"Bowl of Fruit" - photogram (Virna Haffer Collection)

"Arrangement of Bamboo Leaves and New Shoots" - photogram. Photograms are created in a camera-less process using shadows that appear by placing objects between light-sensitive paper and a light source.

This circa 1928 image depicts a shadowy figure walking on downtown Tacoma's Eleventh Street Bridge in heavy fog.

ca. 1929. "Male Beauty" - soft focus male nude (back view) printed in sepia tone (Virna Haffer Collection)

"Poetry of the ages in one little bay" - trees reflected in water (Virna Haffer Collection)

Brightly lit head of man with deep dark-set eyes and black background. Area below the sharply etched cheekbones is in darkness. Forehead and nose area highlighted. (Virna Haffer Collection)

ca. 1929. Digitized for use by Frye Museum/jg. This is entitled "Kwei Dun" and was a bromoil print which resembled a painting. This is believed to be a portrait of Chinese finger painter Kwei Dun who arrived in Seattle in 1924 to study art and architecture at the University of Washington. (Virna Haffer Collection) (Bullock: A Turbulent Lens, p. 107)

"Nineteen Twenty Seven" - female nude holding drape across front of her body. This is possibly a self-portrait of Virna Haffer. She wore her dark hair heavily banged and cut short during the late 1920s. (Virna Haffer Collection)

ca. 1929. Digitized for use by Frye Museum/jg. This painting-like piece is listed as "Kwei Dun" according to the book "A Turbulent Lens." A black and white version can be seen at series VH, image KWEI. The circa 1929 portrait was made of Chinese finger painter Kwei Dun who had traveled to Seattle to study art and architecture at the University of Washington. (Bullock: A Turbulent Lens, p. 107)

ca. 1929. "Male Beauty" - soft focus portrait of naked male torso printed in sepia tone (Virna Haffer Collection)

"The Corny 1920's" - crouching female nude with shadow of man with whip (Virna Haffer Collection)

ca. 1934. This is believed to be Virna Haffer's "With a Weird Spark," an abstract composition of a man and woman and pattern in "sky" (sea shell), circa 1934. (Virna Haffer Collection) (Bullock: A Turbulent Lens, p. 132)

ca. 1968. "Postcard Scenic" - trees reflected in pond with floating leaves (Virna Haffer Collection)

Portrait of fortune-teller. The dark haired woman has a weary smile on her face. She is holding a lit cigarette in one hand. Part of a deck of cards is scattered on the table before her. The photograph's background is dark and muted and the picture itself may be purposefully out of focus. (Virna Haffer Collection)