86 results for: Curtis, Edward
Photograph
Horse-drawn wagon in front of store, probably in Seattle, circa 1915
This photo of an unnamed store or house with a horse and buggy in front is a copy negative and part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee…
ID Number:1974.5923.369.2
Date:Circa 1915
Photograph
Waterfront from Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1920
This photo of the Seattle waterfront is a copy negative and part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925, and McBride continued…
ID Number:1974.5923.372.1
Date:Circa 1920
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Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) fountain, Seattle, circa 1920
Seattle sculptor James A. Wehn designed this fountain and copper statue of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) that stands in Tilikum Place at the corner of Denny Way, Cedar Street, and Fifth Avenue. Tilikum is a Chinook term meaning "greeting," and Chief Si'ahl stands with hand raised to welcome the white settlers who landed at Alki Point in 1851. Wehn based…
ID Number:1974.5923.373.2
Date:Circa 1920
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Roy Chapman Andrews and Wilhelmina Christmas Andrews, Seattle, June 1936
Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960) was a naturalist who led expeditions through the Gobi Desert and Mongolia, and later became director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is shown here with this second wife Wilhelmia Christmas Andrews in 1936.This photo is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the…
ID Number:1974.5923.374
Date:1936
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Paul and Theiline M. Pigott with children, circa 1930
In 1934, Paul Pigott bought back the Pacific Car and Foundry Company, a rail car manufacturing business his father originally started in 1905 but sold to American Car Co. in 1924. He rebuilt the Seattle company with 125 employees into one of the top industrial corporations in the U.S. Under the leadership of his son, Charles M. Pigott, Pacific Car…
ID Number:1974.5923.376
Date:Circa 1930
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Struson children, Seattle, 1938
This portrait of the Struson children is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925, and McBride continued to operate a studio…
ID Number:1974.5923.377
Date:1938
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Captain James Griffiths with his family, Seattle, 1938
Captain James Griffiths arrived in Tacoma in 1885 from England and opened an office under the name of James Griffiths & Company as ship brokers, commission merchants, and stevedores. Over the next several years, he created many partnerships and firms including the Tacoma Steam Navigation Company where he built the first seagoing tug in Tacoma. With Griffiths, Bridges and Stetson…
ID Number:1974.5923.391
Date:1938
Photograph
Julius Harold Bloedel, Seattle, 1937
Julius Harold Bloedel (1864-1957) was a lumberman and businessman. This portrait of Bloedel is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925,…
ID Number:1974.5923.393
Date:1937
Program
The Curtis Picture Musicale program, circa 1912
From 1911 to 1913, photographer Edward S. Curtis toured the country with a multimedia production, The Curtis Picture Musicale, based on his photographs of Indigenous peoples. At this point, Curtis’s efforts to document Indigenous life had already taken 14 years, and he expected that it would take eight additional years to complete the project. The Musicale, a fund-raising effort, was…
ID Number:1980.7060.1
Date:Circa 1912
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Edward C. Wells, March 1985
Edward C. Wells (1910-1986) was an engineer and senior vice president of the Boeing Company, and served on the company’s board of directors. He played a major role in the design of Boeing planes, from bombers, such as the B-17 Flying Fortress and B-29, to jet transports, including the 707, 747 and others. Wells was born in Boise, Idaho and…
ID Number:1985.135.29
Date:1985