This photograph of the Newports, an amateur baseball team in Tacoma, was taken in June of 1908 . Identified players in the back row are, left to right, Arnold Levenhagen, Jack Clancy, Grant Clark (manager), Mike Kneip (backer), and L. Furlatt. Front row, Ed Ballard, Jack Clark, Vic Olson, F. Burgeson, Frank Cozza and Rudy Johnson. The players wear double breasted coats with large buttons and a "N" on each sleeve. The team's backer, Mike Kneip, owned a saloon at 1544 Commerce, which was also the site of the Newport Hotel. (photograph courtesy of Mrs. Robert G. Clark) (TDL 06/06/1908)

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Mt. Baker evening. Shadows encroach over the snowy surface of Mount Baker in July of 1908.

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From Camp - Mt. Baker. Part of the Mt. Baker series, taken on July 20, 1908 by Asahel Curtis.

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A Mountaineer, probably F. Ormond Morrill, with his hat over his face, reclining on a patch of rocky ground. His alpin stock and canteen lay next to him on the ground. This photograph was taken during the 1908 Mountaineers outing to Mount Baker.

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Mountaineers pause while on Boulder Glacier on Mount Baker on July 20, 1908. See COOPER 127 for another view of the glacier. These were part of the Mt. Baker series and photographed by Asahel Curtis.

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Mountaineers on Boulder Glacier stop to take in the beauty of the snow covered mountains in July of 1908. This is part of the Mt. Baker series of photographs taken by Asahel Curtis.

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Three men contemplate the beauty of Mt. Baker as it is seen from the timberline on July 20, 1908. Part of the Mt. Baker series.

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A long line of hikers climb the snowy slopes of Mt. Baker on July 20, 1908. Part of the Mt. Baker series taken by photographer Asahel Curtis.

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On the lifeline - Mt. Baker. One climber grabs the lifeline on July 20, 1908 as another waits above to lend a helping hand. Part of the Mt. Baker series.

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A group from the Mountaineers rest in the sulphur beds on Mount Baker during the 1908 outing. The man in the center with the peaked hat is probably Asahel Curtis.

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This big group of mountaineers are coasting incorrectly on Mt. Baker during their July, 1908 outing to the mountain. Part of the Mt. Baker series.

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Camp - Mt. Baker. Campers lounge on grass with white tent nearby. Photograph taken by Asahel Curtis in July of 1908.

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Mt. Baker series - The pack train. A line of pack horses are led up a trail on Mt. Baker at the beginning of the 1908 outing by the Mountaineers on Mount Baker. (The label on the lantern slide for this images misidentifies the location for this photograph as "Olymics." The image number places it in the Mt. Baker series.)

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This is Boulder Glacier on Mt. Baker, part of the Mt. Baker series. According to Washington Place Names, it is on the southwest side of Mt. Baker and drains into the Baker River by Boulder Creek. Asahel Curtis photographed this view on July 20, 1908.

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Several Mountaineers use a lifeline to work their way up a section of a glacier next to a crevasse. This photograph was taken during the Mountaineer outing to Mount Baker in 1908.

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Part of the Mt. Baker series. Climbers are nearing the summit of Mt. Baker in July of 1908.

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Members of the Mountaineers cross a snow field near Easton ice cave. They have a lifeline stretched along the edge of a crevasse.

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The steepness of the snow slope is obvious in this photographed dated July 20, 1908 of the climb on Mt. Baker. Part of the Asahel Curtis Mt. Baker series.

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On July 20, 1908, a sole mountaineer gazed upon the enormous ice forms on Mount Baker. These towers of ice remained in a glacier's crevasse. Part of the Mt. Baker series.

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A group from the 1908 outing of the Mountaineers hike across a snow field on Mount Baker.

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Life line work on Boulder Glacier - Mt. Baker. Mountaineers work together to enable climbers to ascend Boulder Glacier in this July of 1908 photograph. Part of the Mt. Baker series.

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On the moraine - Mt. Baker, part of the Mt. Baker series that was taken on July 20, 1908. These mountaineers march in a row carrying sturdy staffs while on the moraine, an accumulation of earth and stone carried and finally deposited by a glacier.

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On July 20, 1908, an unidentified mountaineer is seen peering at a deep crevasse on Mount Baker.

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A long line of hikers with poles is silhouetted against a snowfield on Mt. Baker on July 20, 1908. This is one in the Mt. Baker series of photographs by Asahel Curtis.

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Part of the Mt. Baker series taken by Asahel Curtis. This is on the snow field of Mt. Baker in July of 1908. The line of hikers appears only as a black blur on the white surface.

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A long line of Mountaineers climb a steep ice slope on the Boulder Glacier (Mount Baker) during the Mountaineer's outing to Mount Baker in 1908. A similar photograph was used in the November 1908 edition of The Mountaineer in the article "With the Mountaineers on Mt. Baker" by Lulie Nettleton.

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Lifeline work on Mt. Baker. This July 20, 1908 lantern slide shows mountaineers ascending snowy Mt. Baker with the use of a lifeline.

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The ice formation, known as a serac, was photographed by Asahel Curtis on Boulder Glacier, Mount Baker, during the 1908 Mountaineers Outing. A serac is a pointed mass or pinnacle of ice left standing among the crevasses of a glacier.

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Mountaineers prepare to leave the summit of Mt. Baker on July 20, 1908 . Part of the Mt. Baker series.

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