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.
Arranged in 5 series.
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.
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Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.
Photograph of Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition grounds seen from across Portage Bay donated by Elizabeth Perera, 2021.
Processed by Kelly Linhardt and Liam Patrick Bryant; processing completed in 2024.
See also PH482 Asahel Curtis Studio photographs
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.
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.
Cropped version. See PH482 Asahel Curtis Studio photographs item Curtis 441 for original.
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).
Probably in Yakama County, Washington.
No print. Copy negative only.
Written on verso: [...] just above Lake Chelan. In N[orth]. central part of Wash[ington]. in Cascades.
The
From left, Lincoln Hotel at 4th Ave, Spring St, and Madison St, and Third Avenue Theatre at 3rd Ave and Madison St.
The
Original not on file.
Written on verso: Bay City after the fire [...].
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.
Written on verso: [...] Material yard, north end.
Originally named the Denny Hotel, construction on the Washington Hotel began in 1889 on the south summit of Denny Hill, near what is now 3rd Ave. and Virginia St. Disagreements among its developers and the economic Panic of 1893 stalled the project and left the hotel unfinished for over a decade. Real estate developer and hotelier James A. Moore (1861-1929) bought the property and completed construction, successfully opening the renamed Washington Hotel in 1903. In 1906, the Denny Hill regrades led to the demolition of the hotel but, in 1908, the hotel was rebuilt as the 14-story New Washington Hotel.
The block of buildings developed as the "Yesler-Leary Building" burnt down in 1889, and was replaced with the New York Mutual Life building in 1891.
Source: https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/5389/.
Track probably laid during regrade of 3rd Avenue.
From left, Scurrey Building, at 3rd Ave and James St.
No print. Copy negative only.
Shows Mount Baker.
Written on verso: [...] Mt Baker [sic].
Written on verso: Life line work, [on the] east side of Mt. Baker.
Written on verso: Working out of crevasse [on the] east side of Mt. Baker.
Written on verso: In the great crevasse on eastern side of Mt. Baker.
Same print as item Curtis 8048b.
Same print as item Curtis 8048a.
The Denny Hotel was the last major property that refused regrading offered by the city. In 1907, they reversed course and the rest of Denny Hill was regraded.
No print. Copy negative only.
From attached material: The forests provide the principle exportable product but they proved a great handicap to road an[d] trail building. After Henry Smith had occupied his claim on Smith's Cove [sic], traveling by water when he went to town, he deceded [sic] that he should have a trail. After blazing his way through the forest all morning he came to a clearing which looked familiar. Investigation disclosed that he had traveled in a cirlce [sic] and was back home again.
Captioned on photo: [...] from trestle on 11th Ave S - 40ft above low tide at present.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In 1934, the City of Seattle authorized a seawall and lane adjustment to the then Railroad Ave which was transformed and renamed Alaskan Way on July 6th, 1936.
Written on photo: ...across Weller at Eleventh [Ave].
Eleventh Avenue has not intersected with (South) Weller Street since the construction of Interstate Five (I5), which opened in 1964.
Copy print.
Written on verso: Aquilla, auxiliary yawe [sic].
No print. Copy negative only.
Part ten of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
See items Curtis 10356, 10359, 10361, 10658-10659, 10661, 10729, 11034, 11764, 15363-15365, 16077,17220, and 17667 for sequence.
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.
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.
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.
Shows the Lincoln Hotel on 4th Ave.
Part one of three-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Dearborn St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
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.
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.
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.
Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have made use of cedar bark for clothing since time immemorial.
Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have made use of cedar bark for clothing since time immemorial.
Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have made use of cedar bark for clothing since time immemorial.
Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have made use of cedar bark for clothing since time immemorial.
Probably used as regalia in dance or ceremony.
Part fourteen of fifteen-part photo sequence documenting regrade in the vicinity of Jackson St by contractors Lewis & Wiley, Inc.
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.
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.
Probably in Neah Bay.
Same subject as Curtis 20183.
No print. Copy negative only.
No print. Copy negative only.
Copy print.
Shows inflated seal-bladder float.
No print. Copy negative only.
Same subject as Curtis 19235.
No print. Copy negative only.
Shows Columbia and Northern Fishing and Packing Co. building.
From attached material: Early history records the use of a road over Snoqualmie Pass by the Hudson's Bay Company and the Wilkes Expedition in 1841, but this appears to have been over Yakima Pass at the head of the Cedar. Chief Saniwa took Arthur Denny, J.W. Borst and Wm. Perkins across Snoqualmie in 1865 which appears to be the first time the pass was visited by white man. They reported favoring the pass for a road and Perkins built it in 1865 & 67 and emigrant [sic] wagons crossed in the later year. [As proof of the use of this route] C.W. Morse found the wheel of an imigrant [sic] wagon in the Cedar valley above the lake in 1895 and Mr. R.H. Thomsen found traces of the road and the camps as late as 1902. With the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad interest in wagon roads declined and the Snoqualmie remained little better then [sic] a trail for many decades.
This road is possibly National Forest trail 4800 (NF-4800) near Snoqualmie Pass.
Founded by O.W. Fisher and his son O.D. Fisher in 1911, Fisher Flouring Mills was one of the first businesses to operate on Harbor Island after its creation. In 2001, the mill was sold to Pendleton Flour Mills and in July 2002, Pendleton put the property up for sale.
Shows also steamship
Built in 1898,
The steamboat
Shows banners for sponsors, including the Seattle Chamber of Commerce—members of which were present on the ship—as well as The Bon Marché department store.
The steamboat
The
Newell, G.R. (Ed.). (1966).
Shows also the
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.
Written on photo: Copyright by Northern Pacific [Railway].
Written on verso: [...] one of the many streams leading from the Rainier Nat'l Park.
From attached material: The newly improved Sunset Highway of 1915 gave the driver plenty to think about without looking at the scenery.
Written on verso: [Future] site of Grande Coulee Dam [...].
Written on verso: Outline but leave in the section of belt between white and right hand margin. In outlining leave a little background behind the two levers shown in upper left corner. Note made on face. Make 6 in wide copper.
Probably notes for the marker additions made to the photo surface.
Written on verso: 18 mile hill road over Piperstone Pass.
Written on verso: Summer plan for Alder Gulch Virginia City.
Alder Gulch is the geographic formation in which Virginia City sits.
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.
Written on verso: [...]road between Butte and Boulder.
Written on verso: [...] 8,000 feet [in elevation].
Probably Granite County, in the Lolo National Forest.
Written on verso: Davis grade near Pipestone [...].
Probably referring to a specific section of the Pass.
Written on verso: Davis grade near Pipestone [...].
Probably referring to a specific section of the Pass.
Written on verso: [...] east of the Rockies.
Written on verso: [...] Butte Water Co.
Operated by the Butte Water Company.
Written on verso: [...] Butte Water Co.
Operated by the Butte Water Company.
Written on verso: Nine Mile Canyon.
Written on verso: Boulder Whitehall [...].
Written on verso: [...] on the Boulder - Whitehall road.
Written on verso: [...] between Boulder and Bernice.
Written on verso: [..] from G.N. Bridge.
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.
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.
Written on verso: Prickly Pear Canyon.
This road is now probably either Recreation Road South or US Interstate 15.
Written on verso: [...] above the dam.
Written on verso of item Curtis 36161: [...] above the gorge.
Written on verso of item Curtis 36169: [...] above the gorge.
Written on verso: [...] near Livingstone [sic] where the great plains begin the uplift fold on fold, to the crest of the Continental Divide.
Written on verso: [...] Livingstone-Bozeman road.
This road is either US Interstate 90 or US Route 191, or its frontage roads.
Written on verso of item Curtis 36220: Upper Gallatin Canyon.
Written on verso of item Curtis 36222: Upper Gallatin river.
Written on verso: [...] in the Rockies [...].
Written on verso: [...] between Henry's Lake [sic] and Red Rock Lake.
Written on verso: [...] in the Madison Valley.
Written on verso: [...] in the Madison Valley.
Possibly the Nine Mile/Montana Highway Two-Day Use Area.
The Nine Mile House was located at the mouth of Nine Mile, now Thompson Park, along Blacktail Creek near the intersection of Highway 2 and Continental Drive in Butte, Montana. The Nine Mile house was originally built as a summer home for James R. Boyce, a successful dry goods merchant in Butte in the 1880s and early 1890s. Around 1900, the home was converted into an inn and was used as a venue for social gatherings.
Shows railcars labeled C&S—Colorado and Southern Railway—near milled lumber stacks.
Shows railcar labeled BR&P—Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway—near industrial debris.
Written on verso of item Curtis 36299: Kootenai Canyon.
Written on verso of item Curtis 36300: Kootenai Canyon.
Written on verso of item Curtis 36308: Rock cut on Kootenai road.
Written on verso: Lake Couer de Alene [sic] on the Wallace - Couer de Alene road.
This road is probably US Interstate 90 or South Highway 97.
Written on images: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co. [...]
Written on verso of item Curtis 36431: [...] top of bowl, center line axis.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.
Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle, Wash.
Written on images: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co. [...]
Written on verso of item Curtis 36498: [...] along center line.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.
Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.
Items Curtis 36497 and Curtis 36502 show also Terry Hall and Lander Hall. Named for Charles and Mary Terry and Judge Edward Lander, who contributed land for the original Territorial University's Seattle campus in 1861, Terry and Lander Halls were built in 1917 and originally served as the Naval Officers Dormitory and the Aviation Dormitory for the U.S. Naval Training Camp. Following the end of the war, both buildings became student residence halls.
Stamped on verso: Rainier National Park Co.
Stamped on verso : Rainier National Park Co.
Written on verso: Truck is a Kelly or Kelly-Springfield model.
From attached material: Progress was slow until some one thought of the gas tax, a measured payment for the use of the road. This was followed by the Federal Aid Highway act in 1916. Surfaced roads came into existence and roads becmae [sic] a factor in mouring [sic] heavy loads.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle, Wash.
Known as the "Jenny," the JN-4 was designed by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company in 1917.
Written on verso: S.W. cor. [sic] 2nd & Madison. Was F & Nelson earlier.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, successor to Romans Photograph Co. Commercial Photographer, Seattle, Wash.
Shows Turrell Shoe Co.
From attached material: Western Engraving & Colortype Co. The Seattle Engraving Co. [illeg.] Fifth Ave. Main 1896. Seattle Wash.
Written on verso: From Seattle-Tacoma, highway via Auburn, Enuclaw [sic] en route to Mt. Rainier.
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.
Caption on front of image: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co. [...]
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.
Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.
Items Curtis 40677 and Curtis 40679 show also Terry Hall and Lander Hall. Named for Charles and Mary Terry and Judge Edward Lander, who contributed land for the original Territorial University's Seattle campus in 1861, Terry and Lander Halls were built in 1917 and originally served as the Naval Officers Dormitory and the Aviation Dormitory for the U.S. Naval Training Camp. Following the end of the war, both buildings became student residence halls.
Caption on front of image: Rainier from White River Camp. Asahel Curtis. 40775.
Printed on verso: This is a real photograph made for the Rainier National Park Co., by Asahel Curtis Photo Co.
Written on image: Rainier from Yakima Park. [...]
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.
Written on images: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co.
Written on verso of item Curtis 40868: [...] from point 80 feet north of center line.
Written on verso of item Curtis 40871: [...] from top of bowl, center line axis.
Written on verso of item Curtis 40873: [...] from 60 feet east of north slope.
Written on verso of item Curtis 40875: [...] from center line east end of stadium.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.
Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.
Item Curtis 40875 shows also Terry Hall and Lander Hall. Named for Charles and Mary Terry and Judge Edward Lander, who contributed land for the original Territorial University's Seattle campus in 1861, Terry and Lander Halls were built in 1917 and originally served as the Naval Officers Dormitory and the Aviation Dormitory for the U.S. Naval Training Camp. Following the end of the war, both buildings became student residence halls.
Written on images: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co.
Written on verso of item Curtis 40937: [...] looking easterly along center line.
Written on verso of item Curtis 40938: [...] from point 80 feet north of center line.
Written on verso of item Curtis 40942: [...] from outer edge of stadium field.
Written on verso of item Curtis 40943: [...] from 60 feet east of north slope.
Written on verso of item Curtis 40944: [...] from center line east end of stadium.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.
Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.
Item Curtis 40944 shows also Terry Hall and Lander Hall. Named for Charles and Mary Terry and Judge Edward Lander, who contributed land for the original Territorial University's Seattle campus in 1861, Terry and Lander Halls were built in 1917 and originally served as the Naval Officers Dormitory and the Aviation Dormitory for the U.S. Naval Training Camp. Following the end of the war, both buildings became student residence halls.
Written on image: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co. [...] from 60 feet east of north slope.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.
Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.
Written on image: U. of W. Stadium, P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co., Oct. 30 1920. Looking easterly along center line.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.
Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.
Shows 1920 University of Washington football schedule.
Written on image: [...] P.S. Bridge & Dredging Co. [...] from point 80 feet south of center line.
Stamped on image: Asahel Curtis, Successor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle Wash.
Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer. Seattle, Wash.
Embossed on image: Copyright by Asahel Curtis for Northern Pacific RY Co.
Written on verso: Probably Summit Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota.
Embossed on image: Copyright by Asahel Curtis for Northern Pacific RY Co.
Written on verso: River in Montana?.
Written on verso: [...] "Evening in the Cascades".
See also PH1238 Dan Davis Mountain Collection items 87 and 106
Caption on mount: Lake Crescent and Camp [illeg.].
Copy print.
Written on verso: 1923-24 Rowing Champions [...] with Mt. Rainier in distance. First National Champions.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer. Seattle, Wash.
From attached material: The last unit of the Pacific Highway, the southern part along the Columbia River was paved and opened to traffic in the fall of 1923. Note the use of the central expansion joint.
Probably Cowlitz County, Washington.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer. Seattle, Wash.
This hemlock kootéeyaa (totem pole) was carved to honor
Chief-of-All-Women, a Tlingit woman of the Kinninook family, a clan of the
̱̱g͏̱aanax.ádi (Raven moiety). Her family had solicited a carver to create a
pole they felt represented Chief-of-All-Women, and raised it at a potlach in
her honor. From 1790 the pole stood at Taant͏̛a (in Tongass Island) until
members from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce (with accessory from crew of the
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.
Stamped on verso: Asahel Curtis. Commercial Photographer. Seattle, Wash.
Copy print.
Copy print.
Written on verso of item Curtis 4715: Olympic Peninsula (Hoh Forest?).
Written on verso of item Curtis 47442: Olympic peninsula Wash?.
Written on verso: Olympic peninsula Wash?.
Written on duplicate: Country road on South bank of the Queets & 2-miles below Kelly Farm.
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.
Written on verso: Olympic Peninsula (Hoh Forest?).
Written on duplicate: Spruce timber 17 miles above [illeg.] Trail.
Copy print.
Written on verso: Cascade Mountains?.
Written on verso: Olympic Peninsula, Wash?.
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.
Written on verso: Olympic Peninsula, Wash?.
Written on verso: Olympic Peninsula (Hoh forest?).
Shows sign on tree trunk which says "Keep the forests green, prevent forest fires".
Written on verso: White River hydro-electric plant of Puget Sound Power & Light Co., between Seattle and Tacoma -- Capacity 80,432 horsepower.
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.
The Civic Auditorium was between 3rd Ave N and 4th Aves N on Mercer St. Designed by architects Schack, Young and Myers.
Written on verso: Crockett Blockhouse.
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.
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.
A segment of Washington State Route 410, from Enumclaw to the eastern bounds of Mount Rainier National Park.
Written on verso: [...] on road to Rainier Nat'l Park.
Probably part of Washington State Route 410.
Written on verso: Dense undergrowth of [...] ferns and shrubs.
Written on verso: [...] Paradise side.
Part of the Tatoosh Range in the Mount Rainier Wilderness.
Copy print.
Written on verso: Concrete pavement through forest on Nisqually Road.
The
Source: https://www.miramarshipindex.nz/ship/5618453
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.
From material attached to duplicate: Hazelton, 836, miles north of Vancouver B.C., greeted the Golden Twilight Caravan of 1930 and the Governor of Alaska with a delegation told us they wanted a road. The car that [P.E.] Sands had driven to Hazelton in 1911 made the journey again in 1930. To journey over this road is to turn the pages of time back more than a half century to see the land of the hunter and trapper, of the trading post of the Hudson Bay Company, and the vast cattle ranges of our own frontier.
Shows sign "Seattle to Hazelton, B.C. August 1911. Studebaker Flanders ".
From attached material: As this road will link us with our northern territory every reasonable effort should be made to promote its early construction.
Probably in 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.
Written on verso: Rock garden on shore [...]
Copy print.
Operated from Pike Place Market stalls 82 and 83.
The Beaver was wrecked at Prospect Point in 1888.
Program of the University of Washington School of Forestry.
Site affiliated with the University of Washington School of Forestry.
From accompanying material: Mr. Hansberry opened Woodlawn Hardware Co., located at 7110 Woodlawn Ave E., about 1907 and operated it until his retirement in 1951.
Possibly Seattle munipal park.
Now US Interstate 90.
Probably US Interstate 90.
Possibly US Interstate 90.
From attached material: Now with modern snow removal equipment passengers and freight move across the uninterupted [sic] by the winter snows.
From attached material: Home [...] of E. E. Mundy [...].
Written on verso: Produce Row, Yakima.
From attached material: General view of Yakima [sic] Valley near [...] Snipes Mountain.
Copy print.
Near current site of the Salmon Bay Bridge and the Ballard (Hiram M Chittenden) Locks.
Written on verso of duplicate: [...] Note that hill in background is logged off; also logs in foreground have come up from Lake Washington through this ditch. White spot on opposite shore at right is Lake Union John's home.
"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.
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
See also item C1.
Artist notation cut off, probably "Gordon Grant".
Copy print.
Artist notation shows "Gordon Grant, 1936".
Copy print.
Artist notation shows "Gordon Grant".
Copy print.
Artist notation cut off, probably "Gordon Grant".
Copy print.
Sign shows "Olympic Peninsula Resort and Hotel [Association] On north to the new Olympic National Park U.S. 101 Olympic Peninsula".
Artist notation shows A. Chidley.
Copy print.
Possibly Washington State Route 510.
Written on verso: Election Day - left to right, Col. Hansen - Attorney. Allan Greelt [?] - Portland Cement Assn. Vice Pres. Tom Halinau [?] - Attorney. Frank Barrett - Portland Cement Assn. State Development. Ralph W. Hansen - Seattle Chamber of Commerce. (Asahel Curtis in center).
Artist notation shows "Calvert".
Copy print.
Item Curtis 65455 possibly Lake City.
Items Curtis 65456 and Curtis 65457 possibly Kenmore.
Probably US Interstate 90.
Item Curtis 65460 copy print.
Husky Stadium was built in 1920 by architects Charles H. Bebb and Carl F. Gould, with Henry W. Bittman as the project engineer. Construction was managed by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the original construction made use of reinforced concrete laid directly on the ground and formed into shape by sluicing. Opening on November 27, 1920, the stadium replaced Denny Field as the new home of the University of Washington football team. Originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium has undergone several alterations and expansions over the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2013.
Written on verso: Cascade Mountains.
Written on verso: Aerial of Lake Crescent @ 10,000 [...].
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.
Printed on image: Copyright, 1910, by Asahel Curtis.
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.
Probably Atlas Lumber and Shingle Co. at McMurray, Skagit 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.
Probably the San Juan Islands, possibly from Mount Constitution.
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.
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.
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.
Written on verso: [Washington] S.R. No. 2 [...].
Written on verso: [Washington] S.R. No. 15 [...] Bridge washed out. [...].
Written on verso: [Washington] S.R. No. 5 [...].
Written on verso: [...] Dept of Fisheries. [...]
Buildings are numbered from 145 to 241 on the front of the image.
Original photograph by George Moore; copied by Asahel Curtis.
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.
Written on verso: Loading cattle on USS Dix.
St. James Cathedral was dedicated in 1907. In 1916, the cathedral underwent major renovations as a result of the collapse of its dome.
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.
Printed on image: Copyright, 1910, by Asahel Curtis.
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.
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.
Same print as item SE11b.
Same print as item SE11a.
Written on photo: 104266.
Written on photo: 47100.
Written over scratched out number, possibly "104266".
Probably Lake Union.
Copy print.
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.
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.
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.
Same print as item MR1b.
Same print as item MR1a.
Located in the northeast corner of Mount Rainier National Park, Sunrise (historically known as Yakima Park) sits at an elevation of 6,400 feet.
Written on verso: [...] Showing Lake Quinault about 25 miles.
Written on verso: [... Mount] Anderson wall to right, of which view very little obscured.
Written on verso: View from a spur of Constance over Puget Sound & Seattle. Showing Rainier, and faintly Adams 100 & 140 miles.
Written on verso: [...] taken 400 feet below Anderson Pass - opening in right of view. From this point down, easy grade.
Written on verso: 200 acre Alder Park on Quinault.
Handwritten on verso image: Along upper Dosewallips. Mt Anderson showing up.
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.
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).
Written on verso: Mt Anderson [...] is to right of picture about 600 ft. lower than snow field to right.
Written on verso: Timber on Quinault.
Written on verso: Nearing Anderson on Dosewallips, close to a very popular Elk lick. Ford above Diamond Meadows.
Written on verso: Open ridges & meadows. Dosewallips side adjacent to pass. Dosewallips-Duckabush Divide.
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.
Written on verso: In the pass on Dosewallips side. Mt Lacross rising to right, looking SE. over divide to Duckabush.
Written on verso: Three miles down Quinault, looking up stream, a spur of Anderson showing open meadows here.
Written on image: [...] Fitted & loaded at Seattle. [...].
Written on verso: [...] at Morans shipyard [...].
Built by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle, Washington.
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
Copy print.
The three-masted bark
Written on verso: #603 Br Ship Nelson.
The
Written on verso: S.S. Humboldt ready to leave for Nome [...].
Originally built as a lumber carrying steam schooner, the
Built by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle, Washington.
Written on verso: Dredge Seattle at G.N. Dock. 1902.
The Seattle Bridge Co. constructed a powerful hydraulic
dredge, the
Written on verso: [...] Corwin off for Nome.
The
The
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
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
Probably in Yukon River
The
The historic frigate
Copy print.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Shows Washington Hotel and sidewheel steamboat
Copy print.
Written on verso: Third rail system abandoned some time ago.
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
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.
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.
Source: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8td9zp2/entire_text/.
All photos taken in the State of Washington.
Located at 919 Harvard Ave E.
Larger format than item Curtis 27678a.
Written on verso: On the way to Comet Falls through Van Trump Park. [Frank Dabney] with lead horse and cameras Asahel Curtis – rear.
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/.
Shows steamer
Probably the Olympic Peninsula.
Same subject as item Curtis & Miller 30539.
Probably the Olympic Peninsula.
Smaller format than item Curtis & Miller 30700a.
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/.
Same subject as item Curtis & Miller 30700a-b.
Written on photo: 31028.
Probably an alternative number assigned later by Curtis.
Probably the Olympic Peninsula.
Copy print.
Copy print.
Copy print.
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.
Written on verso: Pier 3, later Pier 54.
Now subsumed into the Seattle Ferry Terminal.
Printed on photo: Canal Between The Lakes, Looking Over Lake Washington
Different print medium than item Curtis & Miller 34165a.
Printed on photo: Third Avenue Regrade from Jackson Street.
Different print medium than item CM1a.
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".
Located at 201 Galer St.
Written on verso: Apex Food Co.
Possibly Apex Food Co.
The fourth relocation of the Frederick and Nelson store.
Source: https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/18037/.
Colored print medium, larger than item CM19a.
See also item Curtis 63575.