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Image of Home of Harry Whitney and Olive Treat on West Highland Drive, Seattle, circa 1906
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Home of Harry Whitney and Olive Treat on West Highland Drive, Seattle, circa 1906

Harry Whitney Treat arrived in Seattle when the city was flush with Gold Rush earnings and invested in large tracts of real estate north of Ballard. As construction commenced on the 30-room Treat home atop Queen Anne Hill, at 1 West Highland Drive, he developed the area of Loyal Heights and Loyal Beach (now Golden Gardens). They were named after…
ID Number:1946.404.d.1
Date:Circa 1906
Image of Entrance hall to the Treat family home, Seattle, circa 1906
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Entrance hall to the Treat family home, Seattle, circa 1906

Harry Whitney Treat arrived in Seattle when the city was flush with Gold Rush earnings and invested in large tracts of real estate north of Ballard. As construction commenced on the 30-room Treat home atop Queen Anne Hill, at 1 West Highland Drive, he developed the area of Loyal Heights and Loyal Beach (now Golden Gardens). They were named after…
ID Number:1946.404.d.2
Date:Circa 1906
Image of Priscilla Grace Treat, Seattle, circa 1907
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Priscilla Grace Treat, Seattle, circa 1907

Harry Whitney Treat arrived in Seattle when the city was flush with Gold Rush earnings and invested in large tracts of real estate north of Ballard. As construction commenced on the 30-room Treat home atop Queen Anne Hill, at 1 West Highland Drive, he developed the area of Loyal Heights and Loyal Beach (now Golden Gardens). The Treat family were…
ID Number:1946.404.d.3
Date:Circa 1907
Image of Portrait of Mary Hadley Fletcher, mother of Harriet Foster Beecher, circa 1910
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Portrait of Mary Hadley Fletcher, mother of Harriet Foster Beecher, circa 1910

Mary Hadley Fletcher (1834-1922) was the mother of artist Harriet Foster Beecher and lived with Harriet and her family in Port Townsend. This photo of Fletcher, with a cat on her lap, was taken sometime before her daughter's death in 1915, as a corresponding photo of Harriet in the same location and pose, published in the book cited below, was…
ID Number:1953.303.b
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Account book, 1875
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Account book, 1875

This account book lists debits and credits for February 1875 through October 1877. The first page of the notebook lists two names -- John Mathison and G. A. Meigs. The ledger is probably connected with George Anson Meigs (1816-1896), a lumber merchant from San Francisco who built a saw mill at Port Madison on Bainbridge Island in 1854. Mr. Meigs…
ID Number:1953.641.1a
Date:1875
Image of Marriage certificate for David Denny and Louisa Boren, January 23, 1853
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Marriage certificate for David Denny and Louisa Boren, January 23, 1853

David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) was born in Putnam County, Indiana. In 1851, at age 19, he traveled overland to Alki Point, in what was then Oregon Territory, to prepare for the arrival of the rest of the Denny Party. In 1853, he married his stepsister Louisa Boren (1827-1916), also a member of the Denny party, and moved across the bay…
ID Number:1955.921.c
Date:1853
Image of Portrait of Robert Moran at Rosario Resort, Orcas Island, Washington, circa 1920
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Portrait of Robert Moran at Rosario Resort, Orcas Island, Washington, circa 1920

After working on ships for a number of years Robert Moran (1857-1943) opened a marine repair shop at Yesler's Wharf in 1882. Shortly thereafter he established Moran Brothers Marine and Sawmill Machinery Company (later Moran Brothers Company) with his brothers, Frank Moran (1860-1934) and Sherman Moran (1865-1929). In 1898, the firm built a fleet of 12 steamers and 10 barges,…
ID Number:1955.970.73a
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Young Doctor and his wife Lizzie, Neah Bay, circa 1900
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Young Doctor and his wife Lizzie, Neah Bay, circa 1900

The Makah people of the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula refer to themselves as Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx, which translates roughly to "the people who live by the rocks and seagulls." The early Makah were skilled mariners, using several types of canoes which they carved from western red cedar for various purposes - war, whaling, fishing, sealing, carrying cargo, and long voyages.…
ID Number:1955.970.470.1
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Interior of a longhouse, Neah Bay, circa 1900
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Interior of a longhouse, Neah Bay, circa 1900

The Makah people of the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula refer to themselves as Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx, which translates roughly to "the people who live by the rocks and seagulls." The early Makah were skilled mariners, using several types of canoes which they carved from western red cedar for various purposes - war, whaling, fishing, sealing, carrying cargo, and long voyages.…
ID Number:1955.970.470.10
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Home of Milnor and Milnora Roberts, Seattle, 1909
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Home of Milnor and Milnora Roberts, Seattle, 1909

In 1904, the Roberts family built a comfortable home on the northwest corner of the intersection of NE 45th Street and 15th Avenue NE, near the University of Washington campus. Milnor Roberts was the Dean of the UW College of Mines, and contributed to the founding of the University Book Store. His sister Milnora was active in Seattle women’s clubs,…
ID Number:1966.3954.1
Date:1909
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