- 2.6.2-A134
- Item
- 1921
Includes a photo of one of the Willits Brothers manufacturing a canoe.
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Includes a photo of one of the Willits Brothers manufacturing a canoe.
Includes photo of a load of cedar for canoes on Rucker Brothers' car and trailer in front of Willits Brothers Shop, Day Island, Tacoma on September 20, 1955.
Shirley Clifford Beckim and Nancy-Anne Beckim with Car and Willits Canoe May 5, 1957
Includes photo of Shirley Clifford Beckim and Nancy-Anne Beckim with Car and Canoe taken May 5, 1957.
Includes a photo of manufacturing a canoe.
Small black scrapbook style photo album, 8 ¼ x 5 ¾. Contains several loose photos. Photographs in this album date between 1919 and 1921.
Photographs in the album cover the following subjects:
• Silver Heels (sail boat)
• Dinner Party at Clinton Willits’ home upon Earl’s return from France/WWI
• Willits cabin on Wollochet Bay
• Interior of Wollochet Bay cabin (fireplace)
• First birthday (Alice Chrestenson)
• Travel photos
• The Cascades (Washington)
• Railroad bridge in the Cascades
• Missouri River at Lombard, Montana
• South Dakota
• Near Ellensberg, WA
• Butte, Montana
• Porter on the Columbian (train)
• Red Cross ‘girls’ in Butte, MT
• Mississippi River, St Paul, MN
• State Capitol, St Paul, MN
• Minnehaha Falls (flowing and frozen)
• Longfellow Gardens
• Soldier’s Home, Minneapolis
• Hales Pass
• Snoqualmie Falls, Washington
• Snoqualmie River, Washington
• Summit of the Cascades, July 4th 1919
• Picnicking
• Beach party
• Mrs. Bramwell drinking from the “Fountain of Youth”
• Point Defiance
• The “Atlanta” (a steam ship)
• Gig Harbor Ferry “City of Tacoma”
• “Bay Island” boat – one of the Mosquito Fleet ferries
• Cars
• Walton School of Law
• Bachelor’s Retreat
• Wasserfurths Picnic at Henderson Bay
• Mrs. Kaye’s cottage Wollochet Bay
• Lawson’s cottage, Wollochet Bay
People
• Albert “Bert” Clifford
• Andrew Walker
• Bell Huber
• Bernard Tollefson
• Bess Winslow Willits
• Clinton Willits
• Clinton Willits and family
• Clyde Willits and family
• Clyde Willits Jr
• Dorothy Carlson
• Earl Willits
• Edith Claven
• Edith Holmes
• Ella Sangersand
• Ellen Holmes
• Elvira Tollefson
• Ethel McFerron
• Floyd Willits
• Hazel Cory’s Sunday school girls
• Hazel McKay
• Howard & May McFerron
• Mr. and Mrs. Bramwell
• Mr. and Mrs. Garrison
• Olive Huber Willits
• Ralph and Wilbur Mason
• Ray Willits
• Ray Willits’ family (Ray, Bess, Florence, Ione)
• Ruth Johnson
• Ruth Willits (Clyde Willits Sr’s daughter)
• Ruth Willits Clifford
• Sara Thompson
• The Dodson’s
• The Sangersand family
• Vera Crockett
• Zelma Strand
Includes photographs of Willits family, friends, canoes and canoe manufacturing.
Black scrapbook style photo album with a tied binding, 6” x 8 3/8”. Photographs in this album are dated 1924 - 1929.
Photographs cover the following subjects:
• Willits canoe with Johnson motor on it
• Silver Heels
• Cropped images of a Willits Canoe
• Willits canoe assembly
• Padded canoe on top of Willits Brother’s car (to Dyas)
• Three canoes on car for delivery to Williams
• 9 Willits canoes on trailer and car at University of Washington
• Willits canoe under sail
• Motor Canoe
• Willits motor canoe pull painted Willits canoe
• Willits’ house on Day Island with wave spray touching house
• Crated Willits canoe for ocean shipment
• Willits motor boat
• New Willits cottage at Wollochet Bay
• Cars
• Cars pulling a trailer with canoes on it
• Cruiser “Wee Two”
• Bridge deck of the “Wee Two”
• Arthur Rust’s “Lady Helen”
• Canoe race – men’s doubles
• Pavilion at Point Defiance
• Beach at Point Defiance and swimmers
• Speed boats and Perkins yacht
• Aeroplane on the water at Point Defiance
• Nurses (WWI)
• Picnic with Ruth & Jack
• Pavilion at Williams Park, Lake Stevens
• The “hot dog” house
• Sailing in Jack’s dinghy
• Picnic at Narada Falls
• Bert’s car
• Christmas
• Feeding a Chipmunk
• Camping at Paradise (1926)
• Saddle horses at Paradise
• “Margaret”, Bak’s cruiser
• Moore’s Sea Sled (Hickman model?)
• Wollochet Ferry
• Dogs
Places
• Mt Tacoma taken from
• Inspiration Point
• Paradise Inn
• Frog Haven
• Paradise Inn
• Longmire Hotel
• Nisqually
• Tatoosh Range
• Sluishkin Galls
• Paradise River
• Paradise Valley
• Glacier Island
• Tahoma Glacier
• Pyramid Peak
• Pinnacle Peak
• Summerland
• Mt Ararat
• Cairn (sic, Carron) at Pinnacle Peak
• Lilliwap Falls
• Cushman Dam
• Narada Falls
• Canyada Lodge
• Mt Rainier
• From Panorama Point
• Paradise
• Green Point near Arletta
• Day Island
• Echo Rock from Spray? Park
• Day Island shore in a storm
• Eagle Falls near Index
People
• Alice Clifford Chrestenson (child of Ruth V Willits Clifford) & Charles E Chrestenson
• Albert “Bert” Clifford
• Betty
• C. Alexander
• Christie
• Earl Willits
• Ethel Harrison
• Floyd Willits
• Floyd Willits with customer
• Fred Clarke
• Helen Clarke
• Irene Thompson
• Jack Sails (Sails capitalized but may be Jack sails the Wee Two)
• Jeanette MacDonald
• Leonard Willits
• Lewis Robinson
• Lorraine
• Margaret Grim
• Marion
• Rose
• Roy
Manufacturing a Willits Canoe c1921
Includes a photo of one of the Willits Brothers manufacturing components of a canoe, c1921.
C. Alexander in Canoe Powered by a Johnson Outboard Motor, 1924
Includes photo of C. Alexander in canoe powered by a Johnson outboard motor, 1924.
Historic family photos ranging from 1940-1941.
Hardback album approximately 9x11 inches with photographs dated 1957-1965.
Photographs in this album covering the following subjects:
• Willits canoes on cars (people taking delivery of their canoes)
• Outside view of the Willits shop
• Cars (Dauphine, Plymouth, Volkswagen, ‘Swedish car’, Dodge)
• Earl Willits’ 1955 Dodge
• Santa Barbara, CA courthouse
• Shirley & Russell Beckim home in San Pedro, CA
• Charles & Alice Clifford’s home in Santa Barbara, CA
• Dwight Willits home in Santa Barbara
• Ruth Willits Clifford’s home in Santa
• Landscape photos of San Pedro and Santa Barbara, CA
• Construction of Day Island Bridge (1958-59)
• Day Island lagoon
• Tacoma High School 1909 50th class reunion –
• Earl Willits in third row from front, 4th person in
• Earl Willits playing fiddle for a Unitarian Square Dance (April 20, 1958)
• Photo includes Mrs. Laurence Burt (?), Mrs. Joe Skidmore, Jack Shireman
• Camp Ta-ha-da-wa Canoes paddling on the lake August 1959
• Canoe built by Carl Isakson May 1960
• Girl Scouts St Albans 1960
• Arthur Nelson’s home/camp? on Steele Lake
• Dr. Alfred Shultz and Camp Ta-ha-da-wa campers starting their trip to Alaska (photo 479)
• Stadium High School in 1964 (photo 509)
Floyd Willits and Earl Willits Outside Canoe Factory, Day Island, Tacoma, Washington May 26, 1960
Includes photo taken May 26, 1960 of Floyd Willits and Earl Willits outside the Willits Canoe Company, Day Island, Tacoma, Washington.
Canoe on Truck in Front of Willits Canoe Factory, Day Island, Tacoma, Washington March 1961
Includes photo taken in March, 1961 of a Willits Canoe on a truck parked outside the Willits Canoe Factory, Day Island, Tacoma, Washington.
Nine Canoes on Willits Brothers Car and Trailer
Includes a photo taken February 23, 1928 of the Willits Brothers' car and trailer carrying nine canoes.
Photo Album Alaska Survey Trip 1907, M. O. Bennet, Photographer
7x5 inch photo album with photographs dated 1907. Photographs cover a survey crew, including Earl C. Willits, working in Alaska in 1907. Also included are photos of:
• Katalla, Alaska
• Copper River
• Childs Glacier
• Logging camp
• Camp life
• Skating
• Wildlife
Includes a photo of a family in a Willits canoe.
Men and Boys at Camp Ta-ha-do-Wa with Willits Canoes August 3, 1956
Includes photo of men and boys in Willits Canoes at Camp Ta-ha-do-Wa August 03, 1956.
L. W. Barton's Willits Canoe on Volkswagon May 26, 1960
Includes photo taken May 26, 1960 of L. W. Barton's Willits canoe on Volkswagon.
Earl Willits With Completed Willits Canoe, Photo by J. F. Lichtenberg, June 5, 1963
Includes photo taken by J. F. Lichtenberg of Earl Willits with a completed Willits canoe, taken June 5, 1963
Photo of a woman in an evening gown 1959
Includes photo portrait of a woman in formal gown, by Tomlinson Studio, Santa Barbara, 1959.
Photograph Negative No. 426-465 on one double sided page of the album. The rest of the album is unused.
Willits Family Photo Album, c. 1950s -1970s
Combination of contemporary, early twentieth century photographs.
Panoramic Photo of Swimmers, Spectators, Canoes, Boats at A. A. U. Annual State Swimming Meet at American Lake, Garrison's Boat House, Notation "Boland E 1372" bottom left
Majority travel photos with captions on first page provided.
Arrived with binding removed. Contains photographs spanning #574-749. Appears to be a separate series from the majority of the Willits photograph collection. Possibly the photographs of Mrs. Leonard Willits, as correspondence addressed to her was included in the album's original container.
Willits Model Dust Tight Window Co. Book
From cover: C.H. Willits Patentee. It is Dust Tight. 312 E. 4th St. Davenport, Iowa.