Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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Museum of History &
Industry
Sophie Frye Bass
Library
2700 24th Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112
Phone: 206-324-1126
URL: http://www.seattlehistory.org
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Collection Number:
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1984.81
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Creator:
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Ross, Robert
B., 1869-1952
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Title:
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Robert B. Ross Collection of Maritime
Photographs and Other Material
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Dates:
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circa 1895-1961 (inclusive)
1910-1942 (bulk)
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Quantity:
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2 boxes
.84 cubic feet
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Languages:
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Collection
materials are in
English.
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Summary:
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The collection consists largely of
photographs of sailing ships, tugboats and steamships related to Ross's career
as Chief Engineer on various vessels.
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Location of Collection:
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2b.4.2 (photographs and albums)
13.4.3 (papers)
1a.4.8 (oversize folder)
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Biographical Note
Robert B. Ross was born in Adelaide, Australia in 1867. In 1870 Ross's
family sailed on the Benjamin Amer to San
Francisco, and later that year to Port Madison on Bainbridge Island, Washington
aboard the barkentine William H. Gawley. Ross
began his maritime career in his teens, steamboating on Puget Sound in the
summer 1883 and working as a machinist in various Puget Sound ports in 1884.
In 1891, Ross began working for the Puget Sound Tug Boat Company,
serving as assistant or chief engineer on nearly all 14 deep-sea tugs
comprising the company fleet. In 1898, Ross conveyed the fleet of 12 Moran
Brothers river steamboats from Seattle to St. Michael, Alaska during the
Klondike gold rush. In 1903, he was chief engineer of the tugboat
Tyee when it towed the disabled freight steamship
Meteor from Dutch Harbor, Alaska to Seattle.
In 1917, Ross left the towing fleets and worked installing machinery
for the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, working on ships
including the motorship Alabama and the steamships
Mahaska, Nasika,
Yakima, Bosworth,
Delight and Gaffeny.
Around 1920, he worked aboard the steamship West
Jessup as chief engineer, and later serving on the steamship
Higho, on which he sailed from Seattle to Taku
Bar, China, during a stormy voyage in which the ship sustained some damage.
During his stay, Ross visited the Great Wall and various ports in China and
Japan. While working aboard the Higho, Ross also
visited ports along the east coast of South America and along the
Mediterranean, in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Northern Africa.
Other ships on which Ross served as chief engineer include the tug
Sea Monarch, the tug A.O.
Hermanson, the steamships Norwood and
Mahukona, as well as ferries of the Puget Sound
Navigation Company.
In 1930, Ross went to New York, where he became chief engineer of the
steamship Eastern Coast, renamed the
Diamond Cement. The vessel came west and operated
out of Seattle until 1933, when it returned to the Atlantic coast. Ross left
the ship in Boston and returned to Seattle, but came on again as chief engineer
when the Diamond Cement, of the Pacific Coast Coal
Company, returned to Seattle in 1935. He served continuously in this position
until his retirement in 1942.
Robert Ross died in Port Madison in December 1952.
Content Description
The collection is comprised largely of photographs, with 239 loose
photographs and 6 photograph albums. Most of the photographs depict ships and
include sailing ships, tugboats and steamships. The photographs appear to
relate to Ross's employment, with photographs of sailing ships apparently taken
from tugboats, though it is unknown whether they were taken by Ross, or during
the time he was serving on the tugboat. Photographs of tugboats depict ships
Ross is known to have served on, such as the Tacoma and other tugs of the Puget Sound Tug Boat
Company. The collection also depicts steamships on which Ross served as Chief
Engineer, notably the Higho and the
Diamond Cement, which operated for a time as an
ore carrier that shuttled between Seattle and View Cove, Alaska.
The collection includes a series of photographs taken during the time
Ross served on the Higho when the ship stopped in
ports in China, Brazil and Italy and includes images of the officers of the
Higho on tour visiting Pisa, Rio de Janeiro,
China's Great Wall and other attractions.
Papers include original writings about Ross's experience on and
knowledge of the tugs Tyee and
Tacoma, a small amount of work-related
correspondence and notes, and a file of clippings related to early vessels on
Puget Sound, other vessels and maritime personalities.
Arrangement
Arranged in series:
- Photographs
- Photographic postcards
- Albums
- Papers
- Writings
- Correspondence
- Ephemera
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Gift of the estate of Robert B. Ross via William O. Beaton, August
1984.
Processing Note Glassine dividers between album pages were removed and album pages
were interleaved with archival tissue.
Numbering of photographs begins with number 19; numbers 1 through 18
are assigned to collection artifacts held by the Collections Department at
MOHAI.
Separated Materials Several books that were received with the donation were transferred to
the book collection of the Sophie Frye Bass Library.
These materials are part of a donation that also included a number of
artifacts. These artifacts are cataloged and stored separately by MOHAI's
Collections Department.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access The collection is open to the public by appointment.
Restrictions on Use The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in
the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research,
publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI
before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to
all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation Robert B. Ross Collection of Maritime Photographs and Other Material,
Museum of History & Industry, Seattle
Subjects
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
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| Puget
Sound Tug Boat Company--Photographs |
| Dall Island
(Alaska)--Photographs |
| Port
Madison (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) |
| Sailing ships--Washington
(State)--Puget Sound--Photographs |
| Steamships--Washington
(State)--Photographs |
| Tugboats--Washington
(State)--Puget Sound--Photographs |
| Photograph
albums |
| Photographic
prints |
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
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Photographs
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Robert B. Ross
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circa 1940 |
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19:
Robert B. Ross on the tug
Tacoma
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circa 1900 |
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20:
Robert B. Ross on ship at sea,
probably the Diamond Cement
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circa 1940 |
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21:
Robert B. Ross on the
Diamond Cement
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1940 |
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22:
Man on ship, probably Robert B.
Ross on the Diamond Cement
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circa 1940 |
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negative
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4" x 6"
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Sailing ships
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circa 1891-1917 |
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Photographs of sailing ships were probably all taken from the
deck of a tugboat; tugboat deck and tow lines are visible in several of the
photographs.
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24-54:
Sailing ships
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circa 1891-1917 |
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Ships being towed to port from sea
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Abner Coburn
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George E. Billings
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Idaho
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Klickitat
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Manila (Japanese
schooner)
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Marion Chilcotte
- Schooner Maud
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Meteor
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Robert Rickmos (?), a
German ship
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55-60:
Sailing ships
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circa 1891-1917 |
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Admiral
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Alexander McNeill
- Revenue cutter Grant
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Helene
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63-74:
Sailing ships, probably from
tug Tacoma
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circa 1891-1917 |
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5" x 7" Includes images where the Tacoma
and crew are visible
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Gatherer
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Glenesslin
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Okanogan
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Silo
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75-79:
Sailing ships
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circa 1891-1917 |
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3.5" x 3.5"
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Glenesslin
- Schooner Helene
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80:
Ship Pinmore listing starboard
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1901 October 29 |
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81:
Ship Roanoke
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circa 1891-1917 |
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82:
Barkentine
Gardner City
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circa 1891-1917 |
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83:
Sailing ship
Spartan
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circa 1891-1917 |
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hand-colored
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84:
Man with figurehead of sailing
ship Glory of the Seas
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1911 |
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Muirhead Photo
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photographer)
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85-90:
Sailing ships
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circa 1891-1917 |
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negatives
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5" x 7" Tugboat from which photograph was taken is visible in two of
the images
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Tugboats
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circa 1891-1917 |
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23:
Tug Politkofsky in Port Blakely harbor
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undated |
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Tug Tacoma
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circa 1891-1917 |
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91:
Tug Tacoma
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circa 1891-1917 |
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61:
Three men on tug
Tacoma: J.F. Primrose, Charles Rasmoson, and John
Stromberg
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circa 1891-1917 |
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77:
Crew on tug
Tacoma
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circa 1891-1917 |
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92:
Robert B. Ross, Sue Phillips
and Etta Alexander on tug Tacoma
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circa 1891-1917 |
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cyanotype
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93:
H.H. Morrison, Sue Phillips
and Etta Alexander on tug Tacoma
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circa 1891-1917 |
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cyanotype
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Tug Tyee
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circa 1891-1917 |
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94:
Tug Tyee at sea
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circa 1891-1917 |
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95-96:
Robert B. Ross on tug
Tyee
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circa 1891-1917 |
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97-99:
Tug Tyee
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circa 1891-1917 |
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100:
Tug Lorne
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circa 1891-1917 |
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101:
Tug Sea
Lion
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circa 1891-1917 |
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102:
Tug Pioneer
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circa 1891-1917 |
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103:
Tug Wanderer
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circa 1891-1917 |
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104:
Tug boat towing sail
boat
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circa 1891-1917 |
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105:
Tug Reliance
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circa 1891-1917 |
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106:
Tug Wyadda
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circa 1891-1917 |
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Tug Tatoosh
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107-108:
Launching of tug
Tatoosh at Moran Brothers shipyard,
Seattle
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1900 February 2 |
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109:
Tug Tatoosh flying ten different flags
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circa 1900-1917 |
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110:
Tug Tatoosh at sea
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circa 1900-1917 |
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Anders B.
Wilse
(
photographer)
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111-113:
Motorship Alabama on ways and launching
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circa 1891-1917 |
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Steamships
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S.S. Higho
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1919-1920 |
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Photographs depicts the steamship Higho, and Ross and other officers visiting ports in
China, Brazil and Italy.
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114:
S.S. Higho in Portland
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1919 June |
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115-119:
Officers of the S.S.
Higho
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1920 |
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5 photographs 3 of the images depict 8 officers on the deck of the Higho:
1st Mate Meadows, 2nd Mate Phillips, Chief Engineer Robert B. Ross, 1st
Assistant Engineer H.O. Halvorsen, 2nd Assistant Engineer R. Billings, 3rd
Assistant Engineer B. Hubble, and an unidentified Radio Operator and 3rd
Mate.
2 of the images depict 4 of the officers listed above.
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Hong Kong and China
tours
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1920 |
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120:
Chinese men unloading coal
from the Higho in Honk Kong
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1920 |
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121:
Chinese junks in Hong
Kong
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1920 |
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122:
Junks and sampans in Hong
Kong
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1920 |
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123:
Great Wall
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1920 |
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124:
Great Wall and city of
Shan-Hai-Kuan
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1920 |
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125-126:
Streets in
Shan-Hai-Kuan
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1920 |
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127:
Five men from the
Higho, including R.B. Ross, in front of tower on
top of Great Wall
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1920 April |
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128:
Five men from the
Higho, including R.B. Ross, and 8 Chinese men near
temple built on top of Great Wall
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1920 |
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129:
Prison with Great Wall in
background
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1920 |
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130:
Higho officer Hubble standing with Chinese
family
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1920 |
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131:
Chinese man
squatting
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1920 |
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132-134:
Chow puppies
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1920 |
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Brazil tour
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1920 |
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135:
Engineering crew on deck of
the Higho
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1920 July 5 |
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"Panama Canal, July 5, 1920, S.S. Higho"
Identifications on verso. Left to right: Chief Engineer
Robert B. Ross, 1st Engineer H.O. Halvorsen, 2nd Engineer R. Billings, 3rd
Engineer B. Hubbel
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136:
Man on deck of
Higho with Rio de Janeiro and Sugar Loaf Mountain
in distance
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1920 |
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Identified on verso as L. Weltgen
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137:
Two men on deck of
Higho with Rio de Janeiro and Sugar Loaf Mountain
in distance
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1920 |
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Identified on verso as D. Brunea and L. Weltgen
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138:
Two men on deck of
Higho
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1920 |
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Identified on verso and Robert B. Ross and "McCurdy"
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139:
Higho officer "Sparks" in front of hotel in Santos,
Brazil
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1920 |
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140:
Hotel in Santos,
Brazil
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1920 |
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141-143:
Train tracks between Santos
and Santa Paula
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1920 |
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144:
Statue and pond in Santa
Paula
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1920 |
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145-150:
Horse racing track in Santa
Paula
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1920 |
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151-153:
Robert B. Ross, H.O.
Halverson and R. Billings on auto road along beach outside Rio de
Janeiro
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1920 |
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Note on 153: "Drive along cliffs out of Rio de Janeiro.
This road was built to entertain King Albert of Belgium."
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154:
Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio de
Janeiro
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1920 |
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155-157:
Cable cars at Sugar Loaf
Mountain
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1920 |
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Italy tour
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circa 1920 |
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158-162:
Leaning tower at
Pisa
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circa 1920 |
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Includes images of the tower from the ground and views
from the top of the tower. Robert B. Ross appears in some images, along with
"McCurdy" and "Daniellson."
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163-165:
Pisa Cathedral
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circa 1920 |
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166-170:
Higho officers, including Robert B. Ross, in
Pompeii
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circa 1920 |
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171:
"Weltgen" at café table in
Genoa
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circa 1920 |
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172:
Columbus House,
Genoa
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circa 1920 |
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173:
Steamship
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undated |
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The Diamond Cement
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circa 1930-1942 |
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174-175:
Diamond
Cement loading ore at View Cove, Alaska
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circa 1930-1942 |
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176-177:
Seattle waterway bridges (?)
open for passage of Diamond Cement (view from deck
of Diamond Cement)
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circa 1930-1942 |
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178-180:
Stormy sea from the
Diamond Cement showing water on deck, views
forward and aft
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circa 1930-1942 |
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181:
Diamond
Cement discharging cargo in Seattle
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circa 1930-1942 |
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182:
View of deck and water from
bridge of Diamond Cement
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circa 1930-1942 |
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183:
View of Laurada (?) Channel
from Diamond Cement
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1940 April 29 |
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184:
View of Principe Channel,
B.C. from Diamond Cement
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1940 April 30 |
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185:
Men on deck near
lifeboat
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1940 May 3 |
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186:
Man near winch on deck
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circa 1930-1942 |
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187:
Robert B. Ross, Joe Brugger,
S.M. Anderson, 2nd mate Larsen and two female passengers on deck
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circa 1930-1942 |
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188:
Robert B. Ross and young girl
passenger on deck
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circa 1930-1942 |
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189:
Radio operator "Bears" on
deck
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circa 1930-1942 |
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190:
2nd Officer Clark, 1st Office
Peterson and Chief Engineer Robert Ross on deck
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circa 1930-1942 |
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191:
Captain Guptill, Chief
Engineer Robert Ross and six passengers on deck
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circa 1930-1942 |
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192:
Robert B. Ross on
deck
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1940 May 3 |
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193:
Captain Einer Thomsen on
deck
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1940 May 3 |
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194:
2nd Assistant Joe Brugger on
deck
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1940 May 3 |
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195:
1st Officer Delbert Kelly on
deck
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1940 May 3 |
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196:
Robert B. Ross and "Biers" of
S.S. Diamond Cement standing near cactus on San
Marcos Island, Mexico
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circa 1930-1942 |
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197-201:
Limestone quarry at View
Cove, Dall Island, Alaska
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circa 1930-1942 |
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Showing quarry, power plant, crusher house, wharf, and
conveyer.
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202:
Diamond
Cement in Inside Passage from Alaska to Puget Sound
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undated |
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Other steamships
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62:
S.S. Garonne
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undated |
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78-79:
S.S. Victorian; unidentified steamer
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undated |
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203:
Steamer Fairhaven at sea
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undated |
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204:
Steamer Prince Robert in pass
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undated |
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205:
Steamer Sehome loading passenger at dock
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undated |
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Crain's Instantaneous
Photographics
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photographer)
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206:
Steamer Flyer at sea
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undated |
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207:
Steamer Michigan loaded with passengers, Port
Blakely
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undated |
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Peiser
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photographer)
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208:
Steamer Egremont at dock, Seattle
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1912 |
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209:
Steamer Zephyr with passengers at dock
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undated |
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Stereograph
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210:
Steamer Beaver near coast
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undated |
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211:
Steamship at sea
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undated |
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negative
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5" x 7"
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212:
Crew of steamer
Hyak
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circa 1910 |
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Studio portrait of 4 men in uniform. Left to right: Ole
Hansen, Engineer; Alfred Welfare, Mate; Gus Johnson, Purser; Henry Hansen,
Captain.
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Wrecks
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213-214:
Men and women posed on top of
wreck of the tug Lorne
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undated |
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215:
Men near wreck of the tug
Lorne
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undated |
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216-217:
Wrecks of the tug
Lorne and sailing ship America
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undated |
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218:
Wrecks of the tug
Lorne and sailing ship America with tugs Prosper
and Tyee in background
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undated |
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219:
Figurehead on wreck of the
sailing ship America
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undated |
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220:
Steamer Ohioan aground near Seal Rocks, San
Francisco
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undated |
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221:
Remains of S.S. Islander near Juneau, Alaska
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circa 1934 |
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222:
Buildings at Observation Point
(now Prospect Point), Vancouver, near the site of the steamship
Beaver's remains
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undated |
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Cartes de visite
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undated |
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223-224:
Captain Tug Wilson of the
Tidal Wave
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undated |
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Vaughan's First Premium Photographic
Gallery, San Francisco
Runnels & Co., San
Francisco
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225-226:
Captain Jeremiah Farmham of the
Northwest
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circa late 1800s |
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Vaughan's First Premium Photographic
Gallery, San Francisco
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227:
Alec Wood, former captain of
the West Seattle ferry
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circa 1880s |
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Theo. E. Peiser,
Seattle
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photographer)
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228:
Wife of Captain McGuire of the
bark Nonantum
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circa late 1800s |
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Morse, San
Francisco
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photographer)
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Miscellaneous
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229:
Steamer Prosper towing 5 whales: 4 humpback and 1 sulphur
bottom
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1909 |
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230:
Sulphur bottom whale and 5 men
on slip
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1909 |
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231-232:
Unidentified
lighthouse
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undated |
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Negatives
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5"x7"
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233:
Six people in canoe
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undated |
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Negative
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5"x7"
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Photographic postcards
Includes postcards written between Robert B. Ross and his family
and friends
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231-235:
Sailing ships
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circa 1912 undated |
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5 postcards
Numbers 231-233:
O. Beaton
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photographer)
Includes bark Everett G. Griggs,
the Horzogin Cecelie, and the barks
St. Paul and Star of
Finland
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236-240:
Tugboats
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circa 1912 undated |
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5 postcards
Number 236:
O. Beaton
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photographer)
Includes the Tatoosh, the
Pioneer, the Tyee and
the Lorne.
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241-249:
Steamships
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undated |
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9 postcards
Numbers 241-242:
Renfeld's
Photo
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photographer)
Includes the Harvard, the
Northwestern, the H.B.
Kennedy and two images of the Congress near
Coos Bay during and after a fire on board. One image shows the
Congress being towed by the tugs
Tyee, Oneonta and
Granger.
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Wrecks
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250:
Wreck of steamer
Santa Clara on Coos Bay Bar
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1915 November 2 |
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Renfeld's Photo,
Marshfield, Oregon
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photographer)
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251:
Wreck of the S.S.Czarina, Coos Bay
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A.M. Prentiss,
Marshfield, Oregon
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photographer)
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252:
Wreck of S.S.
Mariposa near Bella Bella, B.C.
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1915 October 8 |
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253:
Wreck of the
Prince Rupert
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1917 March 23 |
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254:
S.S. Edith sinking off Alaska coast
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circa 1910s |
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John E.
Thwaites
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photographer)
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255:
Tatoosh Island showing Cape
Flattery lighthouse and cedar-planked Makah buildings
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circa 1895 |
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256-257:
Panorama of Hong Kong
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undated |
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2 panoramas composed of 4
postcards each
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Albums, undated
Albums of ship photographs, depicting sailing ships, tugs and
steamers.
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258:
Album 1
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undated |
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6
photographs 3.25" x 3.25" Six photographs of sailing ships: the Santa Clara, Gatherer, and
unidentified ships. The photographs were probably taken from a tugboat; the end
of a tugboat is visible in one of the images.
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259:
Album 2
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undated |
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34
photographs 4" x 5.5" 31 photographs of sailing ships,2 photographs of steamships, and
1 photograph of a tugboat. Includes sailing ships
Highland, Griffiths, and
Admiral and the steamer Victoria. Photographs probably taken from a tugboat.
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260:
Album 3
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undated |
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48
photographs 3.5" x 3.5" Sailing ships depicted include the Eclipse, Wm. J. Rotch, Occidental, Drenna, Lamorna, Okanogan,
Nokomis, Spartan, Angerona, Eric, Tanner, Grant, Mayflint, Vidette, Glendoon,
Trongate, Coryphene, Manila, Harry Morse, Colbert, Highland Light, Honoipu,
Quickstep, J.M. Coleman and Imberhorn.
Tugs depicted include the J.E. Boyden,
Wallula, and Puget Sound Tug Boat Co. tugs Pioneer, Sea Lion, Tacoma, and Holyoke.
Steamships depicted include the Victorian,
Mayflower, Prosper, Bloemfontein, Angeles, Milos, Glenogil, Flyer, Sehome,
Walla Walla, survey steamer Pathfinder, and
transport ships Sheridan, Lawton and
Victoria.
Other ships: hospital ship Iroquois.
Photographs probably taken from tugs, with tug or tow line
visible in some
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261:
Album 4
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undated |
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60
photographs 3.5" x 3.5" Sailing ships depicted include the Inca, Wm. H. Smith, Courser,
Highland Light, John A. Briggs, J.M. Griffith, Drenna (a German ship),
St. Robert, Eric, Florence, Rickmers, and
Colorado.
Tugs depicted include the Tyee,
Walula and Puget Sound Tug Boat Co. tugs Pioneer and Tacoma.
Steamship depicted include the Prosper,
Queen City, Victorian, Mayflower, Morgan City, Angeles, and
Discovery.
Also includes images of Neah Bay; the Skagway waterfront showing
the Pacific Coast Co. dock; Fort Wrangel; a view from Ross's home of a sandspit
at Port Madison; people atop a large rock at Tracyton; men and horses on a
logging road; people at a cabin; Crystal Springs; women and children with
horses; a large house ("home, sweet home"); a horse and buggy on a dirt road;
women and children on house steps ("coming home from school"); women posed on
porches, on a dock, and in other outdoor scenes; and a cemetery.
Images of Port Madison depict the Port Madison Hotel, a Port
Madison stable, cookhouse and mill, a cabin, and McClallam House in Port
Madison. Two cyanotypes depict the Port Madison Post Office, Masonic Hall and a
store; and a schoolhouse in Port Madison.
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262:
Album 5
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48 photographs Sailing ships depicted include the Spartan, Reaper, Silo, Occidental, Okanogan, Expansion,
Mermaid, Portland, Santa Clara, Gatherer, Meteor, Emilie, Abner Coburn, W.H.
Smith, May Flint, Tanner, Helene, Standard, Honoipu, Maggie Russ, J.M.
Griffith, News Boy, Battle Abbey, Admiral, Benicia, Isaac Reed, Robert R. Hind,
Monitor, Brinhilda, General Banning, Inca, Florence and
Fred D. Sander.
The Tug Tacoma is visible towing
ships J.D. Peters, Pengwern, Expansion and
Yola.
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263:
Album 6
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48 photographs This album consists of the same photographs as Album 5, arranged
in a different order.
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Papers
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Writings
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Handwritten manuscripts, mostly signed by Robert B. Ross, with
one signed by "Geo. Wish."
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264:
"Record of the Tug
Tacoma" by Robert B. Ross
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4 pages
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265:
"Record of the Tug
Tacoma" by Robert B. Ross
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9 pages
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266:
"About the Tug
Tyee - the Grand Old Lady" by Robert R.
Ross
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7 pages
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267:
Poem "S.S.
Higho," probably by Robert B Ross
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8 pages
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268:
Drawing and account by Robert
B. Ross of the S.S. Diamond Cement listing at a
Baltimore wharf
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2 pages
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269:
"The Ross Family - Port
Madison"
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1 page The top of the page reads "C.T. Conover history" and the page
appears to be signed "Geo. Wish."
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272:
Engineering notes
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1919-1940 |
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Includes a handwritten reference guide of formulas, and a list
of distances traveled by the Diamond Cement from
1928-1940.
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Correspondence
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270:
Outgoing correspondence from
Robert B. Ross as Chief Engineer of the S.S. Higho
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1920-1921 |
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Ephemera
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Postcard advertising Puget
Sound Tug Boat Company
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undated |
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Inspection certificate for tug
Pioneer
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1890 |
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Invitations
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1904 1908 |
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Invitations to the launching of the Battleship
Nebraska and the arrival of the U.S. Battleship
Fleet from the tug Tyee.
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Flyers for a strike by the crew
of the S.S. Diamond Cement in
Baltimore
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undated |
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Clippings
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1935-1961 |
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Includes Ross's retirement announcement; articles on early
Puget Sound vessels; and articles on Einer Thomsen, captain of the
Diamond Cement.
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