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WIL (F)-003

L.K. Munson general merchandise store in Shelton, Washington, advertising Crescent Bicycles, guns, cigars, stationary and mattresses. Photograph c. 1907.

WIL (F)-021

The original City Hall building (right) and Henry Yesler mansion and Crawford Hannon building at Third Avenue and Jefferson in Seattle, Washington. The City of Seattle used this building as City Hall until 1909, then moved to Fifth Avenue and Yesler Way from 1909-1916. The Yesler mansion housed one of Seattle's first public library and was demolished by fire on January 1, 1901. Photograph c. 1896. 

WIL (F)-023

Storefront facade of for A. T. Miles Photo Studio (written "Fotographer") in Bremerton, Washington, located in Kitsap County. Photograph c. 1907.

WIL (F)-085

The two story Public Hall building at Friday Harbor on San Juan Island with pasted advertisements for "A True Weatherman," and "Clara Hamm." Photograph c. 1904. 

WIL (F)-098

Two people holding newspapers in the doorway of the Seattle Daily Star offices published by the E.H. Wells & Company firm at 1107 Third Ave in Seattle, Washington. The Queen City Employment Office is the building on the left and the City Steam Carpet Beating and Renovating Company can be seen in the reflection across the street. Photograph c. 1900. 

WIL (F)-125

The Marysville school building (b. 1891) in Marysville, Washington, located in Snohomish County. Photograph by Ferdinand "Ferd" Brady, c. 1904.

WIL (F)-136

Text from photo: "View of Eagle Harbor, WA and plant of Pacific Creosoting Co." The Pacific Creosoting Company, originally The Perfection Pile Preserving Company, treated logs with creosote as a preservative and became one of the largest producers of treated wood products in the United States. Photograph c. 1909.

WIL (F)-137

The State Capitol Building in Olympia, Washington, located in Thurston County. The Richardsonian Romanesque structure was constructed from Chuckanut sandstone and opened in 1892 as the Thurston County Courthouse, overlooking Sylvester Park. The building was designed by Willis Ritchie who had contributed similar municipal buildings in Port Townsend and Spokane. The state purchased the courthouse in 1901 for $350,000 to serve as the capitol building until 1928. Photograph c. 1909.

WIL (F)-140

The McKinley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church at Fifth and Pacific Avenue in Bremerton, Washington, located in Kitsap County. The 36 by 54 foot structure could seat 400, cost $5,000 and was dedicated in December 7, 1902. The church was named after Methodist President William McKinley. Photograph by Arthur T. Miles, c. 1909.

WIL (F)-145

People outside of the King Mercantile Company and Klinke Restaurant in Ritzville, Washington located in Adams County, with the turreted H.E. Gritman building visible to the left. The King Mercantile Company opened in 1900, changed ownership and name to John F. Irby Hardware Co. in 1907 and became the Adams County Mercantile Co. in 1908 before being used intermittently afterwards as a theater. Photograph c. 1906.

WIL (F)-167

Horse drawn ambulance outside of Louis J. Sticklin and Sons Funeral Directors and Embalmers building in Chehalis, Washington, located in Lewis County. Sticklin was born on September 24, 1860 in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. Originally a casket maker, Sticklin moved to Chehalis in 1890 and established his business after gaining a state certificate and embalmer's diploma. Photograph by Drummond Studio, c. 1909.

WIL (F)-172

Drawing for high school building in Chehalis, Washington, located in Lewis County. The building could have been one of eight schools that were operating in the Chehalis District No. 9 system at the time. Photograph by Drummond Studio, c. 1909. 

WIL (F)-195

The Chanslor & Lyon Motor Supply Company (916) Fisk Rubber Co. (910) Firestone Tire & Rubber Company The Roe (912) and Bluff Apartments (920) on East Pike Street in Seattle, Washington. Photograph by Webster and Stevens, c. 1909.

WIL (F)-199

Franklins and Appersons brand automobiles outside of The Seattle Automobile Company building at 1423-25 10th Avenue in Seattle, Washington. The business was run by President-Treasurer-Manager H.P. Grant. Photograph by Webster and Stevens, c. 1909.

WIL (F)-201

People and parked bicycles outside of The United States National Bank building in Centralia, Washington, located in Lewis County, also containing The Palace Baths, The Little Gem Restaurant and Vaughan Tailor businesses. The bank was established in 1894. Photograph by George W. Gordon, c. 1909.

WIL (F)-208A

The Fine Arts Building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, Washington. The building was located across Puget Plaza, featured international art and was one of the few permanent structures used after the fair by the University of Washington as the Architecture Hall. Photograph c. 1909.

WIL (G)-113

The Antlers lodge on the shores of Lake Cushman, Washington. The lodge was accessible by steamers from Seattle destined for Hood's Canal and then by stagecoach. It would burn in a planned blaze in November of 1925 that was intended to clear the Cushman Basin. Photograph by L.F. Murdock (Seattle) c. 1904.

WIL (H)-041

Portrait of "Indian Nancy" by Ellensburg photographer Otto W. Pautzke. The passage of time shows on the lined visage of Yakama Indian, "Nancy" (no last name provided). Believed to be over 90 years old, Nancy and her husband "Blind Toby" lived in a tepee on Water Street in Ellensburg. Nancy had worked for a number of Ellensburg women while Toby, a non-Yakama Indian, raised horses. She died about six years after this picture was taken and is buried in Toppenish, Washington. The Wilhelm Collection. Photograph by Otto W. Pautzke, c. 1905.

WIL (H)-068

A Cayuse person identified by photographer Major Lee Moorhouse as "Anna Kash-Kash," (Speckled Bird) wearing a beaded buckskin dress, belt, choker, large shell earrings and several metal bracelets. Moorhouse recorded that Anna was a graduate of the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania where she also taught, before returning to live with her parents on the Umatilla Reservation. Photograph by Major Thomas Leander (Lee) Moorhouse, c. 1908.

WIL (B)-046

The Bicycle Tree, located a mile south of the Snohomish on property owned by Abel Johnson. An old-growth cedar with a circumference of 48 feet and an archway carved through it on commission of the Snohomish Bicycle Club The tree was extant until December 1927. Photograph c. 1906.

WIL (B)-053

Unidentified man poses in front of lumber at the Puget Mill Company in Port Gamble, Washington. Photograph likely February 10, 1900, in reference to TPL item WIL (B)-046.

WIL (B)-067

Forest near Bordeaux in the Black Hills of Thurston County, Washington, named after logging company owners Thomas and Joseph Bordeaux. Photograph by Morse, S. G., c. 1909.

WIL (B)-070B

The Chehalis River near Adna, Washington, six miles west of Chehalis on the South Bend branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Photograph c. 1909.

WIL (B)-070C

Three men stand timbers loaded onto railway cars at the Adna Mill Company in Adna, Washington, six miles west of Chehalis on the South Bend branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The Adna Mill had an average capacity of 60,000 feet of lumber and 830,000 shingles per day and employed 90 men. Photograph c. 1909.

WIL (B)-070D

Logging crew for the Adna Mill Company working with a steam powered locomotive. The Adna Mill had an average capacity of 60,000 feet of lumber and 830,000 shingles per day and employed 90 men. Photograph c. 1909.

WIL (B)-079

Two workers for the Stillwater Lumber Co. posing next to felled lumber (9 ft. 2 in. diameter and 9 ft. 8 in. diameter). The Stillwater Lumber Co. at Little Falls had a daily capacity of 100,000 feet of lumber and employed over one hundred workers. Photograph c. 1909.

WIL (B)-092

Splash dam created by the Lytle Logging and Mercantile Company near Hoquiam, Washington on the Elk River. A splash dam is a temporary wooden structure used to raise the water level of streams to float logs downstream. The company employed over 250 men and produced 45 million feet of logs in 1902. Photograph c. 1903.

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