Photograph Archive Of Everett And Pinehurst, Washington ... Early 1900s

GRAVES, ORRIN EUGENE AND WILLIAM IVES [PHOTOGRAPHERS]

Publication: Graves Studio, nd ca 1900-1925, Everett and Oak Harbor, Washington

13 1/2" x 12 1/2" black cloth 3-ring clamshell case showing a photograph of a log home and housing 25 leaves of archival mylar sleeves containing 36 original photographs (1 albumen), sized from 2. 1/2" x 4" up to 6 1/2" x 8,” though mostly sized about 5"x 7." Many of the photograph show neat pencil annotations on verso. One image with embossed studio stamp at corner, one image with photographer's stamp on verso, one mounted albumen cabinet card. An attractive group of 36 original silver gelatin photographs documenting scenes and businesses around Everett, Washington, along with many images of the Graves family homes, and a photo showing a new home being built for "Mrs. Graves" in the area now Northgate, north Seattle. This small archive of scarce photographs captures the businesses, residences, and everyday life of the Graves family in and around Everett and Seattle, Washington, at the beginning of the 20th Century. Included here are photos of the Everett City Dock, depicting the landing for Seattle, Anacortes & Bellingham Steamers, with longshoreman and dock workers, and terminal and large signage in background; the Ferrell Auto Co. Cadillac dealership and United States Tires supply company, owned and operated by A.M. Ferrell and Elbert Ferrell at Colby & Washington in Everett featuring a Cadillac touring car equipped with chains pulling a plow. Also present are shots of the Everett Livery Stable & Delivery Warehouse, another of the Everett High School; a specially outfitted railcar with striking wall product displays of brooms, and other agricultural products; a Shredded Wheat Co. booth at a trade fair, along with an aerial view of the Everett waterfront, and the Mukilteo lighthouse & lifesaving station. In addition, there are many images of Victorian homes in and around Everett, and interior shots of one of "Mrs. Graves" home featuring Victorian furnishings, "Golden Potlatch" pennants, photos and artwork on the walls, and more. Of particular interest are a number of photos showing the construction of new home in Pinehurst, Washington (now Northgate area in North Seattle), depicting the clearing of the land, construction of outbuildings and nearby homes on "Beverly Drive," as well as one image of the four "Table Cottages" on the Harrels' Homestead. One of the shots depicts a Graves home (possibly in the Pinehurst area), backed by a giant old growth stump converted to a shack with cedar shake roof, windows, and door. Also included are four images by Graves of auto camping near Paradise Inn at Mount Rainier, with one of them bearing the Graves Studio stamp on verso. Graves (1878? [1881]-1947) was the son of a Washington pioneer family, first registered as a 7-year old in the 1885 Territorial census, and by 1910 appears to have been working as a photographer. He also appears to have lost his two feet in some accident prior to World War I as his signed draft registration card lists him as disabled, and he would continue to operate his studio in and around Everett, Washington, including in the Miley Building (1928-1933), and then in Beverly Park, Snohomish in the census records. One of the photos appears to capture the extended family of his sister Myrtle Clara Graves Jennings (1875-1940) with patriarch squeezed between children and holding cherished doll. Although listed as a Pullman, Washington, photographers in the University of Washington collections for a couple images taken in Pullman, he does not appear in Census or street directories as ever operating a permanent studio on the Palouse. The one image by William Ives, a Tacoma & Seattle photographer who operated for a few years in Oak Harbor as well, and appears to have been shot from the William Izett Aerial Cableway over the shoreline of Oak Harbor. A few photos with chipping to corners, minor rubbing, and some dust soiling. Very good.

Inventory Number: 47091