WAUDabneyFamilyPH2009_008.xml Guide to the Dabney Family Photograph Collection approximately 1875-1911 Dabney Family Photograph Collection Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2009 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH1349 Dabney (Family : 1825-1915 : Boston, Mass.) Dabney family photograph collection approximately 1875-1911 314 photographs ; sizes vary Collection materials are in English. Photographs relating to the Dabney family who lived in the Azores, California, and Washington State

Members of the Dabney family were the first, second, and third consuls for the Azores. They were John Bass Dabney (1766-1826), Charles William Dabney (1794-1871), and Samuel Wyllys Pomerey (1826-1893). John Pomeroy Dabney (1822-1874) was consul to Prussia and acting vice-consul. The family prospered through its foreign trade connections in England, Scotland, Germany, France, Mexico, South America and Russia. It was a large and extended family. The Dabneys had three estates on Fayal in the Azores, Bagatelle, Fredonia, and The Cedars. There were four boys and four girls in the family of John P. and Sarah H. Dabney, including Frank Dabney. The boys were sent to school in Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Massachusetts, and the girls were tutored at home. Most of the boys attended Harvard but Frank Dabney, and his cousin, Herbert, attended MIT. After the accidental shipboard death of John Pomeroy Dabney in 1874, the fortunes of his wife Sarah and his son Frank seemed to diminish, and most if not all of the Dabneys left Fayal. Frank was required by his uncles to leave MIT and look after family investments in Ohio. Members of the family settled in estates in California near Santa Barbara. Samuel Dabney built a house in California in 1892 which he called the Fayal Ranch. Sarah H. Dabney lived abroad with at least two of her daughters. Frank Dabney settled in Seattle in 1900.

Edith Dabney was born around 1885 to Frank and Mary Dabney. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1903 and became the headmistress of a girl's school in Seattle. She married Sherwood Ford and was an aunt to her brother Jack's children Francis and Joan Dabney. In March of 1909, Edith joined her parents and six others for a skiing trip to Mt. Rainier where she and her close friend Milnora Roberts became the first women to make a ski trip on the mountain, and the first to make a trip of any kind to an altitude of 7000 feet in the winter. This achievement is chronicled in an article written on March 27, 1909 in the Seattle Times, as well as an article entitled, "A Wonderland of Glaciers and Snow" written by Minora's husband Milnor Roberts in June of 1909 in the National Geographic Magazine.

Photographs relating to the Dabney family, who were a prominent family that included several members who served as consuls for the Azores. The collection includes a hand-made album of photographs of the family at Fayal Ranch, and the family home built by Samuel Dabney in California in 1892. Also included is an album with pictures of a climbing expedition to Mt. Rainier with Milnor and Milnora Roberts and Carl Gould.

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Donors: Nathaniel Harris, 2007; Sally D. Parker, 2011.

Processed by: Sara Cordes, 2017.

47 photographs and 2 postcards accessioned as PH2009-008.

Dabney family papers (Mss Coll 4210) in the repository.

 Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Dabney family--Photographs Photographs California Home and family

 

Fayal Ranch Album

Photographs of family members, house and scenery, probably at the house in California built by Samuel Dabney called "Fayal Ranch."

 1/1 1-1 Man sitting on shoreline with fishing rod between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-2a One woman sitting and one standing on rocks facing the water with fishing rods between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-2b Four people standing on rocks at edge of water, two with fishing rods between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-3 People sitting at the top of large bolders between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-4 Man gesturing next to woman with fishing rod and people looking out onto water in background between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-5-1-6 Views of foliage and landscape between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-7 View of house with striped awning and tree covered path in background between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-8 View of house with woman standing on balcony and wire fence with rosebushes in foreground between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-9 Stone sculpture with wooden picket fence in background between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-10 View of horse drawn cart on dirt path between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-11 Columns supporting overhang of a house with vine trellis between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-12 Man farming with two horses and mountains in the background between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-13 Woman kneeling on ground in front of a house between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-14 Woman offering fruit to another woman sitting on a rocking chair between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-15 Cacti on rocks between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-16 Woman standing in front of vegetation with house in background between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-17 A man and woman in front of wooden structure with overhanging plants in foreground between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-18a Dirt path leading to house between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-18b House with large porch area covered with vine trellis between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-19a Man farming in field with machinery pulled by three horses between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-19b Five horses in paddock between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-20 Two men and a woman with a dock sitting on large boulders between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-21 A woman in a house looking out of the window, vine trellis on the right-hand side of window between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-22 A house in the background with a tarp overhang between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-23 A trellis on the side of a porch with climbing flowers between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-24 View of trellis along the side of a porch, the rest of the house in the background between 1891 and 1900

This is the view of the same trellis as item: -23a from the other side

 1/1 1-25 A man and a dog sit under the shade of a bush with a house in the background between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-26 A wooden barn and an animal walking on tilled land in the foreground between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-27 A woman and a bird on large rocks with large bushes in the background between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-28 Woman sitting under climbing vines on a porch holding her hat between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-29 A cow and a chicken roam in a paddock with a large tree between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-30 Two women sitting under a large tree with rolling hills in the background between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-31 A man standing on the back of farming equipment pulled by four horses between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-32 Three women and a man among succulent plants with an agricultural grove in the background between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-33 A dirt path leading into the distance with large trees between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-34 A woman walking up a road flanked by cinder block walls between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-35 A woman and man sitting on stairs leading to the porch of a house between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-36 View of the beach from a high vantage point with vegetation between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-37 Three men and three women standing next to a horse between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-38 A grove of trees with brush underneath between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-39 Three women and a man carrying pinecones in their aprons and large bags between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-40 Three men and a woman riding horses between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-41a View of a body of water between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-41b People and a dog standing on the shorelines with a boat on the water in the background between 1891 and 1900 1/1 1-42 A man standing in front of a large tree with a body of water in the background between 1891 and 1900 Mountain Album 1/2 2-1 Mt. Rainier from Paradise Park 1895

Same image as item 2-17.

 1/2 2-2a Expedition party, including guide Jules Stampfler, Edith Dabney, Frank Dabney, and others [illeg.] August 9, 1908

Written on album page: Ascent of Mount Rainier from Paradise Valley. August 9, 1908 (2 a.m. - 9 p.m.).

 1/2 2-2b Mountian trail around Gilbraltar August 9, 1908 1/2 2-2c View of snowpack above Camp Muir August 9, 1908 1/2 2-2d View from Gibraltar Rock August 9, 1908 1/2 2-3a Guide ropes up Gilbraltar Rock August 9, 1908 1/2 2-3b People laying on the snow with long wooden stakes near the summit signaling to Longmire with mirror August 9, 1908 1/2 2-3c View from above Gibraltar August 9, 1908 1/2 2-3d Snow mound at Columbia Crest August 9, 1908 1/2 2-4a Looking across the crater August 9, 1908 1/2 2-4b Expedition party walking in a line above Gilbraltar August 9, 1908 1/2 2-4c Party leaving the summit August 9, 1908

Edith Dabney and Frank Dabney and guide Jules S. identified

 1/2 2-4d Two people looking at Camp Muir in the distance August 9, 1908 1/2 2-5a Milnora Roberts and Edith Dabney on skis February 22, 1909

Written on album page: Feburary 22-1909 Longmire's.

 1/2 2-5b Snow covered trees and hill February 22, 1909 1/2 2-6a Expedition party lined up on skis in front of lodge, left-right Milnora Roberts, Mrs. Worral Wilson, Miss Sally Nieman, Edith Dabney, Frank Dabney, Mary Dabney, Minor Roberts, and Carl Gould February 22, 1909 1/2 2-6b Side view of expedition party on skis up a snow covered hill, left-right Milnora Roberts, Mrs. Worral Wilson, Mary Dabney, Frank Dabney, Miss Sally Nieman, Edith Dabney, Milnor Roberts February 22, 1909 1/2 2-6c Caretakers- left-right Milnora Robert, Mrs. Worral Wilson, Mary Dabney, Frank Dabney, Miss Sally Nieman, Edith Dabney, Milnor Roberts February 22, 1909 Carl Gould 1/2 2-7a Milnor Roberts and Carl Gould on skis early 1900s? 1/2 2-7b Expedition members skiing in the distance with trees in the background early 1900s? 1/2 2-7c Six expedition members on skis early 1900s? 1/2 2-8a Milnor Roberts, Frank Dabney, Edith Dabney, Milnora Roberts sitting on the snow early 1900s?

Caption: Afterward-.

 1/2 2-8b Milnora Roberts, Milnor Roberts, Frank Dabney, and Edith Dabney from the back sitting on the snow having lunch early 1900s?

Caption: Lunch on the way

 1/2 2-8c Four expedition members standing their skis up vertically early 1900s? 1/2 2-9a Snow covered bridge over Paradise River early 1900s? 1/2 2-9b Snow covered waterfall early 1900s? 1/2 2-9c Frank Dabney putting on a sweater with Milnor Roberts' help early 1900s? 1/2 2-10a Milnora Roberts with her arms around a snowman named "the last Rainomer" early 1900s? 1/2 2-10b A horse sitting on the ground with a woman standing next to it early 1900s?

Caption: He didn't want to take C.G. [Carl Gould] back to Ashford for the train.

 1/2 2-11a Two men tending to a horse with another man riding it (possibly Carl Gould) early 1900s?

Caption: But he had to.

 1/2 2-11b Carl Gould? holding skis while riding a horse early 1900s? 1/2 2-12a View of two mountain peaks in the distance with forest in the foreground early 1900s?

Caption: From the Ramparts? Or Shuskin [sp: Shuksan] ridge?

 1/2 2-12b View of mountain peaks on far left and far right of photo with forest in the foreground early 1900s? 1/2 2-12c-2-14a View of cloud-covered mountain peak in background, and snow-covered ridge of foreground on right early 1900s?

items 2-13a-b, 2-14a taken by Milnor Roberts and included in his National Geographic Magazine article, Vol. 20, March 1909, pgs 532-533.

 1/2 2-14b Left-right Frank Dabney, Sally Nieman, Mary Dabney and Mrs. Worral Wilson at the Ashford train station early 1900s?

Caption: At Ashford- waiting for the train home.

 1/2 2-15 Lake Louise and Chalet, Rocky Mountains early 1900s? R.H. Truman & Co, Vancouver B.C 1/2 2-16 Mount Macdonald [McDonald] 1892 Notman & Son Photo, G. Horne Russell, Montreal, B.C 1/2 2-17 Mt. Rainier from Paradise Park 1895

Same image as 2-1.

 1/2 2-18 Mt. Rainier from Paradise Park 1895 1/2 2-19a View of crew team on water close to shore with docks behind them early 1900s?

Caption: From launch B. Wilson's party for Amelia + Ruth.

1/2 2-19b View of crew team on open water with boat behind them early 1900s? 1/2 2-20a View of crew team on open water with three boats behind them, taken from another boat early 1900s? 1/2 2-20b-c Group of men and women sitting on boat with flag out the window early 1900s?

Caption: Dickinson, Babcock, Ruth E., Amelia F.

 1/2 2-20d-2-21b Group of men and women sitting on the ground having a picnic June, July 1909

Caption: Robert's picnic on Foster Island.

 1/2 2-22a-2-23c Francis Dabney with family (including John Pomeroy Dabney Jr. and Frank Dabney) early 1900s? 1/2 2-24a Dr. Willis' cottage in Squawk Slough near Redmond, WA early 1900s? 1/2 2-24b Left-right, John Pomeroy Dabney Jr., Francis Dabney, and Frank Dabney early 1900s? 1/2 2-24c People on a boat next to shoreline early 1900s?

Caption: Their Boat house.

 1/2 2-25a View of sailboats on the water early 1900s? 1/2 2-25b-c Milnor Roberts wearing a costume July 3-4, 1909

Frank Dabney is standing on the left in item -25b.

Caption: M.R. [Milnor Roberts] at B. Wilson's house party. F.D. [Frank Dabney] July 3-4- 1909- at Clubhouse! Sunday a.m.

 1/2 2-26a Waldenar Nieman and John Walsh skiing down hill February 1910

Page caption: Scenic Hot Springs Feb. 1910. Rainoma Ski Club.

 1/2 2-26b Large tree with ladder balanced against it and mountains in the background February 1910

Caption: Aunt May wrote saga.

 1/2 2-26c Edith Dabney on skis under a fallen tree February 1910

Caption: E.D. [Edith Dabney] the strong woman.

 1/2 2-27a Carl Gould, Milnora Roberts, Waldenar Nieman, Edith Dabney, Frank Dabney on skis under a tree February 1910 1/2 2-27b Snow covered lanscape flanked by two trees February 1910 1/2 2-27c River running through snow covered landscape February 1910 1/2 2-28a-e Views of Snoqualmie Pass 1910-1911

Page caption: Snoqualmie Pass with Mr. & Mrs. Herman Field in Milwaukee cars 1910? 1911.

 1/2 2-29a Traveling party including: Milnor Roberts, Mr. Field, Milnora Roberts, J. Haller, Mary Dabney, Frank Dabney, Carl Gould, Edith Dabney, John Rogers, Waldenar Nieman, and Mrs. Field standing on the back of a train car 1910-1911 1/2 2-29b-d, f Views of train cars stuck in the snow and rotary snow plow train 1910-1911

Caption: The Storm

 1/2 2-29e Members of traveling party on snowshoes including: Edith Dabney, J. Haller, Mrs. Field, Milnor Roberts, Mrs. Field 1910-1911 1/2 2-30a Edith Dabney, John Roberts, Milnora Roberts, and J. Haller in front of log cabin, with Milnor Roberts standing on top of the cabin on skis early 1900s?

Caption: After the storm.

 1/2 2-30b Carl Gould skiing down a hill early 1900s? 1/2 2-30c Milnora Roberts on skis, with people behind the hill in the background early 1900s? 1/2 2-30d Man covered in snow early 1900s? 1/2 2-30e Frank Dabney skiing down a hill early 1900s? 1/2 2-30f Carl Gould and Milnora Roberts on skis early 1900s? 1/2 2-30g Edith Dabney skiing down a hill early 1900s? 1/2 2-31a Edith Dabney laying on the ground in the snow after falling early 1900s? 1/2 2-31b Edith Dabney, a woman, Mary Dabney, Jessie Walsh, Milnora Roberts, Frank Dabney, Milnor Roberts, (bottom row, left-right) J. Haller, Carl Gould, Mrs. Field, John Rodgers, Mr. Field early 1900s?

Caption: The Troupe.

 1/2 2-31c Edith Dabney buried in snow after falling early 1900s? 1/2 2-31d Double exposure of people standing on skis in the snow early 1900s?

Caption: Two in one.

 1/2 2-31e View of snow-covered trees early 1900s? 1/2 2-32a A snow sculpture of a seal (?) on top of a snow bank early 1900s? 1/2 2-32b John Roberts, Frank Dabney, John Walsh, Carl Gould, Milnora Roberts, J. Haller, and Milnor Roberts on skis eating early 1900s? 1/2 2-32c A man and woman standing in a dugout in a snowbank early 1900s? 1/2 2-32d Three people in the distance in snowy landscape early 1900s? 1/2 2-32e Frank Dabney and Milnor Roberts in the snow with large trees in the background early 1900s? 1/2 2-33a,b,d Trees covered in snow with mountains in the background early 1900s? 1/2 2-33c,e,f Blurry shots of people in the air after taking a jump on skis early 1900s?

Caption: The jump.

 1/2 2-34a Mrs. Field standing next to the engine of a train early 1900s? 1/2 2-34b (Left-right) Mary Dabney, Milnora Roberts, Mrs. Field, and Edith Dabney posing in the snow early 1900s? 1/2 2-34c-e,h Figures on skis early 1900s? 1/2 2-34f-g Mr. Field and Mrs. Field learning to ski early 1900s?

Caption: Their initiation.

 1/2 2-35a People standing in the snow early 1900s? 1/2 2-35b A man standing on top of a cabin shoveling snow early 1900s? 1/2 2-35c J. Haller, Mr. Field, John Rodgers, Mrs. Field, Milnor Roberts standing next to skis leaned against the caboose of the train, with Frank Dabney and Edith Dabney at the top of the hill early 1900s? 1/2 2-35d Six people standing on skis in the middle of the snow early 1900s? 1/2 2-35e Figures in the distance standing next to a train with steam blowing early 1900s? 1/2 2-36a-e Rainoma Ski Club enjoying a picnic and playing games early 1900s?

Caption: Rodgers and Walshes entertain Rainoma Ski Club. Admiral's Navy tug to Seabeck.

Item c is identified: (left-right) Mrs. Field, Mrs. Worral Wilson, Mr. Field, Edith Dabeny, Worral Wilson, Mary Dabney, Jessie Walsh, Frank Dabney, John Rodgers, Waldenar Nieman, John Walsh.

 1/2 2-36f, 37a View of mountains and water possibly from Rainoma Ski Club picnic event early 1900s? 1/2 2-37b,d,f,g Views of plane with large crowd gathered early 1900s? 1/2 2-37c Crowd gathered at shoreline with canoe in water early 1900s? 1/2 2-37e,h View of Denny Regrade Possibly 1908-1911? 1/2 2-38a-2-39a,c,e,f Francis Dabney with family members early 1900s?

Man in items 38d,e,f identified as Frank Dabney, woman in item 38d identified as B.M.D.

 1/2 2-39b Group of three men, two women, and two children sitting on a porch early 1900s?

Caption: At Donworth's.

 1/2 2-39d A house on the shoreline taken from the water early 1900s? 1/2 2-40a Frank Dabney with grandson Francis Dabney 1910 1/2 2-40b,d Jack Dabney with son Francis Dabney 1910 1/2 2-40c,e Francis Dabney 1910 1/2 2-40f-g, 2-41a-b University of Washington Faculty Baseball game early 1900s? 1/2 2-41c-d Jessie Walsh standing next to machinery early 1900s? 1/2 2-42a-2-43d, f-i Views from a cabin in Bremerton early 1900s?

Caption: With Walshes at Bremerton Cabin.

 1/2 2-43e Bremerton drydock early 1900s? 1/2 2-44a View of shoreline and birds in Crystal Springs, Bainbridge, WA early 1900s? 1/2 2-44b-g Francis Dabney playing near water in Crystal Springs, Bainbridge, WA early 1900s? 1/2 2-45a-i Views of seagulls and water in Port Gamble, WA early 1900s? 1/2 2-46a,c,e Views of water and surrounding landscape early 1900s? 1/2 2-46b Man standing next to fence with dogs with water in the background early 1900s? 1/2 2-46d Person amidst tree stumps next to wood cabins with water in the background early 1900s? 1/2 2-47a Ice over a flowing stream early 1900s? 1/2 2-47b,c,d Milnora Roberts skiing early 1900s?

Item b captioned: "Une ski-esta. Impressé et gravé par M. de B.R..

 1/2 2-48a Man standing in a large depression dug in the dirt early 1900s? 1/2 2-48b An explosion of large dirt clods in the air with machinery on left side in the background early 1900s? Loose Album Pages 1/3 3-1a-c Group of hikers on glaciers early 1900s? 1/3 3-2a Frank Dabney and Sarinha Dabney in front of tents at Reese's Camp in Paradise Valley, WA early 1900s? 1/3 3-2b A man and a woman near tents at Reese's Camp in Paradise Valley, WA early 1900s? 1/3 3-2c (left-right) Frank Dabney, Edith Dabney, Maude Parsons, Miss Anderson, Sarinha Dabney, and Mary Dabney hiking next to a large rock face early 1900s? 1/3 3-3a A woman walking on snow behind Reese's Camp early 1900s? 1/3 3-3b Dining room on log cabins that have canvas tents on top early 1900s? 1/3 3-3c View of snow in a valley with trees flanking each side early 1900s? 1/3 3-4a Sarinha and Edith Dabney from the back sitting on a rock next to each other early 1900s? 1/3 3-4b Sarinha Dabney sitting in a rock pile early 1900s? 1/3 3-4c Maude Parsons and a woman sitting on rocks, with Frank Dabney lying next to them early 1900s? 1/3 3-5a (left-right) Frank Dabney, Sarinha Dabney, and a woman in front of a large rock face early 1900s? 1/3 3-5b Mary Dabney in left corner of image, trees in the distance early 1900s? 1/3 3-6a A waterfall through a valley early 1900s? 1/3 3-6b Sluiskin Falls, Pierce County, WA early 1900s? Miscellaneous Photos 1/4 4 Sarah Webster Dabney in cloak, holding hat 1860s? 1/4 5 Postcard of a landing stage at Azores from Sarah Hickling Dabney (?) to M.W. Webster 1905?-1915? 1/4 6 Italian postcard of view of city from Sarah Hickling Dabney (?) to C.P.L. 1890s?-1900s? 1/4 7 Six people harvesting a crop 1890s?-1900s? 1/4 8 Minor Roberts, Edith Dabney, and Milnora Roberts with University of Washington College of Mines students sitting on felled tree 1909

Written on verso: U. of W. College of Mines Spring field trip to mine above Index- Milnora Roberts (6th from right end), Edith Dabney (5th from right end), Milnor Roberts (1st from right end).

 1/4 9 Milnora Roberts and Edith Dabney with University of Washington College of Mines students sitting on felled tree 1909

Written on verso: U. of W. College of Mines Spring field trip to mine above Index- near mine. M. de B. Roberts (4th from right end), Edith Dabney (3rd from right end).