University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0411Webster & StevensWebster & Stevens
photographs of SS Portland Cruiseapproximately 19001.02 cubic feet (4 boxes containing 126 photographic prints, 97 glass plate
negatives, 2 nitrate negatives, 1 acetate negative)Collection materials are in
English.Photographs of
Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon published by a Seattle photography
studioIra Webster and Nelson Stevens, natives of Michigan, moved to Seattle
in 1899. They opened a photography studio in the area in 1903, after several
years of working for local photographers. Their motto was "Anything. Anytime.
Anywhere." and they lived up to that motto.
Webster & Stevens photographed much of the work life around Puget
Sound and their staff of photographers took more than 60,000 black-and-white
photographs of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.
Webster & Stevens were among the frontrunners of the use of
photography in commercial advertising, photojournalism, and industry throughout
Washington's Puget Sound area. They provided photographic services to many
Northwest businesses, including being the exclusive photographers for the
Seattle Times from 1906 to 1943.
Many photographs in this collection were probably taken by either Ira
Webster or Nelson Stevens while on a cruise through parts of Alaska, British
Columbia, and the Yukon in the spring and summer of 1900 through Lingít Aaní
(Tlingit), Eyak, Alutiiq/Sugpiak, Hän, Tutchone, Tanana, Tanacross, Ahtna,
Dena'ina, and Unangax̂ lands. Other photos in this collection are originals by
photographers Eric Hegg and Frank Nowell, acquired by Ira Webster or Nelson
Stevens and incorporated as their "originals"—a common practice in their time.
The cruise likely followed what is now the Alaska Marine Highway from Seattle
to Unangam Tanagin (Aleutian Islands). Other passengers on the steamship
SS Portland —including crew members and a party of
wealthy Bostonians—feature in some shots.
Box 1 contains prints, boxes 2-4 glass negatives, and box 5 nitrate
negatives.
Photographs published by Webster & Stevens of scenes in Alaska,
British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory in 1900.
The collection is open to the public.
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1/1W&S 2-A (a-b)Two-part panorama of town of Whitehorse, Yukon. April 25,
1900.1/1W&S 25-ANative Alaskan woodworker with carving.1/1W&S 55-ATwo people outside roadhouse.1/1W&S 56-A (a-b)Two-part panorama of town of Dawson City,
Yukon.1/1W&S 63-ASteamship City of Seattle at dock, Shgagwéi (Skagway),
Alaska. March 8, 1900.1/1W&S 103-AMule packtrain.1/1W&S 104-A (a-c)Three-part panorama of Dexter Creek and Miocene Ditch
canal.1/1W&S 118-A"Man and woman in arctic custom" [Two people wearing fur
parkas].1/1W&S 149-ASevered walrus head.1/1W&S 195-ASteamship Resolute iced over. March 10, 1900.1/1W&S 204-ANative Alaskan village.1/2W&S 215-AWorkers lightering boat, Sitŋasuaq (Nome),
Alaska.1/2W&S 238-ANative Alaskan traders in canoes running alongside SS
Roanoke, Bering Sea, Alaska.1/2W&S 245-A"Floating Down the Yukon on a Cake of Ice" [Four men
resting on canoe wedged on floating free ice]. Scanned from glass negative.
1/2W&S 251-ANative Alaskan canoeists underway from beach. Scanned from negative.
1/2W&S 289-AMining tunnel ice formations, Dawson City,
Yukon.1/2W&S 298 AHarbor of Taciq/Tasiq (Saint Michael), Alaska.1/2W&S 300-AUS Army barracks, Sitŋasuaq (Nome), Alaska.1/2W&S 328-AGroup of public school children and teacher in fur
coats.1/2W&S 340-AGold ore.1/2W&S 342-A (a-b)Two-part panorama of town of Iluulux̂ (Unalaska),
Alaska.1/2W&S 354-AFamily on and near dog sled. Scanned from glass negative.
1/2W&S 363-ADrift ice on Yukon River bank, Dawson City,
Yukon.1/2W&S 376-ADog sled team, Shgagwéi (Skagway), Alaska.1/3W&S 381-ASummit Lake vicinity of White Pass and Yukon Route railway
leg, Shgagwéi (Skagway), Alaska.1/3W&S 439-A (a-b)Grass covered structure vicinity of
Angagkitaqnuuq/Angidahtnu (Seldovia), Alaska. Same image as item W&S 510-A.
1/3W&S 440-ACoastal camp vicinity of Cordova, Alaska.1/3W&S 441-A (a-b)SS Portland passengers posed on deck.1/3W&S 443-ASS Portland Captain OJ Humphrey feeding bear
cub.1/3W&S 445-A (a-b)SS Portland in Lig̲aasi Áa (Ice Bay), Yaakwdáat (Yakutat),
Alaska.1/3W&S 446-AFree ice in Icy Strait, Alaska.1/3W&S 447-AMain street, Shgagwéi (Skagway), Alaska.1/3W&S 448-AWreck of steamship Colorado, Dakxhatgwak Séet (Wrangell
Narrows), Alexander Archipelago, Alaska.1/3W&S 449-ASS Portland passengers posed on deck.1/3W&S 450-ALa Perouse Glacier, Mount La Perouse, Alaska.1/4W&S 451-ASS Portland passengers posed near Russian Orthodox church,
Sun'aq (Kodiak), Alaska.1/4W&S 452-A and W&S 452-BTown of Angagkitaqnuuq/Angidahtnu (Seldovia),
Alaska1/4W&S 453-ASS Portland at dock, Cordova, Alaska.1/4W&S 454-ABrady Glacier, Icy Strait, Alaska.1/4W&S 455-AOfficers of SS Portland posed on deck.1/4W&S 456-AVicinity of Yaakwdáat (Yakutat), Alaska.1/4W&S 457-A (a-b)Two-part panorama of town of Cordova, Alaska1/4W&S 458-AVicinity of Sun'aq (Kodiak), Alaska.1/4W&S 459-ASS Portland passengers "Mr. Pagit" and
"Elliott"1/4W&S 460-ADakxhatgwak Séet (Wrangell Narrows), Alexander
Archipelago, Alaska.1/5W&S 461-ADakxhatgwak Séet (Wrangell Narrows), Alexander
Archipelago, Alaska.1/5W&S 462.AValdez Glacier, Suacit (Valdez), Alaska.1/5W&S 463-A (a-b)Bear cubs kept on SS Portland1/5W&S 464-ATown of Ellamar, vicinity of Taatiilaaq (Tatitlek),
Alaska.1/5W&S 465-A (a-b)Two-part panorama of town of Sun'aq (Kodiak), Alaska.
1900.1/5W&S 466-ACoastal camp vicinity of Cordova, Alaska.1/5W&S 467-AVicinity of Icy Strait, Alaska.1/5W&S 468-ANative Alaskan women preparing salmon catch.1/5W&S 469-ACabin interior.1/5W&S 470-ASS Portland near sea ice.1/5W&S 471-ATown of Suacit (Valdez), Alaska.1/5W&S 472-A (a-b)Tlingit women selling goods, Sheetʼká (Sitka), Alaska.
Item W&S 472-Ab scanned from glass negative.
1/5W&S 473-ANative Alaskan canoeists, Sheetʼká (Sitka),
Alaska.1/6W&S 474-ANative Alaskan women selling goods.1/6W&S 475-ATown of Sun'aq (Kodiak), Alaska.1/6W&S 476-AMoonlight1/6W&S 477-AWaterfront of Sheetʼká (Sitka), Alaska.1/6W&S 478-AVicinity of Cordova, Alaska.1/6W&S 479-ARussian Orthodox church, Sun'aq (Kodiak),
Alaska.1/6W&S 480-ASS Portland passengers posed near totem poles.1/6W&S 481-ADakxhatgwak Séet (Wrangell Narrows), Alexander
Archipelago, Alaska.1/6W&S 482-AVicinity of Angagkitaqnuuq/Angidahtnu (Seldovia),
Alaska.1/6W&S 483-AWaterfront, Sheetʼká (Sitka), Alaska.1/6W&S 484-AMain street of Qutalleq/Tl'ubugh (Seward),
Alaska.1/6W&S 485-ASunset vicinity of Angagkitaqnuuq/Angidahtnu (Seldovia),
Alaska.1/6W&S 486-AGreen Island lighthouse, North Coast, British
Columbia.1/7W&S 487-AVicinity of Saucit (Valdez), Alaska.1/7W&S 488-A and W&S 489-AGrand Island vicinity of Dzánti K'ihéeni (Juneau),
Alaska.1/7W&S 490-A (a-b)Tlingit women selling goods, Sheetʼká (Sitka),
Alaska.1/7W&S 491-A to 493-AḴaasda Héen (Indian River) vicinity of Sheetʼká (Sitka),
Alaska. Hegg originals, copied by Webster & Stevens.
1/7W&S 494-AAlexander Archipelago from Icy Strait, Alaska.1/7W&S 495-ASteamship Al-Ki at dock, Kichx̱áan (Ketchikan),
Alaska.1/7W&S 496-ATown of Kichx̱áan (Ketchikan), Alaska.1/7W&S 497-ASS Portland at dock vicinity of Cordova, Orca,
Alaska.1/7W&S 498-ARussian Orthodox church, Sun'aq (Kodiak),
Alaska.1/7W&S 499-ARussian Orthodox church interior, Sun'aq (Kodiak),
Alaska.1/7W&S 500-ALa Perouse Glacier, Mount La Parouse, Alaska.1/8W&S 501-ASS Portland at dock, Boulder Bay, Prince William Sound,
Alaska.1/8W&S 502-AWorkers unloading SS Portland, Boulder Bay, Prince William
Sound, Alaska.1/8W&S 503-AMiners in mine vicinity of Boulder Bay, Prince William
Sound, Alaska.1/8W&S 504-A (a-b)Two-part panorama of Boulder Bay, Prince William Sound,
Alaska.1/8W&S 505-AMiner mining with equipment vicinity of Boulder Bay,
Prince William Sound, Alaska.1/8W&S 506-A (a-c)Three-part panorama of Boulder Bay, Kodiak Island,
Alaska.1/8W&S 507-ADakxhatgwak Séet (Wrangell Narrows), Alexander
Archipelago, Alaska.1/8W&S 508-A (a-c)Three-part panorama of Kichx̱áan (Ketchikan),
Alaska.1/8W&S 509-A (a-c)Three-part panorama of town of Qutalleq/Tl'ubugh (Seward),
Alaska.1/8W&S 510-AGrass-covered structure vicinity of
Angagkitaqnuuq/Angidahtnu (Seldovia), Alaska. Same image as item W&S 439-Aa.
1/8W&S 511-A to W&S 512-ALa Perouse Glacier, Mount La Parouse, Alaska.1/9W&S 513-ABrady Glacier, Icy Strait, Alaska.1/9W&S 514-ATown of Suacit (Valdez), Alaska. Hegg original, copied by Webster & Stevens.
1/9W&S 515-AMain street of Cordova, Alaska.1/9W&S 516-ASternwheeler at dock, Cordova, Alaska.1/9W&S 517-AMain street of Kichx̱áan (Ketchikan), Alaska.1/9W&S 518-ACoastal camp vicinity of Yaakwdáat (Yakutat),
Alaska.1/9W&S 519-ATlingit women selling goods, Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw (Wrangell),
Alaska. Same image as item W&S 5127.
1/9W&S 520-ANative Alaskan women preparing salmon catch. Nowell original, copied by Webster & Stevens.
1/9W&S 521-A (a-b)Totem poles, Sheetʼká (Sitka). Item W&S 521-Ab scanned from glass negative.
1/9W&S 522-AKayak Island (Qe'yiłteh), Alaska.1/9W&S 523-A (a-d)Four-part panorama of town of Angagkitaqnuuq/Angidahtnu
(Seldovia), Alaska.1/10W&S 2479Steamship Casca with passengers.1/10W&S 2483Steamship Columbian at dock.1/10W&S 2494Steamships Lavelle Young and Casca at dock1/10W&S 2498Steamship JP Light navigating Five Finger Rapids,
Yukon.1/10W&S 5127Tlingit women selling goods. Same image as item W&S 519-A.
1/10W&S 8199Native Alaskan women in fur parkas.1/10UN1Crowd in front of Northern Commercial Company store,
Fairbanks, Alaska.1/10UN2Fourth of July crowd on Front St, Sitŋasuaq (Nome),
Alaska. July 4, 1900.2Glass negatives3Glass negatives4Glass negatives5Nitrate negatives