ca. 1906. Interior showroom of the Washington Automobile Co., 710-12 Pacific Avenue, circa 1906. It was the first automobile dealership in Tacoma and remained at this location until from approximately 1905-1909. Most of the gleaming cars shown were roofless although those on the left side had softcover tops that could be attached in case of rain.

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ca. 1906. Tacoma smelter smokestack. At the time of its completion in 1905, this was the largest concrete chimney in the world. It was located on the grounds of the American Smelting & Refining Co. (ASARCO) plant in Ruston. It would be superceded by the 571-foot smokestack completed in 1917. (Tacoma New Herald Annual NWR 917.97 T119N 1906)

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ca. 1906. A lone climber sits on a steep slope. Behind him can be seen the face of a glacier with a mountain stream pouring out of the base of the glacier. This photograph was captioned "Old Snowy Glacier - Source of the Tieton River." It is probably a photograph of the McCall Glacier which is at the head of the North Fork Tieton River on the east side of Old Snowy Mountain in the Snoqualmie National Forest.

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ca. 1906. The identification on this image calls it "Old Snowy Glacier." Because it is in a sequence of photographs taken by Smith in the Goat Rock Wilderness area of the Snoqualmie National Forest, it is a good guess that this is the McCall Glacier on the east side of Old Snowy Mountain. The McCall Glacier is at the head of the North Fork Tieton River.

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ca. 1906. A view of Mount Rainier from Yakima County looking northwest. This photograph was probably taken somewhere near the head of the South Fork Tieton River in the Snoqualmie National Forest. The caption on the lantern slide from with this image was taken said: "Mt. Rainier from East - Tieton". The field of snow on the mountain in the picture appears to be a glacier. Probably taken from the Goat Rocks.

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ca. 1906. Hikers and pack horses rest on a mountain slope in this circa 1906 photograph captioned "Goat Peak - Tieton River Head." Beyond the hikers a ridge of mountains fills the horizon. One peak looks like Mt. Curtis Gilbert. The Meade Glacier on the east side of the mountain is the source of the South Fork Tieton River.

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ca. 1906. A group of six campers stand around two tents in a camp in a mountain clearing. The original caption for this photograph was: "Camp Sunrise - Tieton." The circa 1906 photograph by Smith was probably taken in the Snoqualmie National Forest somewhere close to the South Fork Tieton River.

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Mount Baker Trip - Roosevelt Glacier. A view of Mount Baker looking up at Roosevelt Glacier on the north face of the mountain. The ridge of rock to the left of center in this photograph is known as the "cockscomb".

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This photograph was taken by Asahel Curtis near the base camp of the 1906 Mazama climb of Mount Baker. The caption for the lantern slide says: "Galena Lake - Mt. Baker". Galena Lakes were the name given to a group of four lakes that drain into the North Fork, Nooksack River on Mt. Baker's northeast slope. They are now known as Galena Chain Lakes or Chain Lakes. They are several miles west of Mt. Baker Lodge.

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Mt. Baker trip - Main party on Mazama Glacier on way up Mt. Baker - Along the edge of a crevasse - Mt. Baker As the climbers from the Mazamas approached the top of Mt. Baker from the northeast, they had to cross the Mazama Glacier. In this photograph a group of climbers hike along the edge of a crevasse.

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A snow bridge on the Mazama Glacier, Mt. Baker. This photograph was taken during the Mazama outing to Mount Baker in 1906. It was used by Asahel Curtis in his article for the April 1907 issue of Overland Monthly titled, "Mazama's Ascent of Mount Baker".

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Eastern slope of Mt. Baker. Asahel Curtis used this photograph in an article that he wrote for the Overland Monthly, April 1907, titled "Mazama's Ascent of Mount Baker." His caption for this photograph was, "Head of Roosevelt Glacier, northeast side of summit of Mount Baker." That would mean that the rock formation in this photograph is part of the "cockscomb."

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Mt. Baker trip - On the awy to Coleman Peak - Near Coleman Peak A long line of climbers from the 1906 Mazamas cross a snowfield on the way to Coleman Peak. F. H. Kiser had chosen a northeast approach to Mt. Baker for the Mazamas. Coleman Pinnacle is at the far end of Ptarmigan Ridge on the way up to the mountain.

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Mt. Baker trip - Crevasse on east side of Mt. Baker - Kiser A lone climber stands at the edge of a crevasse on a glacier on Mount Baker. This photograph was used in several publications including an article by Gertrude Metcalfe published in the March 1907 Mazama. The man in the photograph may be F.H. Kiser.

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Mt. Baker trip - Party on Mazama Glacier - Wells Creek Glacier - Mt. Baker This photograph shows a group of climbers moving down a lifeline on one of the glaciers on Mount Baker during the 1906 Mazamas outing. The original lantern slide identifies the glacier as the Wells Creek Glacier. It is probably the section of the Mazama Glacier that acts as the source for the Wells Creek.

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Mt. Baker trip - Falls at base of Mt. Shuksan - west slope This photograph of a waterfall on Mount Shuksan was used by Asahel Curtis in his article about the first ascent that was published in Overland Monthly. The caption by Curtis described this photograph as "The southeast side of Shuksan, where the ascent was made, showing the precipitous character of the peak."

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Mt. Baker trip - Overhanging glacier on Shuksan - on eastern side. On August 3, 1906, as a side trip from the Mazama outing to Mount Baker, W. Montelius Price and Asahel Curtis made the first recorded ascent of Mount Shuksan. Curtis used this photograph in his article in the July/August 1907 issue of Overland Monthly. The photograph was captioned "Beaufiful hanging glacies of Mt. Shuksan."

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Mt. Baker trip - Mount Shuksan The northwest face of Mount Shuksan as it appears approaching it from Mount Baker. This photograph was used in several publications by Curtis.

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Mt. Baker trip - Overhanging rocks on Shuksan. This rock formation was photographed by Asahel Curtis near the summit of Mount Shuksan. He used it in two publications. In Mazama, March 1907, his caption states, "Overhanging rock, summit of Shuksan. This rock weights several tons and juts out fully 20 feet into mid-air."

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Mt. Baker trip - Price building monument on Shuksan - summit Mt. Shuksan. The climb by Asahel Curtis and W.M. Price was so difficult that they had to spend the night of August 3, 1906 on the mountain. This photograph shows W. M. Price building a cairn at the top of Mount Shuksan to commemorate their climb.

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Mt. Baker trip - Lifeline work on east side of Mt. Baker. As they approached the summit of Mount Baker, Kiser's party was stopped by a 400 foot wall of ice. Kiser, dragging a line line behind him, used his spiked toes to kick-step his way up the precipice. He then secured the line so that the other five climbers could follow. Asahel left the lifeline to get the photograph of the two remaining climbers.

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Mt. Baker trip - Curtis, Asahel on summit of Mt. Baker This photograph shows Asahel Curtis on the summit of Mount Baker at the culmination of the Kiser climb of 1906. This photograph was used in several publications. In the account of the climb published in the March 1907 Mazama magazine, this photograph is credited to F. H. Kiser.

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Mt. Baker trip - Summit of Mt. Baker - the northwest summit. The summit of Mount Baker as it appeared on August 7, 1906 when the Kiser party made it to the top in the late afternoon. Two small figures are visible against the immense field of snow.

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Mt. Baker trip - Working out of crevasse on eastside of Mt. Baker On August 7, 1906, F.H. Kiser led five other climbers, including Asahel Curtis, in a desperate attempt to get to the top of Mount Baker from a northeast approach. This photograph shows five of the climbers working their way out of a crevasse.

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Forsythe jumping crevasse - Mt. Baker The original caption for this photograph indicates that it shows C.E. Forsyth, one of the six member of the Kiser party that climbed Mt. Baker in 1906 leaping across a crevasse. This photograph was used by Asahel Curtis in his April 1907 article for the Overland Monthly.

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Ascending snow slope on eastern side of Mt. Baker below main crevasse - Mt. Baker The Kiser party climbs a steep snow slope on the east side of Mount Baker. This photograph was used by Asahel Curtis in several articles about the Mt. Baker climb.

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Mt. Baker trip - Mazama box on ridge - The Mazama Sphinx - Mt. Baker This August 7, 1906 photograph of the Mazama box was taken before the final ascent. When the Kiser party reached the top of Mount Baker there were no visible rocks to build a cairn. The box was buried in the snow.

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In October of 1906, photographer Asahel Curtis compiled a series of images entitled the "Chelan" series. This particular view is of the Lyman Glacier, Glacier Lake and Cloudy Pass Park in the Cascade Mountains.

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Lyman Glacier from North Star Mountain and Tamarack Mtns on summit of Cascades - at head of R.R. Creek. This image was taken by Asahel Curtis in October of 1906 and was part of the Chelan series.

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Small ice cave as photographed in October of 1906 by Asahel Curtis as part of the Chelan series.

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