Collection of Seattle Historical Society Founders' Day and other events photographs, 1894-1925 (bulk 1911-1925).

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Carkeek, Emily Gaskill, 1852-1926. Collection of Seattle Historical Society Founders' Day and other events photographs, 1894-1925 (bulk 1911-1925).

Collection of Seattle Historical Society Founders' Day and other events photographs, 1894-1925 (bulk 1911-1925).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191863796

The collections consists of 44 loose photographs and two albums of 13 and 70 photographs. Most of the loose photographs depict women in period costume inside or in front of Morgan J. and Emily Carkeek's residence at the annual Founders' Day celebrations, between 1911 and 1925. Many of the photographs have identifications inscribed on the back or on separate sheets of paper. Women are usually identified by their husband's names, and many names of prominent early Seattleites recur over the years. Both albums also contain photographs of the Founders' Day parties, including many duplicates of the loose photographs. The album apparently assembled by Emily Carkeek also includes many photographs of members of the Seattle Historical Society and other Seattle organizations at Park Board picnics at old Carkeek Park (now Warren G. Magnuson Park) on Pontiac Bay at Lake Washington.

127 photographs, including two albums (2 boxes)

Museum of History and Industry