University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0277Boyd & Braas CompanyBoyd and Braas
photographsapproximately 1889-189564 photographic prints (1 box)Collection materials are in
English.Early Seattle
views, especially of the waterfront and street scenes, parks, and Washington
State views including Snoqualmie Falls, Mt. Rainier, and lakesWilliam F. Boyd was born on September 5, 1848 in Ohio. He later moved
to Madison County, Iowa and in 1865 apprenticed in a photographic studio. Boyd
married Sarah Laudenbeck in 1874. He opened a successful gallery in Des Moines,
Iowa that he operated until 1888 when he relocated to Seattle. A year after he
arrived, his gallery was destroyed in the Seattle fire of June 6, 1889. He
re-opened his photographic business in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood at 2310
Front Street. In the spring of 1890 he established a partnership with George H.
Braas to form the Boyd & Braas Company. The business continued successfully
until the spring of 1893 when Boyd retired from the company to establish his
own business.
George H. Braas was born in Germany in 1866. When he was fourteen
years old he and his family moved to the United States. In 1889 he started a
photography business in Seattle, joining with Boyd one year later. From
1895-1896 he partnered with Morton S. McClaire with a studio at 614 Front
Street. He had twin daughters Lucille May and Elsa Agnes. He died July 28,
1914.
Images of early Seattle views, especially of the waterfront, street
scenes and parks. Some Washington State views: Snoqualmie Falls, Mt. Rainier,
and various lakes as well as portraits. Images have been separated by
photographer, Boyd & Braas, William F. Boyd, and George H. Braas.
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Processing completed 2017.
15 photographs of the Seattle Fire of 1889 and its aftermath were
relocated to PHColl 684, Seattle Fire Photographs, in the repository (Boyd and
Braas numbers 2, 11, 14, 64, 89, 90, 91, U-1, U-2, U-4, U-5, U-6, U-8, U-9,
U-10 ).
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Boyd, William F., 1848-1918Braas, George HMercer family--PhotographsBoyd & Braas CompanySeattle (Wash.)--History--PhotographsSnoqualmie Falls (Wash. : Waterfall)--PhotographsWashington (State)--History--PhotographsCityscape PhotographsPhotographsGreat Fire, Seattle, Wash., 1889--PhotographsHops--Harvesting--Washington (State)--PhotographsIndians of North America--Washington (State)--PhotographsParks--Washington (State)--Seattle--PhotographsStreets--Washington (State)--Seattle--PhotographsWaterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle--PhotographsPhotographsSeattleWashington (State)
Boyd and BraasImages created by Boyd & Braas Photographic Studio.
Seattle1/1BBS1James McNaught mansion occupied by the Rainier Club,
southeast corner of 4th Avenue and Spring Street (Boyd and Braas
18)1889 1/1BBS2Damaged buildings and horse drawn carriage1890 Written on verso: 1 San Francisco Store-Toklas and Singeman. 2
Melhorn blk. 3 Safe Deposit bldg. Soldiers guarding rear entrance. 4. Stewart
and Heoluies Drug Co. Wm L. Lindsley 222 West Lee Street.
1/1BBS3Plymouth Congregational Church and Third Street,
Seattle (Boyd and Braas 147)1890 1/1BBS4Seattle waterfront with ship and Oregon Improvement
Company dock visible (Boyd and Braas 4)1890 1/1BBS5Downtown Seattle looking north on 1st Avenue from
Cherry Street (Boyd and Braas 192)
1890? 1/1BBS6Looking north on 2nd Avenue from James Street, Seattle
(Boyd and Braas 140)
1890? 1/1BBS7Composite photograph of Chief Seattle, Angeline, Mt.
Rainier from Seattle and Seattle waterfront (Boyd and Braas 127)
1890? 1/1BBS8Looking north on 1st Avenue from Cherry Street (Boyd
and Braas 97)
1890? 1/1BBS9Path through the forest at Madrona Park (Boyd and
Braas 66)
1890? 1/1BBS10Two women in Madrona Park (Boyd and Braas
67)
1890? 1/2BBS11Leschi Park gazebo and grounds (Boyd and Braas
68)
1890? 1/2BBS12Leschi Park grounds with view of C.V. Johnson and Sons
boat rentals (Boyd and Braas 70)
1890? 1/2BBS13Occidental Square with view of the Pioneer Building,
Seattle
1890? 1/2BBS14Looking west on Cherry Street from 3rd Avenue,
downtown Seattle
1890?Handcolored 1/2BBS15Steam ships at Yesler's Wharf with
President Harrison disembarking the City of Seattle
(Boyd and Braas 9)May 6,
1891 Written on photo: President Harrison in Seattle "The
Landing."
The same photograph can be found in PH 34.21a in William F.
Boyd Album.
1/2BBS16Steam ships at Yesler's Wharf with
President Harrison disembarking the City of
SeattleMay 6,
1891 1/2BBS17Mount Rainier and Lake Washington
1891? 1/2BBS18Tracks of the Seattle Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad
along Lake Sammamish (Boyd and Braas 47)
1891? 1/3BBS19Horse drawn carriages and buildings, Columbia Street,
Seattle (Boyd and Braas 133)
1891?Copy print 1/3BBS20Native American canoes in harbor at the foot of
Washington Street (Boyd and Braas 22)
1891? 1/3BBS21Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle (Boyd and
Braas 61)
1891?Handcolored 1/3BBS22Schwabacher building on fire with crowd of people,
downtown SeattleJune 27,
1892 1/3BBS23Seattle waterfront with the Oregon Improvement Company
dock visible1892 1/3BBS24Seattle waterfront with the Seattle Hotel and Oregon
Improvement Company dock visible1892 1/3BBS25Seattle waterfront with ship Hassalo and Oregon Improvement Company dock visible
(Boyd and Braas 152)1892Copy print 1/4BBS26King County Courthouse, Yesler Building (Boyd and
Braas 21)before
1892 1/4BBS27View of street and businesses on Commercial Street
South from Pioneer Place (Boyd and Braas 145)before
1892Handcolored 1/4BBS28Butler building (Boyd and Braas 53)
1893? 1/6BBS29U.S. Cruiser Baltimore in
Seattle harborbetween
1889 and 1896? 1/4BBS30Large log for the Mechanic Pavilion for the Alaska
Yukon Pacific Exposition, 1st Avenue Seattle (Boyd and Braas 162)1909 Written on photo: Timber for Mechanic Pavilion World's Fair.
Length 125 ft.
1/4BBS31Boyd and Braas advertisement or backing of a cabinet
card1909Copy printXH2BBS32Panorama of Seattle waterfront1892 Caption on mounting: Seattle "The Queen City".
Hand-colored composite print.
Portraits1/5BBP1Mrs. Hester Ward Mercer, "Aunt Hetty"
1890? 1/5BBP2Mrs. Hester Ward Mercer, "Aunt Hetty,"
seated
1890? 1/5BBP3Woman and man with beard
1890? Various Locations1/6BB1U.S. Cruiser Charleston
on the water (Boyd and Braas 31)between
1889 and 1896? 1/6BB2Path through forest, Washington (Boyd and Braas
79)
1890? Written on photo: A Washington Road.
1/6BB3Lake Sutherland, Olympic Mountains (Boyd and Braas
85)
1890? 1/6BB4Lake Crescent, Olympic Mountains
1890? 1/6BB5Man fishing on Snoqualmie River (Boyd and Braas
111)
1890? 1/6BB6Mountains and water (Boyd and Braas 205)
1891? Written on photo: Moonlight on sound.
1/6BB7Man with book at base of Snoqualmie Falls (Boyd and
Braas 25)
1891?Handcolored 1/6BB8Snoqualmie Falls (Boyd and Braas 48)
1891? Written on photo: 268 Ft.
1/7BB9Snoqualmie Falls
1891? 1/7BB10Snoqualmie Falls
1891? 1/7BB11Snoqualmie Falls
1891?HandcoloredSame item as BB10.
1/7BB12Native American hop pickers (Boyd and Braas
88)
1893? William F. BoydImages created by William F. Boyd. Boyd's studio was located at
the corner of Front and Columbia Street, Seattle, Washington.
Seattle1/8BYS1Men standing in front of a railroad car holding logs,
Seattle waterfrontbefore
1889 1/8BYS2Ship City of Puebla
moored at Seattle Waterfrontbefore
1889 Written on mount: Before fire 1889.
1/8BYS3Paddle Steamer Olympian
moored at Seattle Waterfrontbefore
1889 1/8BYS4Ships and the Seattle waterfrontbefore
1889 Snoqualmie Falls1/8BYSF1View from the base of Snoqualmie Falls (Boyd
501)1888? 1/8BYSF2Fishermen at Snoqualmie Falls (Boyd 511)1888? Portraits1/9BYP1Thomas Mercer
1890? 1/9BYP2Young man with a bowtiebetween
1889 and 1904? 1/9BYP3Young woman with flowers on her dressbetween
1889 and 1904? KVXC1BYP4University of Washington students
1905? 1/9BYP5Young woman standing with wicker chairbetween
1889 and 1904? 1/9BYP6Two womenbetween
1889 and 1904? 1/9BYP7Woman with bow in her hairbetween
1889 and 1904? 1/9BYP8William J. Armourbefore
1890George H. BraasImages created by George H. Braas.
Landscapes1/10BRL1Mount Rainier, Washington18931/10BRL2Snoqualmie River with view of Mount Si, Washington
(Braas 19)
1895? 1/10BRL3Longmire Springs, Mount Rainier, Washington (Braas
219)1895Copy print 1/10BRL4Mountaineers in a line going downhill, Mount Rainier,
Washington (Braas 220)
1895?Copy print Written on photo: Returning from the summit.
1/10BRL5Mountaineers sitting and standing on rocks in
Nisqually riverbed, Mount Rainier, Washington (Braas 233)
1895?Copy print Written on photo: Crossing the Nesqually River
Seattle1/10BRS1Ship Willamette docked in
Seattle loading passengersAugust
9, 1897 Written on photo: Off for the Klondike, the Willamette ready
to leave Seattle.
Portraits1/11BRP1Princess Angeline standing with cane
1890? Same image can be found in the PH844 Princess Angeline
Photograph and Postcard Collection.
1/11BRP2William Greenleaf Appleton, Hugh Redman, Henry L.
Ford, William Gilmer and Robert Kennedy of the S.S.
PattersonFebruary
20, 1895 Written on verso: Mr. Wm Greenlead Appleton, Mr. Hugh Redman,
Mr. Henry L. Ford, Ensign Wm Kirck Gilmer and Dr. Robert Murir Kennedy- of the
U.S.S. Patterson- Seattle, Washington U.S.A. - Feb. 20th 1895. Zoe Semple-from
H.R.-
1/11BRP3Donald A. McDonald, William J. Laube, Howard A. Hausm
of the Stanford Debate Team1902 Written on verso: Held in Stanford Chapel.
KVXC1BRP4University of Washington women's basketball
team1901 Written on mount: 1st Team Girls Basket Ball. Blanch Winsor,
Lillian Knight, Maude LeGate, Beatrice Sorrenson, Bess McDonnell, Ann Herbert,
Stella Brintoll.
KVXC1BRP5University of Washington baseball team in
uniform1905 1/12BRP6Portrait of a woman seated
1900? 1/12BRP7Portrait of a woman with glasses
1900? 1/12BRP8Portrait of a woman
1900? 1/13BRP9Portrait of a woman with bows on her dress
1900? 1/13BRP10Portrait of a woman, Jeanne
1900? Written on verso: Yours without a struggle Jeanne.