ca. 1906. "Looking Out" A photograph taken by Smith of an ice tunnel circa 1906. This photograph was part of a series of images taken on an outing up the north fork of the Tieton River in the Snoqualmie National Forest. It was probably taken on one of the glaciers in the Goat Rocks Wilderness area.
ca. 1906. The caption on the lantern slide from which this image was taken stated: "The Great Falls of the Tieton River." This falls is probably on the south fork of the Tieton River somewhere in the Snoqualmie National Forest.
Water falls; Snoqualmie National Forest (Wash.); North Fork Tieton River (Yakima County)
ca. 1906. A expedition of eight mountaineers on horse back, with seven pack horses, rest somewhere near the head of the south fork of the Tieton River, circa 1906. The label on the lantern slide from with this image was taken identified it as: "Goat Peaks and Pass - 7,000 ft. - Head of Tieton". "Goat Rocks" was another name for Mount Curtis Gilbert. The South Fork Tieton River has its source at Meade Glacier on Mt. Curtis Gilbert.
ca. 1906. "Indian Annie" and son John, descendants of Chief Steilacoom, are pictured aboard their new houseboat, a Christmas gift from friends, circa 1906. Indian Annie's shack was destroyed by fire and she, the granddaughter of Chief Steilacoom, was forced to live in a tepee on the beach of Puget Sound. Concerned local residents led by Mrs. Francis M. Haskell got together and contributed money to build a suitable houseboat for Indian Annie so that she would not have to leave the Sound. The houseboat was completed a few days before Christmas in 1906 and was towed to the beach near Steilacoom where Indian Annie had pitched her tepee. The new home took Indian Annie completely by surprise, especially when told it was a gift from her deceased husband, John, whom she had mourned greatly. The actual contributors to the project --Mrs. Haskell, Tacoma Mill, Tidewater Lumber, Standard House Furnishings and others--stayed silent. Indian Annie and her dog immediately took residency in what she repeatedly stated was "my home." (TNT 12-20-81- "Time Machine" article)
ca. 1906. A portrait of Ben Cheney as an infant. He was born in Lima, Montana, in 1905. This young boy grew to love baseball, to develop a business that included lumber mills in three states and to become the owner of the Tacoma Giants baseball team and a stockholder in the San Francisco Giants. He generously spent his money so youngsters could play in organized team sports. Over 20 years more than 5,000 persons had played on the Cheney Studs teams. He lived out his benevolent life in the Tacoma area and died in 1971. (The Ben Cheney Story by Med Nicholson, The Sou'wester, Fall 2000)
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ca. 1906. A small crowd scattered on the sidewalk pauses to admire a fleet of new Fords lined up outside the Washington Automobile Co., 710-12 Pacific Ave., circa 1906. The Washington Automobile Co. was the first car dealership in Tacoma. It was operated by car enthusiast and entrepreneur W.W. Pickerill. The brick building housing the dealership had previously been home to the Chas. W. Langert Liquor Co. and the Tacoma Athletic Club and later became the Odd Fellows Lodge. The Washington Automobile Co. was in business there from 1905-1909.
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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.
Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Snoqualmie National Forest (Wash.); Mountains; Glaciers
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.
Mountaineering--Washington--1900-1910; Mountains--Washington--1900-1910; Glaciers; Snoqualmie National Forest (Wash.);
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".
Mount Baker National Forest (Wash.); Baker, Mount (Wash.); Glaciers; Roosevelt Glacier (Mt. Baker)
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.
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".
Mount Baker National Forest (Wash.); Glaciers; Baker, Mount (Wash.)
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.
Mount Baker National Forest (Wash.); Baker, Mount (Wash.); Snow & ice climbing; Glaciers; Mountaineering--Washington--1900-1910
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.
Mount Baker National Forest (Wash.); Shuksan, Mount (Wash.); Price, W. Montelius; Mountaineering--Washington--1900-1910; Cairns;
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.
Mount Baker National Forest (Wash.); Baker, Mount (Wash.); Snow & ice climbing; Mountaineering--Washington--1900-1910; Mountains--Washington--1900-1910;
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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