy | |||
| Curtis 14691 | Curtis 14691 | Leschi Boathouse building, Leschi, Seattle,
Washington No print. Copy negative only.
|
between 1905 and 1910? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/3 | Curtis 15363 |
Abandoned residence on degraded slope, vicinity of S
King St from 10th Ave S looking east, Seattle, Washington Part ten of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in
the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. |
August 10, 1909 |
| 1/3 | Curtis 15364 |
Exposed piping underneath abandoned residences between
10th Ave S and 12th Ave S from S King St facing north, Seattle,
Washington Part eleven of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade
in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. |
August 10, 1909 |
| 1/3 | Curtis 15365 |
Exposed piping underneath abandoned residences between
10th Ave S and 12th Ave S from S King St facing northwest, Seattle,
Washington Part twelve of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade
in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. |
August 10, 1909 |
| 1/3 | Curtis 16077 |
Abandoned residence on degraded slope between 10th Ave S
and 12th Ave S from Jackson St S facing northeast, Seattle,
Washington Part thirteen of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade
in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. |
September 7, 1909 |
| 1/3 | Curtis 16151 | Looking east on Madison St from 2nd Ave, Seattle,
Washington Shows the Lincoln Hotel on 4th Ave.
|
1909? |
| 1/3 | Curtis 16249 |
Piers crossing Elliot Bay tidal flats before reclamation
from vicinity of 4th Ave S and S Atlantic St facing east, Seattle,
Washington Part one of three-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the
vicinity of Dearborn St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 16249, Curtis 16252, and Curtis 16270, for sequence. Written on photo: [...] 4th and Atlantic looking east [...].
(South) Atlantic St has not intersected with 4th Ave (South) since the construction of Interstate Five, which opened in 1964. Copy print.
|
September 18, 1909 |
| 1/3 | Curtis 16252 |
Shore at the intersection of Dearborn St and Elliot Bay
tidal flats from vicinity of 6th Ave S and S Dearborn St facing east, Seattle,
Washington Part two of three-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the
vicinity of Dearborn St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 16249, Curtis 16252, and Curtis 16270, for sequence. Written on photo: [...] #7.
Copy print.
|
September 18, 1909 |
| 1/4 | Curtis 16270 |
Residences at foot of Beacon Hill from vicinity of S
Hiawatha Pl and S Dearborn St facing west, Seattle, Washington Part three of three-part photo sequence documenting regrade in
the vicinity of Dearborn St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 16249, Curtis 16252, and Curtis 16270, for sequence. Written on photo: [...] #25.
Copy print.
|
September 12, 1909 |
| 1/4 | Curtis 16465 | Cedar bark cape Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have made use of
cedar bark for clothing since time immemorial.
|
1909 |
| 1/4 | Curtis 16466 | Cedar bark mat Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have made use of
cedar bark for clothing since time immemorial.
|
1909 |
| 1/4 | Curtis 16469 | Bone beater with half-beaten bark strip Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have made use of
cedar bark for clothing since time immemorial.
|
1909 |
| 1/4 | Curtis 16470 | Cedar bark headdress 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.
|
1909 |
| 1/4 | Curtis 16658 | Snoqualmie Falls from southeast, Snoqualmie,
Washington |
1909? |
| 1/4 | Curtis 17220 |
Piers outlining street grid above Elliot Bay tidal flats
from 3rd Ave S and S King St facing east, Seattle, Washington Part fourteen of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade
in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. Written on photo: [...] 3rd and King.
Third Avenue (South) no longer intersects with (South) King Street due to the presence of King St Station. Copy print.
|
January 31, 1910 |
| viewcopy | |||
| Curtis 17667 | Curtis 17667 |
Landslide vicinity of Jackson Street between 11th and
12th Ave, Seattle, Washington 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.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence. No print. Copy negative only.
|
March 26, 1910 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/4 | Curtis 18747 | Maple tree on Chehalis River bank,
Washington |
1910? |
| viewcopy | |||
| Curtis 19235 | Curtis 19235 | Makah woman carrying load of sticks,
Washington Probably in Neah Bay.
Same subject as Curtis 20183.
No print. Copy negative only.
|
1910 |
| Curtis 19253 | Curtis 19253 | Makah hunters stripping whale carcass, Neah Bay, Makah
Reservation, Washington No print. Copy negative only.
|
1910 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/4 | Curtis 19299 | 1910? | |
| 1/4 | Curtis 20177 | Makah canoe party checking fishing line,
Washington Shows inflated seal-bladder float.
|
1911? |
| viewcopy | |||
| Curtis 20183 | Curtis 20183 | Makah woman carrying load of sticks on beach,
Washington No print. Copy negative only.
Same subject as Curtis 19235.
|
1910 |
| Curtis 20553 | Curtis 20553 | Logger near steam engine and logging railcars,
Washington No print. Copy negative only.
|
between 1900 and 1910? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/4 | Curtis 21016 |
Town of Wrangell from Fivemile Island facing east,
Alaska Shows Columbia and Northern Fishing and Packing Co.
building.
|
1911? |
| 1/4 | Curtis 21805 | Two hikers on trail near Mount Rainier from south,
Pierce County, Washington |
1914? |
| 1/4 | Curtis 21806 | Nisqually Glacier on Mount Rainier from vicinity of
Panorama Point, Pierce County, Washington |
1914? |
| 1/5 | Curtis 21992 |
Dirt road vicinity of Keechelus Lake, Kittitas County,
Washington 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.
|
1911? |
| 1/5 | Curtis 22241 |
Fisher Flouring Mills Co. wharf and factory, Harbor
Island, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
1911? |
| 1/5 | Curtis 22798 | Mount Rainier reflected in Mirror Lake, Pierce County,
Washington |
1913? |
| 1/5 | Curtis 28683 | between 1923 and 1924? | |
| 1/5 | Curtis 29001-Curtis 29002 | Coastline along Inside Passage, British
Columbia |
1914? |
| 1/5 | Curtis 29003 | 1914? | |
| 1/5 | Curtis 29088 |
Steamship Bonanza King in
dry dock, White Horse, Alaska 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.
|
1914? |
| 1/5 | Curtis 29092 |
Stern-wheeler Casca being
loaded with logs, Yukon River, 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.
|
1911? |
| 1/5 | Curtis 29096 |
Stern-wheeler Casca at
Tantalus Coal Mine, Yukon River, 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.
|
1914? |
| 1/5 | Curtis 29158 |
Stern-wheelers Dawson,
Minneapolis, and Julia
B. in dock berths, Fairbanks, Alaska 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.
Newell, G.R. (Ed.). (1966). The H.W. Mccurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Superior Pub. Co. Shows also the Delta and the
Martha Clow.
|
1910? |
| 1/6 | Curtis 30836 | Looking east on Yesler Way from 1st Ave, Seattle,
Washington Written on verso: Mill Street looking East from Commerical
[...].
In the late 19th century, Mill Street became Yesler Way, and Commercial St became 1st Ave. Original by unknown artist. Copied by Asahel Curtis.
|
between 1874 and 1880? |
| 1/6 | Curtis 32786 | Lake Coeur d'Alene shoreline, Kootenai County,
Idaho Written on photo: Copyright by Northern Pacific [Railway].
|
1915? |
| 1/6 | Curtis 32864 | Mushell River run at Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce
County, Washington Written on verso: [...] one of the many streams leading from the
Rainier Nat'l Park.
|
1914? |
| 1/6 | Curtis 32911 | Passenger boat moored near Lake Coeur d'Alene shore,
Kootenai County, Idaho |
1914? |
| 1/6 | Curtis 33435 |
Road vicinity of Snoqualmie Pass, Kittitas County,
Washington From attached material: The newly improved Sunset Highway of
1915 gave the driver plenty to think about without looking at the scenery.
|
1915 |
| 1/6 | Curtis 34592 |
Bend in Columbia River, Grand Coulee,
Washington Written on verso: [Future] site of Grande Coulee Dam [...].
|
between 1915 and 1916 |
| 1/6 | Curtis 35174 | Cannery worker using can label applicator 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.
Probably notes for the marker additions made to the photo surface. |
1916? |
| 1/6 | Curtis 35200 | Gallatin River near Storm Castle peak in Custer Gallatin
National Forest, Gallatin County, Montana |
1916? |
| 1/6 | Curtis 36000 | Road near Pipestone Pass, Silver Bow County,
Montana Written on verso: 18 mile hill road over Piperstone Pass.
|
1917? |
| 1/6 | Curtis 36010 | Town of Virginia City, Madison County,
Montana Written on verso: Summer plan for Alder Gulch Virginia City.
Alder Gulch is the geographic formation in which Virginia City sits. |
1917? |
| 1/6 | Curtis 36014 | Tobacco Root Mountains, Madison County,
Montana Written on verso: The Jefferson Peaks from the pass between
Virginia City and Ennis.
Though Mount Jefferson is the primary peak of the Tobacco Root Mountains, they are not called the Jefferson Peaks collectively. |
1917? |
| 1/6 | Curtis 36015 | Road in Bison Canyon, Jefferson County,
Montana Written on verso: [...]road between Butte and Boulder.
|
1917? |
| 1/7 | Curtis 36018 | Stream in Basin Canyon, Jefferson County,
Montana |
1917? |
| 1/7 | Curtis 36019 | Road in Bison Canyon, Jefferson County,
Montana |
1917? |
| 1/7 | Curtis 36020 | Road near Boulder Creek vicinity of Cracker Peak,
Glacier County, Montana |
1917? |
| 1/7 | Curtis 36022 | Boulder Creek vicinity of Cracker Peak, Glacier County,
Montana |
1917? |
| 1/7 | Curtis 36041 | Automobile near Fish Creek headwaters vicinity of
Highland Mountains, Silver Bow County, Montana |
1917? |
| 1/7 | Curtis 36042 | Thicket of dead trees on Highland Mountains, Madison
County, Montana Written on verso: [...] 8,000 feet [in elevation].
|
1917? |
| 1/7 | Curtis 36043 | Automobile off road near Fish Creek headwaters vicinity
of Highland Mountains, Silver Bow County, Montana |
1917? |
| 1/7 | Curtis 36045 | Forest in Fish Creek valley, vicinity of Highland
Mountains, Silver Bow County, Montana |
1917? |
| 1/7 | Curtis 36049 | Canyon road near Flint Creek, Granite County,
Montana |
1917? |
| 1/7 | Curtis 36056 | Georgetown Lake, Deer Lodge County, Montana |
1917? |
| 1/7 | Curtis 36058 | Mountains near Rock Creek headwaters,
Montana Probably Granite County, in the Lolo National Forest.
|
1917? |
| 1/7 | Curtis 36062 | Road near Pipestone Pass, Silver Bow County,
Montana Written on verso: Davis grade near Pipestone [...].
Probably referring to a specific section of the Pass. |
1917? |
| 1/8 | Curtis 36067 | Road near Pipestone Pass, Silver Bow County,
Montana Written on verso: Davis grade near Pipestone [...].
Probably referring to a specific section of the Pass. |
1917? |
| 1/8 | Curtis 36068 | Automobile on road vicinity of Cedar Hill, Broadwater
County, Montana Written on verso: [...] east of the Rockies.
|
1917? |
| 1/8 | Curtis 36071 | Moulton Creek Dam, Butte, Montana Written on verso: [...] Butte Water Co.
Operated by the Butte Water Company. |
1917? |
| 1/8 | Curtis 36072 | Moulton Reservoir, Butte, Montana Written on verso: [...] Butte Water Co.
Operated by the Butte Water Company. |
1917? |
| 1/8 | Curtis 36091 | Road near Nine-Mile vicinity of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Montana Written on verso: Nine Mile Canyon.
|
1917? |
| 1/8 | Curtis 36099 | Canyon access road, Jefferson County,
Montana Written on verso: Boulder Whitehall [...].
|
1917? |
| 1/8 | Curtis 36103 | Road through quaking aspen thicket, Jefferson County,
Montana Written on verso: [...] on the Boulder - Whitehall road.
|
1917? |
| 1/8 | Curtis 36108 | Boulder Hot Springs resort, Boulder, Montana |
1917? |
| 1/8 | Curtis 36109 | Town of Whitehall, Jefferson County, Montana |
1917? |
| 1/8 | Curtis 36110 | Road vicinity of Boulder, Jefferson County,
Montana Written on verso: [...] between Boulder and Bernice.
|
1917? |
| 1/8 | Curtis 36111 | Boulder River vicinity of Boulder, Jefferson County,
Montana Written on verso: [..] from G.N. Bridge.
Referencing the Great Northern Railway company, likely on their route from Butte to Helena in this case. No bridge is present in the photo, however, and the shot does not seem to be at rail or grade level. |
1917? |
| 1/8 | Curtis 36112 | Automobile on road vicinity of Boulder, Jefferson
County, Montana |
1917? |
| 1/9 | Curtis 36113 | Road vicinity of Boulder, Jefferson County,
Montana Written on verso: Road to Elkhorn - at entrance to Canyon.
Elkhorn is a Census Designated Place in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, whose only access road follows the Elkhorn River. The "Canyon" probably refers to the river plain at the head of this road, near the Boulder River. |
1917? |
| 1/9 | Curtis 36143 | Road near Little Prickly Pear Creek vicinity of Helena,
Lewis and Clark County, Montana Written on verso: Prickly Pear Canyon.
This road is now probably either Recreation Road South or US
Interstate 15.
|
1917? |
| 1/9 | Curtis 36154 | Big Hole River vicinity of Melrose, Silver Bow County,
Montana |
1917? |
| 1/9 | Curtis 36159 | Big Hole River vicinity of Dewey, Silver Bow County,
Montana Written on verso: [...] above the dam.
|
1917? |
| 1/9 | Curtis 36161-Curtis 36169 | Big Hole River, Silver Bow County, Montana Written on verso of item Curtis 36161: [...] above the
gorge.
Written on verso of item Curtis 36169: [...] above the
gorge.
|
1917? |
| 1/9 | Curtis 36179 | Pasture in valley vicinity of Big Hole River, Silver Bow
County, Montana |
1917? |
| 1/9 | Curtis 36180 | Big Hole River, Silver Bow County, Montana |
1917? |
| 1/9 | Curtis 36182 | Rocky Mountains vicinity of Livingston, Park County,
Montana Written on verso: [...] near Livingstone [sic] where the great
plains begin the uplift fold on fold, to the crest of the Continental
Divide.
|
1917? |
| 1/9 | Curtis 36185 | Creek vicinity of Bozeman Pass, Gallatin County,
Montana Written on verso: [...] Livingstone-Bozeman road.
This road is either US Interstate 90 or US Route 191, or its frontage roads. |
1917? |
| 1/10 | Curtis 36194 | Oat field vicinity of Bozeman, Gallatin County,
Montana |
1917? |
| 1/10 | Curtis 36198-Curtis 36222 | Vicinity of Gallatin River, Gallatin County,
Montana Written on verso of item Curtis 36220: Upper Gallatin
Canyon.
Written on verso of item Curtis 36222: Upper Gallatin
river.
|
1917? |
| 1/10 | Curtis 36228 | Henrys Lake, Fremont County, Idaho |
1917? |
| 1/10 | Curtis 36232 | Farm vicinity of Henrys Lake, Fremont County,
Idaho Written on verso: [...] in the Rockies [...].
|
1917? |
| 1/10 | Curtis 36235 | Alaska Basin vicinity of Red Rock Lake, Beaverhead
County, Montana Written on verso: [...] between Henry's Lake [sic] and Red Rock
Lake.
|
1917? |
| 1/10 | Curtis 36239 | Sunset at Red Rock Lake, Beaverhead County,
Montana |
1917? |
| 1/11 | Curtis 36242 | Madison Range from vicinity of Ennis, Madison County,
Montana |
1917? |
| 1/11 | Curtis 36243 | Ranchers herding sheep, Gallatin County,
Montana Written on verso: [...] in the Madison Valley.
|
1917? |
| 1/11 | Curtis 36244 | Grazing sheep, Gallatin County, Montana Written on verso: [...] in the Madison Valley.
|
1917? |
| 1/11 | Curtis 36249-Curtis 36261 | Vicinity of Madison River, Gallatin County,
Montana |
1917? |
| 1/11 | Curtis 36266 | Campground near Blacktail Creek vicinity of Butte,
Silver Bow County, Montana Possibly the Nine Mile/Montana Highway Two-Day Use Area.
|
1917? |
| 1/11 | Curtis 36268 | Blacktail Creek, Silver Bow County, Montana |
1917? |
| 1/11 | Curtis 36269 | Road vicinity of Pipestone Pass, Silver Bow County,
Montana |
1917? |
| 1/11 | Curtis 36271 | Road near Nine Mile House, Silver Bow County,
Montana 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.
|
1917? |
| 1/11 | Curtis 36285 | Lumber mill and loading yard Shows railcars labeled C&S—Colorado and Southern
Railway—near milled lumber stacks.
|
1917? |
| 1/11 | Curtis 36288 | Lumber mill and scrap yard Shows railcar labeled BR&P—Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh
Railway—near industrial debris.
|
1917? |
| 1/12 | Curtis 36299-Curtis 36322 | Vicinity of Kootenai River, Lincoln County,
Montana 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.
|
1917? |
| 1/12 | Curtis 36344 | Road near Lake Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County,
Idaho Written on verso: Lake Couer de Alene [sic] on the Wallace -
Couer de Alene road.
This road is probably US Interstate 90 or South Highway 97. |
1917? |
| 1/12 | Curtis 36423-Curtis 36431 |
Husky Stadium under construction, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
September 1, 1920 |
| 1/13 | Curtis 36471 |
Spectators for military drill, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph
Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle, Wash.
|
1917? |
| 1/13 | Curtis 36495-Curtis 36503 |
Husky Stadium under construction, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
September 15, 1920 |
| 1/13 | Curtis 36636 | July 4, 1917 | |
| 1/13 | Curtis 36893 |
Skiers in front of Paradise Inn at Mount Rainier
National Park, Paradise, Washington Stamped on verso: Rainier National Park Co.
|
1935? |
| 1/13 | Curtis 37004 |
Cars at turnout near Narada Falls, Mount Rainier
National Park, Pierce County, Washington Stamped on verso : Rainier National Park Co.
|
1935? |
| 1/14 | Curtis 37394 |
Logging truck 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.
|
1918? |
| 1/14 | Curtis 37923 | Mechanics working on Curtiss JN-4 plane 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.
|
1919? |
| 1/14 | Curtis 37947 |
Rialto Building, 2nd Ave and Madison St from southeast,
Seattle, Washington 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.
|
1919? |
| box:oversize | |||
| XC2 | Curtis 40093 | Hand-colored photo of Mount Rainier, Pierce County,
Washington |
1920? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/14 | Curtis 40152 |
Mountain climbers navigating snowpack From attached material: Western Engraving & Colortype Co.
The Seattle Engraving Co. [illeg.] Fifth Ave. Main 1896. Seattle Wash.
|
1919? |
| 1/14 | Curtis 40423 | Fog at foot of Mount Rainier, Pierce County,
Washington |
1920 |
| 1/14 | Curtis 40638A |
Road to Mount Rainier National Park from northwest,
Pierce County, Washington Written on verso: From Seattle-Tacoma, highway via Auburn,
Enuclaw [sic] en route to Mt. Rainier.
Road from Seattle and Tacoma, through Enumclaw to the White River entrance on the eastern side of the park and to the northwest entrance on the Carbon River. |
1923? |
| 1/14 | Curtis 40673-Curtis 40697 |
Husky Stadium under construction, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
August 16, 1920 |
| 1/15 | Curtis 40775 | Mount Rainier from White River Campground, Pierce
County, Washington 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.
|
1920? |
| 1/15 | Curtis 40783 | Mount Rainier from Sunrise, Pierce County,
Washington Written on image: Rainier from Yakima Park. [...]
The historical name for Sunrise is Yakima Park. Printed on verso: This is a real photograph made for the Rainier
National Park Co., by Asahel Curtis Photo Co.
|
1920? |
| 1/15 | Curtis 40868-Curtis 40875 |
Husky Stadium under construction, from northwest,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
October 9, 1920 |
| 1/15 | Curtis 40936-Curtis 40944 |
Husky Stadium under construction, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
October 19, 1920 |
| 2/1 | Curtis 41001 | Husky Stadium under construction, from northeast,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
October 23, 1920 |
| 2/1 | Curtis 41057 |
Outbuildings east of Husky Stadium, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
October 30, 1920 |
| 2/1 | Curtis 41134 |
Husky Stadium under construction, from west, University
of Washington, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
November 13, 1920 |
| 2/1 | Curtis 42178 |
Mountain climbers navigating Cascade Range,
Washington Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer.
Seattle, Wash.
|
1921? |
| 2/1 | Curtis 42324-Curtis 42408 | 1921 | |
| 2/1 | Curtis 44188 | Residential street Embossed on image: Copyright by Asahel Curtis for Northern
Pacific RY Co.
Written on verso: Probably Summit Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota.
|
1923? |
| 2/1 | Curtis 44303 | Forest pond Embossed on image: Copyright by Asahel Curtis for Northern
Pacific RY Co.
|
1923? |
| 2/1 | Curtis 44424 | Forest river Written on verso: River in Montana?.
Written on verso: [...] "Evening in the Cascades".
See also PH1238 Dan Davis Mountain Collection items 87 and 106 |
1925? |
| 2/1 | Curtis 44861 | 1925? | |
| 2/2 | Curtis 45258 |
Car camping at Lake Crescent, Clallam County,
Washington Caption on mount: Lake Crescent and Camp [illeg.].
Copy print.
|
1923? |
| 2/2 | Curtis 45705 |
Varsity Husky Crew team rowing on Lake Washington,
Seattle, Washington Written on verso: 1923-24 Rowing Champions [...] with Mt.
Rainier in distance. First National Champions.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer.
Seattle, Wash.
|
1924 |
| 2/2 | Curtis 45781 |
Pacific Highway along Columbia River 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.
|
1925? |
| 2/2 | Curtis 45787 |
Automobiles on paved road Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer.
Seattle, Wash.
|
1923? |
| box:oversize | |||
| XC2 | Curtis 45856 | Mount Rainier from northwest, Pierce County,
Washington |
1924? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 2/2 | Curtis 46126 | Forest river |
1898? |
| 2/2 | Curtis 47020 |
Pioneer Square with Chief-of-All-Women kootéeyaa from
1st Ave facing south, Seattle, Washington 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.
Source: Seattle's Totem Poles (Garfield, 1996). Tlingit Dictionary (Twitchwell, 2017). 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.
|
1924? |
| 2/2 | Curtis 47298 | Forest on Hood Canal shore, Washington |
1924? |
| 2/2 | Curtis 47321 | Crowded beach with swimmers and dive
platform Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer.
Seattle, Wash.
|
1924? |
| 2/2 | Curtis 47351 | 1925? | |
| 2/2 | Curtis 47414 | Group on Lake Quinault beach, Grays Harbor County,
Washington Copy print.
|
1925? |
| 2/2 | Curtis 47415-47442 |
Forest road, Washington Written on verso of item Curtis 4715: Olympic Peninsula (Hoh
Forest?).
Written on verso of item Curtis 47442: Olympic peninsula
Wash?.
|
1924? |
| 2/2 | Curtis 47460 |
Man leaning on old growth tree Written on verso: Olympic peninsula Wash?.
|
1925? |
| 2/3 | Curtis 47471 | Road near Queets River, Olympic Peninsula,
Washington Written on duplicate: Country road on South bank of the Queets
& 2-miles below Kelly Farm.
Kelly's Ranch, referred to in the caption above as Kelly farm, was a popular dude ranch located in the Queets River Valley on the Olympic Peninsula. Settled in the 1920s by Malcolm and Edna Kelly, Kelly's Ranch operated until the 1950s under a special permit from the National Park Service. |
1925? |
| 2/3 | Curtis 47472 |
Mule train on forest path Written on verso: Olympic Peninsula (Hoh Forest?).
|
1925? |
| 2/3 | Curtis 47501 | 1925? | |
| 2/3 | Curtis 47523 |
Equestrian between old growth spruce trees, Olympic
Peninsula, Washington Written on duplicate: Spruce timber 17 miles above [illeg.]
Trail.
|
1925? |
| 2/3 | Curtis 47526 | 1925? | |
| 2/3 | Curtis 47632 | Group at campfire Copy print.
|
1925? |
| 2/3 | Curtis 47660 | 1925? | |
| 2/3 | Curtis 47667 | Mountain landscape Written on verso: Cascade Mountains?.
|
1925? |
| 2/3 | Curtis 47700 | Herd of Roosevelt elk leaving pond Written on verso: Olympic Peninsula, Wash?.
Both species of elk endemic to Washington (Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain) can be found in Olympic Peninsula. Roosevelt elk are lighter, and of smaller stature. Source: https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/cervus-canadensis#desc-range. |
1925? |
| 2/3 | Curtis 47722 |
Man sawing overgrown log Written on verso: Olympic Peninsula, Wash?.
|
1925? |
| 2/3 | Curtis 47727 |
Road through old grown forest Written on verso: Olympic Peninsula (Hoh forest?).
Shows sign on tree trunk which says "Keep the forests green,
prevent forest fires".
|
1925? |
| 2/3 | Curtis 47956 |
Puget Sound Power and Light Company plant, Pierce
County, Washington Written on verso: White River hydro-electric plant of Puget
Sound Power & Light Co., between Seattle and Tacoma -- Capacity 80,432
horsepower.
This image shows the 1924-1925 addition to the White River Power Plant, owned by Puget Sound Power & Light Company. The original plant was built by Pacific Coast Power Company in 1909-1911. |
1925? |
| 2/4 | Curtis 48569 | 1924? | |
| 2/4 | Curtis 50842 | Photo of architectural drawing of the Civic
Auditorium The Civic Auditorium was between 3rd Ave N and 4th Aves N on
Mercer St. Designed by architects Schack, Young and Myers.
|
1926? |
| 2/4 | Curtis 51581A | Olympic Peninsula, Washington |
1927? |
| 2/4 | Curtis 51715-Curtis 51716 |
Crockett blockhouse near Fort Casey, Whidbey Island,
Washington Written on verso: Crockett Blockhouse.
The Crockett Blockhouse is located in Ebey's Landing National Historic Reserve on Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington. Erected in 1855 on Colonel Walter Crockett's farm, the structure was originally two blockhouses connected by a log stockade. It was abandoned as a fortification around 1856. One of the blockhouses was sold to Ezra Meeker and was used for the entrance to his restaurant at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. It was later moved to Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington. The other blockhouses remains on Crockett's farm and was restored by the Works Progress Administration in 1938. |
between 1926 and 1927? |
| 2/4 | Curtis 51994 | Residence of Orin W Fisher Jr, Madison Park,
Seattle Written on verso: [...] 3414 [East] Shore Drive [...].
This address is in the Broadmoor gated community, located within the University of Washington Arboretum. Designed by architect J. Lister Holmes.
|
1926? |
| 2/4 | Curtis 52313 |
Mather Memorial Parkway, Pierce County,
Washington A segment of Washington State Route 410, from Enumclaw to the
eastern bounds of Mount Rainier National Park.
|
1931? |
| 2/4 | Curtis 54168 |
Highway near Naches Pass, Pierce County,
Washington Written on verso: [...] on road to Rainier Nat'l Park.
Probably part of Washington State Route 410. |
1928? |
| 2/4 | Curtis 54169 | 1928? | |
| 2/4 | Curtis 54171 | Devil's Club shrubs among other understory
foliage Written on verso: Dense undergrowth of [...] ferns and
shrubs.
|
1928? |
| 2/4 | Curtis 55450 | Hand-colored print of Mount Rainier from south, Pierce
County, Washington Written on verso: [...] Paradise side.
|
1928? |
| 2/4 | Curtis 55451 | Stream near Mount Rainier, Pierce County,
Washington |
1930? |
| 2/4 | Curtis 55454 | Boulders near Mount Rainier, Pierce County,
Washington |
1930? |
| 2/4 | Curtis 55469 | Pinnacle Peak from southeast, Pierce County,
Washington Part of the Tatoosh Range in the Mount Rainier Wilderness.
|
1930? |
| box:oversize | |||
| XC2 | Curtis 55765 | Hand-colored print of Mount Rainier reflected in Mirror
Lake, Pierce County, Washington |
1930? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 2/5 | Curtis 55769 | Mount Rainier reflected in Mirror Lake, Pierce County,
Washington Copy print.
|
1930? |
| 2/5 | Curtis 55991 |
Paved forest road, Pierce County, Washington Written on verso: Concrete pavement through forest on Nisqually
Road.
|
1929? |
| 2/5 | Curtis 56518 |
Bark Général de Sonis at
sea The Général de Sonis was a
three-masted barque built by the Chantiers Nantais de Constructions Maritimes
company, launched on Nov 7, 1901.
Source: https://www.miramarshipindex.nz/ship/5618453 |
between 1922 and 1932 |
| 2/5 | Curtis 56820 | Mount Rainier from south, Pierce County,
Washington |
1930? |
| 2/5 | Curtis 57014 |
Road near Fraser River, Cariboo Regional District,
British Columbia 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.
Now British Columbia Scenic Highway 1. |
1930? |
| 2/5 | Curtis 57106 |
Group posed near Golden Twilight Caravan automobile,
Hazelton, British Columbia 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 ".
|
August 1911 |
| 2/5 | Curtis 57109 |
Mountain valley road From attached material: As this road will link us with our
northern territory every reasonable effort should be made to promote its early
construction.
Probably in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia. |
1930? |
| 2/5 | Curtis 57832 |
Automobiles on Cariboo Highway, Cariboo Regional
District, British Columbia 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.
The Cariboo Highway is now a central stretch of British Columbia Highway 97. |
between 1930 and 1931? |
| 2/5 | Curtis 58105 | House on Lake Washington shore, Seattle,
Washington Written on verso: Rock garden on shore [...]
|
between 1930 and 1931? |
| 2/5 | Curtis 58141 | 1934? | |
| 2/5 | Curtis 58302 | 1931 | |
| 2/5 | Curtis 58311 | Sunset at Golden Gardens park, Ballard,
Seattle |
between 1930 and 1931? |
| 2/5 | Curtis 58318 | 1931? | |
| 2/6 | Curtis 58321 | 1931 | |
| 2/6 | Curtis 58537 | Schooner St. Paul at
sea Copy print.
|
between 1910 and 1930? |
| 2/6 | Curtis 58810 | 1931? | |
| 2/6 | Curtis 58828 | between 1900 and 1920? | |
| 2/6 | Curtis 58835 | Bark Barnifack [?] at
sea |
1931? |
| 2/6 | Curtis 58850 | 1930? | |
| 2/6 | Curtis 58878 | Bark Glory of the Seas at
sea |
1931? |
| 2/6 | Curtis 58979 | Mount Rainier from Tipsoo Lake vicinity of Chinook Pass,
Yakima County, Washington |
1931? |
| 2/6 | Curtis 59040 |
Liberty Flower Shop at Pike Place Market, Pike-Market,
Seattle Operated from Pike Place Market stalls 82 and 83.
|
1931? |
| 2/6 | Curtis 59106 |
Photograph of drawing of wrecked steamboat
Beaver near Prospect Point, British
Columbia The Beaver was wrecked at Prospect Point in 1888.
|
between 1899 and 1935? |
| 2/6 | Curtis 59406 | Steam ferry Seattle
crossing Lake Washington, Seattle, Washington |
1931? |
| 2/6 | Curtis 59707 | Model forest site, Seattle, Washington Program of the University of Washington School of Forestry.
|
1932? |
| 2/6 | Curtis 59711 | Man near cabins, Seattle, Washington Site affiliated with the University of Washington School of
Forestry.
|
1932? |
| 2/7 | Curtis 60084 | Mount Rainier from Spray Park, Pierce County,
Washington |
1933? |
| 2/7 | Curtis 60588 | John Milton Dew Hansberry at Woodlawn Hardware Co, Green
Lake, Seattle 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.
|
1934? |
| 2/7 | Curtis 60632 | Deception Pass State Park from Rosario Beach, Skagit
County, Washington |
1934? |
| 2/7 | Curtis 60664 | Forest path Possibly Seattle munipal park.
|
1934? |
| 2/7 | Curtis 60715 | 1935? | |
| 2/7 | Curtis 60717 | 1934? | |
| 2/7 | Curtis 60742 |
Highway near Keechelus Lake from northwest, Kittitas
County, Washington Now US Interstate 90.
|
1934? |
| 2/7 | Curtis 60749 |
Automobile on highway Probably US Interstate 90.
|
1934? |
| 2/7 | Curtis 60762 | 1934? | |
| 2/7 | Curtis 61438 | 1936? | |
| 2/7 | Curtis 61463 | between 1900 and 1910? | |
| box:oversize | |||
| XC2 | Curtis 61474 | Mount Rainier from Eunice Lake, Pierce County,
Washington |
between 1923 and 1933? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 2/7 | Curtis 61478 | Mount Rainier seen from Mowlich Lake, Pierce County,
Washington |
between 1935 and 1939? |
| 2/7 | Curtis 61574 |
Automobiles on highway, Washington Possibly US Interstate 90.
|
1937? |
| 2/8 | Curtis 61819 |
Truck on snow-plowed highway From attached material: Now with modern snow removal equipment
passengers and freight move across the uninterupted [sic] by the winter
snows.
|
1937? |
| 2/8 | Curtis 62101 | 1936? | |
| 2/8 | Curtis 62104 | City of Yakima from Knott Hill, Washington |
1937? |
| 2/8 | Curtis 62105 | 1935? | |
| 2/8 | Curtis 62113 | Lew Evans irrigating sugar beets, Yakima County,
Washington |
1937? |
| 2/8 | Curtis 62182 |
Home with large vegetable garden, Kittitas Valley,
Washington From attached material: Home [...] of E. E. Mundy [...].
|
1937? |
| 2/8 | Curtis 62252 |
CM Holtzinger Fruit Co Inc building, Yakima,
Washington Written on verso: Produce Row, Yakima.
|
1937? |
| 2/8 | Curtis 62264 | 1936? | |
| 2/8 | Curtis 62268 | Hop field vicinity of Sunnyside, Yakima County,
Washington From attached material: General view of Yakima [sic] Valley near
[...] Snipes Mountain.
|
1936? |
| 2/8 | Curtis 62340 |
Hikers at campsite Copy print.
|
1935? |
| 2/8 | Curtis 62367 | 1937? | |
| 2/8 | Curtis 62370 | 1935? | |
| 2/8 | Curtis 63423 |
Shilshole Bay from south Salmon Bay shore, Seattle,
Washington Near current site of the Salmon Bay Bridge and the Ballard
(Hiram M Chittenden) Locks.
|
between 1895 and 1910? |
| 2/9 | Curtis 63424 |
Logging sluice near Montlake, Seattle,
Washington 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.
"Lake Union John" is a moniker applied by Seattle settlers to Chief Chesheeahud (Duwamish), who lived on Lake Union with his wife "Madeline." They were the last Duwamish family to live within Seattle during the Reservation Era. Source: https://library.law.howard.edu/civilrightshistory/indigenous/reservation; https://www.duwamishtribe.org/cheshiahud. 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").
Source: https://www.burkemuseum.org/static/waterlines/project_map.html. |
1885? |
| 2/9 | Curtis 63575 | Lummi canoeists trolling for salmon, Whatcom County,
Washington 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.
The title of Theodore Winthrop's novelized memoir is in fact The Canoe and Saddle (1861). See also item C1.
|
1900? |
| 2/9 | Curtis 63683 | Vineyard near Kennewick, Benton County,
Washington |
1938? |
| 2/9 | Curtis 63822 | probably between 1938 and 1939 | |
| 2/9 | Curtis 63952 | 1936? | |
| 2/9 | Curtis 64070 | Photograph of drawing of frigate USS Constitution Artist notation cut off, probably "Gordon Grant".
Copy print.
|
1939? |
| 2/9 | Curtis 64074 | Photograph of drawing of bark City
of Savannah Artist notation shows "Gordon Grant, 1936".
Copy print.
|
1939? |
| 2/9 | Curtis 64075 | Photograph of drawing of schooner America Artist notation shows "Gordon Grant".
Copy print.
|
1939? |
| 2/9 | Curtis 64079 | Photograph of drawing of packet ship
Shackamanon Artist notation cut off, probably "Gordon Grant".
Copy print.
|
1939? |
| 2/9 | Curtis 64142 | Roadside advertisement for Olympic National Park, Grays
Harbor County, Washington Sign shows "Olympic Peninsula Resort and Hotel [Association] On
north to the new Olympic National Park U.S. 101 Olympic Peninsula".
|
1939? |
| 2/9 | Curtis 64182 | Photograph of drawing of bark Sovereign of the Seas Artist notation shows A. Chidley.
Copy print.
|
1939? |
| 2/9 | Curtis 64210A |
Highway intersection vicinity of Nisqually, Thurston
County, Washington Possibly Washington State Route 510.
|
1940? |
| 2/9 | Curtis 64276 | 1939? | |
| 2/10 | Curtis 64996A | Birthday party for Asahel Curtis, Seattle,
Washington 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).
|
November 5, 1940 |
| 2/10 | Curtis 65024 | 1938? | |
| 2/10 | Curtis 65183 | 1940? | |
| 2/10 | Curtis 65319 | 1940? | |
| 2/10 | Curtis 65320 | 1940? | |
| 2/10 | Curtis 65455-Curtis 65457 | Road with automobiles vicinity of Seattle,
Washington Item Curtis 65455 possibly Lake City.
Items Curtis 65456 and Curtis 65457 possibly Kenmore.
|
1940? |
| 2/10 | Curtis 65458-Curtis 65460 | Road with automobiles vicinity of Mercer Island,
Washington Probably US Interstate 90.
Item Curtis 65460 copy print.
|
1940? |
| 2/10 | Curtis 84246 | Husky Stadium under construction from south, University
of Washington, Seattle, Washington 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.
|
1920 |
| box:oversize | |||
| XC2 | Curtis 85757 | Hand-colored photo of lake at sunset |
between 1903 and 1940 |
Photographs without Curtis numberReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Washington |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 3/1 | WA1 | Forest near mountain lake Written on verso: Cascade Mountains.
|
between 1903 and 1940 |
| 3/1 | WA2 | Aerial shot of Lake Crescent, Clallam
County Written on verso: Aerial of Lake Crescent @ 10,000 [...].
|
between 1903 and 1940 |
| 3/1 | WA3 | Forest understory |
between 1903 and 1940 |
| 3/1 | WA4 | Leaf litter near trees |
between 1903 and 1940 |
| 3/1 | WA5 |
Workers constructing Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacific Railroad track vicinity of Snoqualmie Pass, Kittitas County Written on verso: Oct. 24-[Nov.] 06. Millwaukee Rock cut 10
miles west of Snoqualmie pass.
Often referred to as the Milwaukee Road, this railroad operated from 1847 to 1986 in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States. In an effort to remain competitive with other railroads, the company’s board approved an extension to the Pacific Northwest in 1905. The contract for the Pacific Extension was awarded to Horace Chapin Henry to construct the line through the Cascades over Snoqualmie Pass. Construction began in May 1906 and the last rail was laid on March 29, 1909. Though passenger service began on June 10, 1909, several years of work remained in order to finish the line, including the construction of the Snoqualmie Pass Tunnel. The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad company filed for bankruptcy in 1977 and its Pacific Extension was abandoned in 1980. |
October 24, 1906 |
| box-folder:oversize | |||
| OS6 | WA6 | 1910 | |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/1 | WA7 |
The Emperor of All Cherry Trees,
at Snohomish [Large cherry tree in yard], Snohomish County Printed on image: Copyright, 1910, by Asahel Curtis.
|
1910 |
| 3/1 | WA8 |
The Famous Bicycle Tree of
Snohomish [Bicyclist standing in trunk archway], Snohomish
County The Bicycle Tree of Snohomish was a large, old-growth cedar
tree that became a popular landmark in 1890 after a local logger cut a 5-feet
wide by 12-feet high pathway through its trunk, allowing people to pass through
it. Located about a mile south of Snohomish, the tree stood along a dirt wagon
road that led northward into town. As bicycle riding grew in popularity in the
late-1800s, a new cinder-lined bike path was built next to the road, and
Snohomish Bicycle Club president David Lewis Paramore led the effort to
transform the tree into an attraction for bicyclists. The Bicycle Tree remained
a popular site, inspiring numerous photographs and nearly two dozen postcard
image variations, until December 2, 1927, when rising floodwaters from the
Snohomish River toppled the tree.
|
1910 |
| 3/1 | WA9 | 1910 | |
| box-folder:oversize | |||
| OS6 | WA10 |
Nine Washington Firs, Scaling
Three Hundred Thousand Feet [Large felled trees] |
1910 |
| OS6 | WA11 |
The Giant Fir on Its Way to
Execution [Large logs in holding pond] Probably Atlas Lumber and Shingle Co. at McMurray, Skagit
County.
|
1910 |
| OS6 | WA12 |
Mount Perses and Its Child, the
Skykomish [sic], Snohomish County Mount Persis (incorrectly spelled Perses on the image) is part
of the Cascade Range and is located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National
Forest. Skykomish in this case referring to the river.
|
1910 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/1 | WA13 |
Hauling the Logs in Gray's
Harbor [Logs being dropped into holding pond], Grays Harbor
County |
1910? |
| 3/2 | WA14 |
Looking into Willapa Bay from
South Bend, Pacific County |
1911 |
| 3/2 | WA15 |
Man looking over landscape Probably the San Juan Islands, possibly from Mount
Constitution.
|
between 1920 and 1940 |
| 3/2 | WA16 |
Dedication party for International Peace Arch,
vicinity of Blaine The monument by Samuel Hill, located between Blaine,
Washington and Surrey, British Columbia, commemorates the centennial of the
signing of the Treaty of Ghent in 1914 which established diplomatic ties
between Canada and the United States.
|
September 6, 1921 |
| 3/2 | WA17 | Mount Baker Lodge near Mount Shuksan, Whatcom
County The Mount Baker Lodge, located in the present-day Mount
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, was built by the Mount Baker Development
Company and opened on July 14, 1927. In August 1931, the lodge burnt down due
to an electrical fire.
|
between 1927 and 1931 |
| 3/2 | WA18 |
Mount Baker Lodge near Mount Shuksan, Whatcom
County The Mount Baker Lodge, located in the present-day Mount
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, was built by the Mount Baker Development
Company and opened on July 14, 1927. In August 1931, the lodge burnt down due
to an electrical fire.
|
1930? |
| 3/2 | WA19 | Road washed out by flood of Raging River, vicinity of
Preston, King County Written on verso: [Washington] S.R. No. 2 [...].
|
February 28, 1932 |
| 3/2 | WA20 | Debris near flooded Foss River, King
County Written on verso: [Washington] S.R. No. 15 [...] Bridge washed
out. [...].
|
February 1932 |
| 3/2 | WA21 | Flooded Green River bridge from south, King
County Written on verso: [Washington] S.R. No. 5 [...].
|
November 14, 1932 1:30PM |
| 3/2 | WA22 |
Issaquah Salmon Hatchery, Issaquah Written on verso: [...] Dept of Fisheries. [...]
|
1935? |
| viewcopy | |||
| UW 11094 | WA23 | Willapa Bay and town of South Bend, from east, Pacific
County |
1911? |
Seattle |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 3/3 | SE1 | Waterfront buildings, vicinity of 1st
Avenue George Moore (photographer)
Buildings are numbered from 145 to 241 on the front of the
image.
Original photograph by George Moore; copied by Asahel
Curtis.
|
1878? |
| 3/3 | SE2 |
Draft horses digging trolley route vicinity of 3rd
Ave Written on verso: #3278 Working on new [electrified trolley]
line to Washington Hotel.
The Washington Hotel's second owner James A. Moore
(1861-1929) built a counterbalance streetcar on 3rd Ave to carry guests from
Pine Street to the top of Denny Hill.
|
1903? |
| 3/3 | SE3 | November 26, 1906 | |
| 3/3 | SE4 |
Cows near U.S. Army transport Dix, Arlington Dock, Pier 5 Written on verso: Loading cattle on USS Dix.
|
1907? |
| 3/3 | SE5 |
St. James Cathedral from northwest, 9th Ave and
Marion St St. James Cathedral was dedicated in 1907. In 1916, the
cathedral underwent major renovations as a result of the collapse of its
dome.
|
between 1907 and 1915 |
| box:oversize | |||
| XD4 | SE6 | Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition from Portage
Bay |
1909 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/3 | SE7 |
The Seattle Country Club vicinity of Greenwood Ave
between N 145th St and N 155th St, Shoreline The Seattle Golf and Country Club, now known as the Seattle
Golf Club, was established in 1900. Its clubhouse was built in 1908 by Cutter
& Malmgren. At the time, the City of Seattle included what is now the city
of Shoreline.
|
between 1909 and 1920 |
| 3/3 | SE8 |
A Breath of Summer, Near
Seattle [Two canoeists on lake] |
1910 |
| box:oversize | |||
| OS6 | SE9 |
Union Bay on Lake Washington,
Seattle [Union Bay from Lake Washington facing west] Printed on image: Copyright, 1910, by Asahel Curtis.
|
1910 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/3 | SE10A |
The Leveling of the Hills to
Make Seattle [Denny Hill regrade "spite mounds" vicinity of
Belltown] The Denny Hill regrade centered around the removal of Denny
Hill, which occurred in five stages and lasted from 1897 to 1930. This removal
process involved the use of hydraulic mining techniques and steam shovels to
move more than 11 million cubic yards of sediment, most of which went unused
and was disposed of in Elliot Bay. The isolated buttes seen in this image were
known as spite mounds, spite heaps, or spite humps due to the popular narrative
that the owners of these pillars were protesting the city’s plans to level
Denny Hill. There is no evidence that this was the case and by 1911, the
regrade of this area was complete.
|
1910 |
| box:oversize | |||
| OS6 | SE10B | Denny Hill regrade "spite mounds" vicinity of
Belltown The Denny Hill regrade centered around the removal of Denny
Hill, which occurred in five stages and lasted from 1897 to 1930. This removal
process involved the use of hydraulic mining techniques and steam shovels to
move more than 11 million cubic yards of sediment, most of which went unused
and was disposed of in Elliot Bay. The isolated buttes seen in this image were
known as spite mounds, spite heaps, or spite humps due to the popular narrative
that the owners of these pillars were protesting the city’s plans to level
Denny Hill. There is no evidence that this was the case and by 1911, the
regrade of this area was complete.
|
1910 |
| OS6 | SE11a | 1910? | |
| OS6 | SE11b |
The Sky Line at Seattle
[Belltown from 4th Ave and Pine St facing west] Same print as item SE11a.
|
1910? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/3 | SE12 |
Mount Baker Boulevard along
Lake Washington, Seattle [Lake Washington Blvd S vicinity of Mount
Baker |
1910? |
| 3/3 | SE13a |
Aerial shot of University of Washington campus from
southeast Written on photo: 104266.
|
between 1923 and 1925 |
| 3/3 | SE13b | Aerial of University of Washington campus from the
southeast Written on photo: 47100.
Written over scratched out number, possibly "104266". |
between 1923 and 1925 |
| 3/3 | SE14 | 1925? | |
| 3/3 | SE15 | 1925? | |
| 3/3 | SE16 | Mount Rainier from golf course green Outline of Cascade Mountains drawn on verso, with "Cascade
Mountain" written above.
Probably the Sand Point Country Club and Golf Course, which
opened July 4, 1927.
|
between 1927 and 1941? |
| 3/3 | SE17 |
Lacey V Murrow bridge under construction from
northwest, Montlake The Lake Washington Floating Bridge, renamed the Lacey V.
Murrow Memorial Bridge in 1967, spans from Seattle across Lake Washington to
Mercer Island. Groundbreaking for the bridge took place on December 29, 1938.
Construction began on January 1, 1939 and was completed in 1940, with the
bridge opening July 2, 1940. At that time, it was the longest floating bridge
ever built, and today it remains the second-longest floating bridge in the
world at 6,620 feet.
|
1939 |
| 3/3 | SE18 |
Lacey V Murrow bridge under construction from
southwest, Montlake The Lake Washington Floating Bridge, renamed the Lacey V.
Murrow Memorial Bridge in 1967, spans from Seattle across Lake Washington to
Mercer Island. Groundbreaking for the bridge took place on December 29, 1938.
Construction began on January 1, 1939 and was completed in 1940, with the
bridge opening July 2, 1940. At that time, it was the longest floating bridge
ever built, and today it remains the second-longest floating bridge in the
world at 6,620 feet.
|
1939 |
Mount Rainier National Park |
|||
| box:oversize | item | ||
| OS6 | MR1a |
Mount Rainier from Myrtle
Falls Same print as item MR1b.
|
1910 |
| OS6 | MR1b |
Spray Falls, Mount
Rainier Same print as item MR1a.
|
1910 |
| OS6 | MR2 |
Above the Timber on Mount
Rainier [Forest near Mount Rainier] |
1910 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/4 | MR3 | Equestrians in bear grass field |
1930? |
| 3/4 | MR4 | Dismounted equestrians looking into
ravine |
1930? |
| 3/4 | MR5 | Equestrians on trail from southeast |
1930? |
| 3/4 | MR6 | Close shot of equestrians on trail from
southeast |
1930? |
| 3/4 | MR7 | Equestrians on cliffside trail from
south |
1930? |
| 3/4 | MR8 |
Facilities at Sunrise Located in the northeast corner of Mount Rainier National
Park, Sunrise (historically known as Yakima Park) sits at an elevation of 6,400
feet.
|
1930? |
| Box | |||
| 4 | MR9 |
Dawn [Framed
hand-tinted shot of Mount Rainier at sunrise] |
1911? |
Olympic Peninsula |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 3/5 | OP1 | Dosewallips-Quinault Pass from east, Jefferson
County Written on verso: [...] Showing Lake Quinault about 25
miles.
|
September 1909 |
| 3/5 | OP2 | Quinault River, Grays Harbor County Written on verso: [... Mount] Anderson wall to right, of
which view very little obscured.
|
1909 |
| 3/5 | OP3 | Mount Rainier and Mount Adams from Mount Constance,
Jefferson County Written on verso: View from a spur of Constance over Puget
Sound & Seattle. Showing Rainier, and faintly Adams 100 & 140
miles.
|
1909 |
| 3/5 | OP4 | Quinault Basin vicinity of Anderson Pass, Grays
Harbor County Written on verso: [...] taken 400 feet below Anderson Pass -
opening in right of view. From this point down, easy grade.
|
1909 |
| 3/5 | OP5 | Alder grove near Quinault River, Grays Harbor
County Written on verso: 200 acre Alder Park on Quinault.
|
1909 |
| 3/5 | OP6 | Dosewallips River from east, Jefferson
County Handwritten on verso image: Along upper Dosewallips. Mt
Anderson showing up.
|
1909 |
| 3/5 | OP7 | Quinault River vicinity of Anderson Glacier,
Jefferson County Written on verso: Quinault source coming out of foot of
Anderson Glacier. Taken from point 300 feet below pass, which is to the right
and not in this picture. Foot of Glacier is about 500 ft above pass.
|
1909 |
| 3/5 | OP8 | Waterfall from Enchanted Valley, Jefferson
County Written on verso: "The Enchanted Valley" - Elk Park. Elk
Park on Quinault & waterfall off Anderson range - Drops 3000 feet almost in
full view (top of picture half way up the mountain).
|
1909 |
| 3/6 | OP9 | Mount Anderson from Anderson Pass looking north,
Jefferson County Written on verso: Mt Anderson [...] is to right of picture
about 600 ft. lower than snow field to right.
|
1909 |
| 3/6 | OP10 | Hikers resting on fallen log, Jefferson
County Written on verso: Timber on Quinault.
|
1909 |
| 3/6 | OP11 | Equestrians fording Dosewallips River vicinity of
Diamond Meadows, Jefferson County Written on verso: Nearing Anderson on Dosewallips, close to
a very popular Elk lick. Ford above Diamond Meadows.
|
between 1909 and 1911? |
| 3/6 | OP12 | Mountains near Dosewallips River, Jefferson
County Written on verso: Open ridges & meadows. Dosewallips
side adjacent to pass. Dosewallips-Duckabush Divide.
|
between 1909 and 1911? |
| 3/6 | OP13 | Wooden bridge over river Written on verso: "Jump off" box canyon & bridge. There
are no difficult bridges to be built nor to be maintained on the route - The S.
turn[?] is crossed on a 50 foot span 150 feet above water, to level banks of
solid rock.
|
between 1909 and 1911? |
| 3/6 | OP14 | Dismounted equestrians near Mount LaCross, Jefferson
County Written on verso: In the pass on Dosewallips side. Mt
Lacross rising to right, looking SE. over divide to Duckabush.
|
between 1909 and 1911? |
| 3/6 | OP15 | Backpacker in meadow near Mount Anderson, Jefferson
County Written on verso: Three miles down Quinault, looking up
stream, a spur of Anderson showing open meadows here.
|
between 1909 and 1911? |
| 3/6 | OP16 | Mount Anderson from Hayes-Dosewallips divide looking
south |
August 1911 |
| 3/6 | OP17 | Hand-colored photo of two equestrians on
trail |
between 1920 and 1940? |
Ships |
|||
| item | |||
| 3/7 | SH1 | April 28, 1900 | |
| 3/7 | SH2 | U.S. transport Arab, Port
Angeles Written on image: [...] Fitted & loaded at Seattle.
[...].
|
September 10, 1900 |
| 3/7 | SH3 |
Launching of the schooner Minnie
A. Caine, Seattle Written on verso: [...] at Morans shipyard [...].
Built by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle, Washington. |
October 6, 1900 2:00PM |
| 3/7 | SH4 |
Iron bark Antigone at
sea H.H. Morrison (photographer)
Original photograph by H.H. Morrison; copied by Asahel Curtis.
Caption on image: 58844. Bk. Antigone. By H.H. Morrison.
Built in 1889 in Kiel, Germany by the shipbuilding company
Schiff- und Maschinenbau-Actien-Gesellschaft Germania. Renamed
Marie in 1906. Ship went missing in 1908.
Copy print.
|
between 1900 and 1908? |
| 3/7 | SH5 |
A Three-Master at Hoquiam
[Bark Glenmark], Hoqiuam The three-masted bark Glenmark
was built in 1889 by Russell & Co in Port Glasgow, Scotland and abandoned
in 1913.
|
between 1900 and 1913? |
| 3/7 | SH6 | between 1900 and 1920? | |
| 3/7 | SH7 | between 1900 and 1920? | |
| 3/7 | SH8 |
Sailing vessel Nelson Written on verso: #603 Br Ship Nelson.
The Nelson was a three-masted British ship built in 1874 by Robert Duncan and Company in Port Glasgow, Scotland. The ship wrecked November 6, 1944. |
between 1903 and 1940? |
| 3/7 | SH9 |
People seeing off steamer Humboldt Written on verso: S.S. Humboldt ready to leave for Nome
[...].
Originally built as a lumber carrying steam schooner, the
Humboldt was converted to a passenger and freight
steamer for the Klondike gold rush.
|
June 2, 1901 |
| 3/7 | SH10 |
Workers laying keel of battleship
USS Nebraska Built by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle,
Washington.
|
July 4, 1902 |
| 3/7 | SH11 |
Steam dredge Seattle Written on verso: Dredge Seattle at G.N. Dock. 1902.
The Seattle Bridge Co. constructed a powerful hydraulic
dredge, the Seattle, which was employed initially
in the improvements to the harbor at Everett authorized by the government and
involving the dredging of 2,700,000 cubic yards of fill material. The 144-foot
dredge was designed by E.L. McAllester, the well-known naval architect of
Seattle. Its pump, ladder and cutter were built under the Bowers patents and
their design and construction was under the personal supervision of A.B.
Bowers, the patentee.
|
1902 |
| 3/7 | SH12 |
U.S. Revenue Cutter Corwin Written on verso: [...] Corwin off for Nome.
The Corwin was built at Portland in 1876, and served continuously in Northwest waters. She was sold in early 1900 to J.E. Ryus of Whatcom for $17,025. She was the first ship to break through the ice and reach Nome in 1903-1904, 1906, 1909, and 1914. She was sold again in 1916 and burned in drydock in Salina Cruz. |
1902 |
| 3/7 | SH13 |
Schooner Alex T. Brown at
sea The Alex T. Brown was built by
the Globe Navigation Co. to secure dominance in the Pacific Northwest trade
with Hawaii, recently annexed by the U.S. She was designed by Naval Architect
L.H. Coolidge, and built in 1903 at Ballard, Washington. She had a tonnage of
788. She was purchased with the rest of the Globe Navigation Co. fleet by the
Port Blakely Mill Co. in 1914 for a total of $90,000. She wrecked on May 29,
1917 at Fremantle, Australia as she was departing for Manila, The
Philippines.
|
between 1903 and 1917? |
| 3/7 | SH14 |
Passengers on USS
Nebraska deck Written on verso: Nebraska party – Navy yard.
Possibly taken during the ship's launching. Possibly Mrs. Robert Moran (E. Melissa Paul) and wives of
officers of the ship. Launched in 1904, the USS
Nebraska was decommissioned in 1923 and sold for scrap.
|
1904? |
| 3/7 | SH15 |
British bark Pass of
Leny Arthur Diedrich Edwardes (photographer)
Original photograph by Arthur Diedrich Edwardes [?]; copied by
Asahel Curtis. Handwritten on mount: #21 Br. Bk. - Pass of Leny, #58861.
Built in 1885 by the London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron
Shipbuilding Company in Govan, Scotland. The ship was renamed
Minerva in 1909, Edor
in 1916, and Holdana by 1918, and was broken up in
1924.
|
1905? |
| box:oversize | |||
| OS6 | SH16 |
At Rest in the Harbor of
Seattle [Sailing ship], Seattle |
1910 |
| 3/7 | SH17 |
Sternwheeler Dawson Probably in Yukon River
|
1910? |
| 3/7 | SH18 |
Sternwheeler Delta at
dock, Fairbanks, Alaska The Delta was a sternwheel
passenger and freight steamer. She was 120 feet long and 293 tons. She was
built by Joseph Supple and Thomas Achilles at St. Michael. She operated under
the Alaska Yukon Transportation Co.
|
1914? |
| 3/7 | SH19 |
Frigate USS Constitution
at sea BB Jones (photographer)
The historic frigate Constitution
visited the principal ports of the Pacific Northwest in 1933 after being
restored to seaworthy condition with funds contributed by the nation's school
children.
Copy print.
|
1933? |
Native Americans |
|||
| item | |||
| 3/8 | IA1 | Cornhusk bag owned by Chief Siʔaɫ (Chief
Seattle) Chief Siʔaɫ, known to non-Native settlers as Chief Seattle,
was a leader of the Puget Sound Duwamish and Suquamish peoples from the early
1800s until his death in 1866. The city of Seattle was named after him, with
"Seattle" being an Anglicization of his Lushootseed name Siʔaɫ.
|
1910? |
| 3/8 | IA2 | Twined bag owned by Chief Siʔaɫ (Chief
Seattle) Chief Siʔaɫ, known to non-Native settlers as Chief Seattle,
was a leader of the Puget Sound Duwamish and Suquamish peoples from the early
1800s until his death in 1866. The city of Seattle was named after him, with
"Seattle" being an Anglicization of his Lushootseed name Siʔaɫ.
|
1910? |
Curtis & Romans photographsReturn to Top
From 1901 to 1911, Asahel Curtis formally worked with William P. Romans under the name Curtis & Romans.
All photos taken in the State of Washington.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Photographs with Curtis & Romans number |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 3/9 | Curtis & Romans 139 |
People looking at Great Northern Express Co. strong
boxes, Seattle From accompanying material: [...]No. 3: Eleven strong boxes of
gold containing $1,100,000 in gold consigned from Nome, Alaska, to the U.S.
Assay Office in Seattle [at 617-19 19th Ave]. These shipments caused the
stampede to Seward Peninsula during which over 25,000 people landed at Home on
Bering Sea from a fleet of about thirty-six vessels. Alaska's total gold
production to Jan. 1, 1927 was $360, 657, 208. Assay office receipts from date
[?] to Dec. 31, 1926 — $302, 058, 546.
In 2024 USD, about $40,900,619, (40.9 million), $13,410,093,701 ($13.4 billion), and $11,231,255,927 ($11.2 billion) respectively. |
July 1900 |
| 3/9 | Curtis & Romans 425 | 1902? | |
| 3/9 | Curtis & Romans 486 |
Pioneer Square waterfront vicinity of S Main St,
Seattle Shows Washington Hotel and sidewheel steamboat
Geo E Starr.
|
1903? |
| 3/9 | Curtis & Romans 1300 | April 1902 | |
| 3/9 | Curtis & Romans 1403 | 1890? | |
| 3/9 | Curtis & Romans 1664 | 1904? | |
| 3/9 | Curtis & Romans 1781 | between 1895 and 1900 | |
| 3/9 | Curtis & Romans 2119 | 1902? | |
| 3/9 | Curtis & Romans 2134 | August 1902 | |
| 3/9 | Curtis & Romans 2849 | Members of Seattle Newsboys Union posed on steps,
Bainbridge Island |
1903? |
Photographs without Curtis & Romans
number |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 3/10 | CR1 | between 1900 and 1905? | |
| 3/10 | CR2 | between 1901 and 1902? | |
| 3/10 | CR3 | July 4, 1902 | |
| 3/10 | CR4 |
Puget Sound Electric Railway cars with passengers,
King County Written on verso: Third rail system abandoned some time
ago.
|
between 1902 and 1911 |
| 3/10 | CR5a |
Great White Fleet battleships, Puget Sound Written on verso: The Atlantic Fleet entering Puget Sound.
In fact battleships of the Great White Fleet, an exhibition formation of ships used by the United States from 1907 to 1909. Source: https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/the-great-white-fleet.html |
June 1908 |
| box:oversize | |||
| OS6 | CR5b | Great White Fleet battleships, Puget Sound Written on verso: The Atlantic Fleet entering Pudget
Sound.
In fact, battleships of the Great White Fleet, an exhibition formation of ships used by the United States from 1907 to 1909. Source: https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/the-great-white-fleet.html Larger format than item CR5a.
|
June 1908 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/10 | CR6 | 1908 | |
| 3/10 | CR7 | May 3, 1911 | |
Curtis & Miller photographsReturn to Top
From 1911 to at least 1916, Asahel Curtis formally worked with Walter P. Miller under the name "Curtis & Miller." Some sources date this collaboration until 1920, although others indicated that Miller dropped out of the company to take on several other jobs in Seattle, including positions as a deputy sheriff and a "Bertillon Expert" as well as a photographer for the Seattle P.I.
All photos taken in the State of Washington.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Photographs with Curtis & Miller number |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 21413 | Mount Rainier from southwest, Pierce
County |
between 1911 and 1914 |
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 25123 | between 1911 and 1914 | |
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 26043 | between 1911 and 1914 | |
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 27139 | Landscaped gardens at Richard Dwight Merrill
residence, Capitol Hill, Seattle Located at 919 Harvard Ave E.
|
between 1911 and 1914 |
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 27208 | between 1911 and 1914 | |
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 27678a | between 1911 and 1914 | |
| box:oversize | |||
| OS6 | Curtis & Miller 27678b | Cannery workers observing salmon catch,
Washington Larger format than item Curtis 27678a.
|
between 1911 and 1914 |
| OS6 | Curtis & Miller 27684 | between 1911 and 1914 | |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 27854 | Equestrians on trail at Mount Rainier National Park
from south, Pierce County Written on verso: On the way to Comet Falls through Van Trump
Park. [Frank Dabney] with lead horse and cameras Asahel Curtis – rear.
|
between 1911 and 1914 |
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 27866 | Comet Falls at Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce
County |
between 1911 and 1914 |
| box:oversize | |||
| OS6 | Curtis & Miller 28667 | Automated salmon processing machine stamped "Iron
Chink" In 1902, machines called "Iron Chinks" started replacing many
cannery workers—the majority of whom where Chinese—who butchered and canned the
fish. The use of a racial slur in the machine's name is one example of the
discrimination faced by Chinese immigrants to the US. The name continued to be
used into the mid-20th century. Today they are called butchering machines or
iron butchers. This machine slit the fish open, cut off the fins, and removed
the guts. With the machine, workers could process fish 50 to 75 percent faster
than they could by hand. At the same time, this invention put many Chinese
laborers out of work.Source:
https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/imlsmohai/id/7030/.
Harmful language note: Even as
the University of Washington and University Libraries condemn racist and
derogatory language, we do not edit, redact, excise or otherwise altered this
content. Terms remain included as part of an honest presentation of history and
of the primary source material.
|
between 1911 and 1914 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 30470 | Ships at Colman Dock and Pier 2 slips vicinity of
Pike-Market, Seattle Shows steamer H.B. Kennedy.
|
1914 |
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 30700a | Makah man carving canoe on beach Probably the Olympic Peninsula.
Same subject as item Curtis & Miller 30539.
|
1914 |
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 30700b | Makah man carving canoe on beach Probably the Olympic Peninsula.
Smaller format than item Curtis & Miller 30700a.
|
1914 |
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 30894 |
Washington National Guard armory building vicinity of
Western Ave, Pike Pl, and Virginia St, Seattle From 1909 to 1968, this building served as the second National
Guard armory in Seattle, which over its lifetime served as a dance hall,
community center, food bank, and more.
Source: https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/11278/. |
between 1913 and 1914 |
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 30539 | Makah man sitting on carved canoe near totem
pole Same subject as item Curtis & Miller 30700a-b.
Written on photo: 31028.
Probably an alternative number assigned later by Curtis. Probably the Olympic Peninsula.
|
1914 |
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 31048 | Officials for Juvenile Aviation event Copy print.
|
1914 |
| 3/11 | Curtis & Miller 31049 | Contestants for Juvenile Aviation event Copy print.
|
1914 |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 31052 | Contestant FO Barney launching plane at Juvenile
Aviation event Copy print.
|
1914 |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 31258 | 1914 | |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 31259 | Automobile, carriage, and streetcar traffic, Pioneer
Square |
1914? |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 32534 | 1914? | |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 32874 | Long Lake Dam and power plant, Stevens
County |
1915 |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 32962 | 1915? | |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 33159 | Hikers at Nisqually Glacier, Pierce County Written on verso: 1. D. L. Reaburn, [Superintendent] 2. Mrs.
Reaburn. 3. T.E. O'Farrell, [Park] Ranger. 5. T.H. Martin, [Manager] Tacoma
Chamber of Commerce. 4. Stephen Mather. 6. Horace M. Albright, [Secretary] to
Mr. Mather. 7. [Robert] B. Marshall, [Superintendent] of Nat'l Parks. 8. J.B.
Tormes. 9. Unknown.
|
August 29, 1915 |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 34046 |
Galbraith, Bacon, & Co dock facility from south,
vicinity of Pioneer Square, Seattle Written on verso: Pier 3, later Pier 54.
Now subsumed into the Seattle Ferry Terminal. |
1915? |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 34099 | 1916? | |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 34163 | 1916? | |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 34164 | 1916? | |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 34165a | 1916? | |
| 3/12 | Curtis & Miller 34165b | Component of Lake Washington Ship Canal, Hiram M.
Chittenden Locks from west, Seattle Printed on photo: Canal Between The Lakes, Looking Over Lake
Washington
Different print medium than item Curtis & Miller
34165a.
|
1916? |
Photographs without Curtis & Miller
number |
|||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 3/13 | CM1a | Work horse team during regrade, 3rd Ave from Jefferson
St facing northwest, Pioneer Square, Seattle |
between 1911 and 1916? |
| 3/13 | CM1b | Work horse team during regrade, 3rd Ave from Jefferson
St facing northwest, Pioneer Square, Seattle Printed on photo: Third Avenue Regrade from Jackson
Street.
Different print medium than item CM1a.
|
between 1911 and 1916? |
| 3/13 | CM2 |
Denny Hill Regrade [Photo
collage of five images showing regrading and relocation of Hotel Washington
vicinity of Belltown], Seattle Printed on photo: Moving 750,000 Cubic Feet of Earth To Build
a City.
Shows images with photographers notation "12486" on image
noted "1907 Last of Hotel Washington"; and "8154" on image noted "1907
Hydraulic and Steam Shovel at Work". Other images have notations "Lewis and
Wiley Co."; "1906 Old Hotel Washington"; and "1908 New Hotel Washington".
|
between 1911 and 1916? |
| 3/13 | CM3 |
Queen Anne High School from north, Seattle Located at 201 Galer St.
|
between 1911 and 1913? |
| 3/13 | CM4 | between 1911 and 1916? | |
| 3/13 | CM5 | Seattle Public Library central branch from 4th Ave and
Madison St facing north, Seattle |
between 1911 and 1916? |
| 3/13 | CM6 | between 1914 and 1916? | |
| 3/13 | CM7 | between 1912 and 1916? | |
| 3/13 | CM8 | between 1912 and 1916? | |
| 3/13 | CM9 | between 1912 and 1916? | |
| box:oversize | |||
| OS6 | CM10 |
Cannery workers operating lid sealing machines,
Seattle Written on verso: Apex Food Co.
|
1913? |
| OS6 | CM11 | Butchering machines in cannery interior Possibly Apex Food Co.
|
1913? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 3/13 | CM12 | 1914? | |
| 3/13 | CM13 |
Frederick and Nelson storefront at Rialto Building,
2nd Ave between Madison and Spring Streets, Seattle The fourth relocation of the Frederick and Nelson store.
Source: https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/18037/. |
1914? |
| 3/14 | CM14 | 1914? | |
| 3/14 | CM15 | 1914? | |
| 3/14 | CM16 | between 1914 and 1916? | |
| 3/14 | CM17 | 1916? | |
| 3/14 | CM18 | 1916? | |
| box:oversize | |||
| OS6 | CM19a |
Looking Down on Cowlitz Glacier,
From Cowlitz Rock , Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County
|
between 1911 and 1916? |
| OS6 | CM19b |
Looking Down on Cowlitz Glacier,
From Cowlitz Rock, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce County
Colored print medium, larger than item CM19a.
|
between 1911 and 1916? |
Copies of Curtis photographs by unidentified photographersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 3/15 | CC1 | Lummi canoeists trolling for salmon, Whatcom County,
Washington See also item Curtis 63575.
|
1900? |
