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- 5/1/1960
From envelope: Girl Scout building at St. Albane, Lake Devereaux. May 1, 1960, 1 pm.
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From envelope: Girl Scout building at St. Albane, Lake Devereaux. May 1, 1960, 1 pm.
From envelope: Canoe built by Carl Jackson. May 21, 1960, 12 pm.
From envelope: Lagoon, Day Island looking north from Day Island Bridge. 25' focus. May 22, 1960, 3 pm.
From envelope: Lorenzo Barton's canoe on the top of Geo. Wilson's Volkswagen showing sign on shop. May 26, 1960, 9 am.
From envelope: Art Nelson's home on Steele lake showing through trees. May, 20, 1960, 4 pm.
From envelope: Shop and south end Day Island from Day Island Bridge. June 1, 1960, 10 am.
From envelope: E.H. and Dodge car in front of house at Day Island. June 5, 1960, 12 pm.
From envelope: Chas. and Alice Chrestenson. Ab and Myrtle Anderson, Floyd and Earl. September 3, 1960, 5 pm.
From envelope: Crated canoe on trailer. Sorengo Barton canoe. February 7, 1961, 11 am.
From envelope: Canoe # on top camping Car with Allan Ray. March 24, 1961, 11 am.
From envelope: Dr. Schultz, Floyd, Earl and group of ten in five canoes leaving at Ta-ha-da-wa for trip to Juneau, Alaska. June 10, 1961, 7 am.
From envelope: Dr. Schultz, Floyd, Earl and group of ten in five canoes leaving at Ta-ha-da-wa for trip to Juneau, Alaska. June 10, 1961, 7 am.
From envelope: Kenneth and Leila Rees and Earl and Ruth Grant of Spanaway Lake. June 25, 1961, 4 pm.
From envelope: Ta-ha-da-wa group leaving Day Island in 9 canoes. July 19, 1961, 12 pm.
Small black scrapbook style photo album, 8 ¼” x 5 ¾”, c. 1910s
Photographs in the album include the following subjects:
• Camping
• Swimming
• Women’s swimwear
• Road on Wollochet property
• Wollochet Bay
• Paddling Willits canoe
• Willits canoe under sail
• Willits canoe speeding with motor
• Canoe shop on Wollochet Bay
• Interior views of the Wollochet Bay canoe shop and process steps in building the canoes
• Silver Heels
• “Bay Island” boat – one of the Mosquito Fleet ferries
• Olson’s house (assumed to be on Wollochet Bay)
• Carlson’s house (assumed to be on Wollochet Bay)
• State Capitol (original State Capitol, aka The Castle, Olympia, WA) Served as the State Capital from 1905 to 1928
• Sylvester Park (“Park in Olympia), by the State Capitol
• Kathryn’s House
• Dr. McKaye’s House
• “In the tree tops” an unintentionally mounted upside down
• Willits home at 36th and Proctor
• Mabel Bond’s picnic
• “Mother’s House” in Victoria (BC?) – The boarding house Ellen Matthew, Clinton’s 2nd wife, lived in.
• Lagoon in Victoria
• Beacon Hill Park, Victoria
• Bridge over the Gorge (assumed to be Columbia River Gorge)
• Canoeing at the Gorge (assumed to be Columbia River Gorge)
• Kelly Field, Texas
• Airshow at Kelly Field, Texas
• Plane crash
• Fort Sill, Texas
• Life at Fort Sill, Texas, WWI (where Earl served)
• Fort Lawton Barracks, Washington (where Earl signed up for service)
• Fort Lawton Officer’s Quarters
• Soldier’s at Chatenay, France
• 137th Aero Squadron at Chatenay, France
• Art School Dance, Cambridge, England (Earl is on the right at the end of the third row from the front)
• Nurses
• Yosemite Park
• Farm life
• Labor Day 1916
• Mosquito Fleet
• Washington State Capitol
• Victoria BC
• Columbia River Gorge
• Kelly Field, Texas
• WWI
People
• Anne Nelson
• Clyde Willits Jr
• Earl Willits
• Erskine Van de Wall
• Evelyn Nelson
• Floyd Willits
• George Blight (Clinton Willits’s stepson)
• Gerald Rolf
• Gladys Willits
• Irma Johnson
• Laurence Turner
• Leighton Turner
• Leonard Willits
• Lieutenant Grant
• Lisa Chase
• Lois Chase
• Lyle Willits
• Mabel Bond
• Mr. Wright
• Mrs. Bramwell
• Mrs. Crockett
• Mrs. Fairbanks
• Mrs. Johnson
• Nana Nelson
• Olive (Ollie) Huber Willits
• Ruth V. Willits (Floyd & Earls’ sister)
• Ruth Willits (Clyde Jr’s sister)
• The Johnsons
• The Walkers
• Wilbur Mason
• Zell A Chase
Includes a photo of Earl Willits in the office of the Willits Brothers canoe manufacturing shop in Artondale, Washington on Wollochet Bay.
Black scrapbook style photo album with a tied binding, 6” x 8 3/8”.
Combination of contemporary and early twentieth century photographs as well as newspaper clippings.
Hardback scrapbook album approximately 11x17 inches with photographs dated 1946-1957.
Photographs in this album cover the following subjects:
• Willits canoes on cars
• Willits sailing canoes
• Rowboat under construction
• Charles & Alice’s schooner “Nohea”
• Willits motor boat
• US Army ducks (photo 171 & 172)
• Ferry at Pt Fosdick
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1949-1950) – towers under construction and the day after opening
• Family dinner at Wollochet cabin
• Elmer Engvald’s Criss-Craft
• Cedar logs towed behind motor boat (for canoes)
• Load of cedar for canoes on Rucker Brothers in front of Willits Brothers shop
• Don and Virginia (Smith) Waddell’s home in Parkland, WA
• Day Island water committee/ views of drilling and posing around new well
• McCormack Branch Library
• Downing School
• Ta-ha-da-wa Camp from the water (photo 225)
• pavilion and swimming pool (photos 283, 284, 344, 345, 346)
• canoes on Day Island beach
• ‘view from Earl’s bedroom’ (photo 151)
• University Place Fire Department 1952
• UP Freight Train under Tacoma Narrows Bridge
• McNeil Penitentiary 1952 (Photo 268)
• Boats at Tacoma Yacht Club (photo 269)
• Willits Brothers Canoe shop and home on Day Island (photo 305)
• Fox Island Bridge (photo 307)
• Photo from Phil & Don Hemenway who purchased two canoes – appears to be a summary of the year’s events (1956)
• Willys-Knight car (before the Golden Jubilee parade)
• Charles Carter’s cruiser (boat)
• Flowers on Ruth (Carter) Willits grave (New Tacoma Cemetery, University Place)
• Home on Wollochet Bay with neighbor Hogan’s property in one view
People
• Alice Clifford Chrestenson (child of Ruth V Willits Clifford) & Charles E Chrestenson
• Charles (Chesterton) and family in station wagon (1950)
• Clyde Willits
• Day Island Water Committee (May 1950) – John Hanson, Melvin Brown, Horton Wilcox, Edgar Fritz, Bill Allard, Louis Brown, Floyd Willits
• Don Waddell Jr
• Don Waddell Sr
• Don Waddell’s family: Don, Virginia Elinor Smith (Laura’s daughter with first husband), Don J, Laura (Lorrie)
• Earl Willits
• Floyd & Ruth (Carter) Willits (photo 276)
• Janet Chrestenson (descendent of Ruth V Willits Clifford’s daughter Alice)
• Johnny & Juanita Widen (descendant of Ray Willits)
• Laura Magill Smith Willits
• Lon Willits (son of Leonard Willits)
• Lorrie Waddell
• Magill family (Laura’s family) with Laura & Earl
• Paul Chrestenson (descendent of Ruth V Willits Clifford’s daughter Alice)
• Ruth Willits Clifford
• Shirley (Clifford), Russell, and Nancy-Anne Beckim
• Shirley Clifford Beckim (child of of Ruth V Willits Clifford)
• Stuart (Laura’s son by first marriage) & Audrey Smith
From envelope: Nancy Beckin with ukulele at Day Island. July 23, 1962, 8:30 am.
From envelope: Camera in higher position than 504. Canoe #955 in office. June 5, 1963, 3 pm.
From envelope: Ruth Grant in Wright Park. September, 5, 1965.
From envelope: Ruth Grant at 822 North M Street. September 19, 1965.
Ruth's Film (Ruth Carter Willits) Negative No. 4
Chas. and unknown person in front of statue.
Ruth's Film (Ruth Carter Willits) Negative No. 7
Floyd and Ruth Willits in front of house.
Willits Factory Blueprints and Drawings 1920 - 1921