182 results for: Curtis
Photograph
Asahel Curtis and companion on Skagway Trail, circa 1897
Seattleite Asahel Curtis left for the Klondike in 1897 and stayed two years, taking photos for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. With today's tiny cameras and one-hour printing, it is easy to forget that he and the other gold rush photographers had to haul hundreds of pounds of glass photographic plates, heavy equipment, and chemicals through the wilderness and find places to…
ID Number:SHS16720
Date:Circa 1897
Photograph
Worker making saddle at Duncan & Sons, Seattle, December 23, 1918
Duncan & Sons was a harness and saddle manufacturing business located at 212 Second Avenue South. Their familiar model horse stood above the entrance to the business for many years, only recently to disappear when the company closed. In this photo, a worker rivets coat straps to the body of a cavalry saddle. It is part of a series of…
ID Number:SHS19314
Date:1918