"John Bair Glass Plate Negatives - 2 (unidentified)"
These photos were taken by John Bair and for the most part have not been developed into prints since he originally took the photos in the late-1890s, early-1900s. We have recognized some of the people, buildings, and scenes and given them descriptions accordingly, but most remain unidentified. Viewers are requested to contact SHMA photo archivists with any information regarding any of the photos, including those that have descriptions.
George Gimel and Warren Godfrey on porch of shop in Dawson, Yukon Territory
George Gimel and Hermite (sp?) on porch of shop in Dawson, Yukon Territory
Little girl at right moved when shutter was snapped and is not recognizable
Original is very poor quality
Penetentiary boat headed for McNeil Island
Close-up of people at window in JBX018 above
Helen Serfling (white blouse), Indian Annie, and unidentified woman in front of Bair Store.
Eudocia (Docia) and Cub Bair standing in front of "Bair the Druggist" store
Shoreline of Steilacoom taken from point above what is now Sunnyside Park. Show streetcar line going up hill to Lafayette Street.
Doering Transfer freight wagon in front of "Bair the Druggist" store
Palmer Grocery Store and other stores in Yukon Territory during gold rush
A corner of Palmer Grocery Store, and another in Yukon Territory during gold rush
This photo is also in the Jack Leech collection
Hurly's boat at Longbranch on the Key Peninsula
Family group photo at Longbranch
The Kinans and Jack Leech
Julia and the kids looking out window
Palmer Brothers mining equipment store, Dawson
Chuck Herman and "Fred's boy" in front of Bair Drugs and Hardware
Chuck Herman in front of Bair Drugs and Harware
EBL taken on front porch of Iron Springs Hotel.
Uncle Jeff, Aunt Mary, Mabel Bair and Bob on Nichols' front proch (now Godfrey house)
Grandmother Bair (left) and Mary Nichols
W. L. Bair and wife on back porch and steps
Aunt Phoebe's house in Tacoma (frontal view)
Aunt Phoebe's house in Tacoma (back porch)
Aunt Phoebe's house in Tacoma, frontal view.
Either JBX070 or JBX072 is a reversed image (i.e., both are frontal view of same house)
Perhaps Estet (sp?) and Evan Morgan
W. L. Bair and neighborhood kids (Mabel Hatcher, Stu Attwood, Pearl Attwood, Nat Hatcher) in fron of Bair Drugs and Hardware.
Kate Cheney Brand and son
Kate Cheney Brand and son
Miss Weston and Mrs. Balch
Peter Burke (corner of Lafayette and Main Streets in background)
Chute (for an unknown product, perhaps logs) in Waterton. B.C. (This description was apparently a guess by Docia Bair whose note appears on a paper accompanying the negative.)
Negative is accompanied by illegible notes
Mrs. Henley (or Mrs O'Donnell?) with baby
Corner of Miss Rigney's property
L.R. Miggin (sp?) Evaline, Helen Kanavan, Miss Irving, and W. L. Hutchings (sp?)
Helen Kanavan at old shingle mill
Koester's (sp?), Steilacoom Lake, WA
Waterton, B.C. (according to guess by Docia Bair
Uncle Ed's store in Tacoma
Harold and (illegible) Whirlbrenner (sp?)
Grandma Bair and grandson
Bair House and Henley House on Starling Street
Dad (W. L. Bair) at Post Office desk
Photo is apparently a double exposure, one with W. L. Bair at the desk, the other without him in the photo.
Man in hospital gown and carrying an IV-drip bag on stand
Don Herman and Jordan children on pony
Godfrey, Docia, Robert, and Harold on a wheelbarrow
Harold Nichols and his grandpa
Dad (W. L. Bair), Uncle John, and Uncle Ed
Dad (W. L. Bair) and Uncle John
Dad at grandma's grave stone
Minerva Weston Schultz, Bob Harold, me (Docia Bair), and Mary, baby
Grandma Bair and Aunt Mary in Nichols' house
Palmer Grocery Store and other stores in Yukon Territory during gold rush
Palmer Grocery Store in Yukon Territory during gold rush
Dogs (probably in Yukon Territory during the gold rush
Dogs (probably in Yukon Territory during the gold rush
Dogs (probably in Yukon Territory during the gold rush
JBX129 thru JBX134 were taken in Alaska (according to note by Docia Bair