Wilhelm Hester photographic envelopes, 1890-1899.

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Wilhelm Hester photographic envelopes, 1890-1899.

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Note with developing instructions from Hester and two photographic paper envelopes, for 8" x 10" Velox photographic paper, manufactured by Nepera Chemical Company, with annotations in graphite.

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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Maritime Research Center, Maritime Library, Maritime Archives

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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Maritime Research Center, Maritime Library, Maritime Archives

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Hester, Wilhelm

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Wilhelm Hester was born in October, 1872 in central Hamburg. With his brother Ernst, he came to the United States in 1890, and from 1890 -1893 they lived in Montana. In the fall of 1893 they arrived in Seattle and began a practice of photography. In 1898, Wilhelm went to Alaska for a year during the Klondike gold rush, then returned to Seattle. He was an important photographic chronicler of shipping in Puget Sound in the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his pictures of ships, seame...