Ziegler and Rankin families photographs and papers, ca. 1890-1933.

ArchivalResource

Ziegler and Rankin families photographs and papers, ca. 1890-1933.

Ziegler and Rankin families photographs and papers, ca. 1890-1933.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76017347

The collection consists of photographs, photo albums, and papers from the Ziegler and Rankin families, who lived in Port Blakely on Bainbridge Island from approximately 1888 through the early 1900s. The photographs include many portraits, including a few portraying Ziegler family members. Group portraits of school children include Ziegler children as well as many children from local immigrant families, such as the Elofsons. The photographs also document the company houses for mill employees, including the house of the Henry Ziegler family. Other photographs depict the Port Blakely Mill, office and boiler room, Hall Brothers shipyard, and other Bainbridge Island locations. The albums consist of family photographs and clippings. Albums photographs include further images of company housing, and formal and informal photographs of family and friends. Family papers include wedding announcements, letters, invitations, programs, and newspaper clippings about friends and family. A biographical booklet about Victor Hugo Elfendahl describes the life and professional career of this assistant manager of the Port Blakely Mill.

3 boxes (.8 linear ft.)

Museum of History and Industry