This photo of Arthur Denny and Rolland Herschel Denny in front of Dexter Horton Bank in Seattle is included in a cartes de visite album that was owned by Margaret Lenora Denny. It includes additional portraits which are probably of people in Washington, D.C. from when Arthur Denny served there as a representative for Washington Territory.
Seattle pioneer Arthur Armstrong Denny (1822-1899) and his wife Mary Ann Boren Denny (1822-1910) arrived at Alki Point on Elliott Bay in 1851, after traveling from Illinois to Oregon by wagon train with their young daughters Louisa Catherine (1844-1924) and Margaret Lenora (1847-1915). The Denny sons Rolland Hershel (1851-1939), Orion O. (1853-1919) and Charles Latimer (1861-1919) were born in Seattle. Arthur Denny became one of Seattle’s wealthiest citizens and served as a member of the territorial legislature in Washington D.C.
Rolland Denny was part of the first graduating class of the Territorial University, later to become the University of Washington, class of 1869. He went on to work with Dexter Horton, Seattle’s first banker (the Dexter Horton Bank later became SeaFirst Bank), eventually becoming the bank's director.
Caption information source: "The Denny Mansion," http://www.lochkelden.org/denny-mansion.htm
ID Number: 1990.45.30.1
Date: Circa 1880
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : b&w ; 2.5 x 4 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv35104
Credit: MOHAI, George and Louisa Frye Family Papers, 1990.45.30.1
