Henry and Mary Peterson Photograph Collection, between 1855 and 1905?

Henry Peterson (1843-1911) was born in Lom, Norway. He moved to Chicago when he was 12 and served in the Union Army during the Civil War. In 1876, he and his brother Lewis (1846-1934) arrived in Seattle to operate "The Seattle Photograph Gallery" (also briefly called the "Seattle Art Gallery"). Peterson & Bro. offered photographs of the Puget Sound, as well as being an established portrait business. At some point, the brothers also traveled up to Alaska to photograph the area. Peterson & Bro. remained a modestly successful business until it was wiped out in the great fire of 1889. Following the fire, Henry retired from photography.

Mary (Halverson) Peterson (1846-1931) was born in Norway in November, 1846. She married Henry Peterson in 1868 and in 1880 the couple was living on First Street in Seattle along with Henry's brother Lewis. After the Seattle Fire of 1889, the couple moved to 1420 E. Madison Street in Seattle. Mary died in Bothell, Washington in 1931 and is interred at Lake View Cemetery along with Henry and Lewis.