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Bernice Cox, Steilacoom teacher, and Elaine Northon
1915?
People321
People323
People322
People327
People324
People326
People325
People330
People329
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People332B
People332A
People331
People333
People336
People335
People334
People338
People337
People340
People339
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People341
People344
People343
People342
People346A
People346
People345
People347
People348
People349
People349A
People350
People350A
Marked as "People350A" but no 350A in log. Unknown who these ladies are.
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People351
People352
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People354
People353
People355
People356
People358
People357
People359
People360
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People362
People361
People363
People365
People364
People367B
People367A
People366
People368
People369
People370
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People372
People371
People373
People375
People374
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People385B
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Bernice Cox, Steilacoom teacher
Bernice Cox as a student at Ellensburg Normal School
Bernice Cox, Steilacoom teacher from 1917 to 1948
Unk
1920?
1913
Twins Marian and Margaret Power, daughters of Fidelia Newberry Power (see People 326 above). She married Henry Power of Coupeville and died during childbirth of twins.
Fidelia Newberry. Taught school in Steilacoom at the Academy 1884-1887. Moved to Coupeville, W.T., with her brothers
Addie Cheney. Portrait by Tacoma Studio.
1890
Unk
Unk
1890
1890
Barlow family. Jessie Barlow taught school in Steilacoom 1904 - 1910
Frank Newberry, taught at the Academy with his sister, Fidelia, and later taught at Coupeville
Joan Curtis and Donn Laughlin walking in the costume parade during the bicentennial celebration
Draftees reporting to Camp Lewis (later Fort Lewis) prior to WW-I
Amelia Newberry, wife of Charles Newberry who was paster of the Oberlin Church from 1885 - 1910
1910?
1976
1917
Lavonia Gass and son, Aubrey. Moved to Steilacoom in 1892
Barlow family on an outing to Lake Washington
1885
1910?
Daniel Gass, third wife Emma, Florence Adella, Aubrey, and Conrad. Lived in Steilacoom and Tacoma
1898
1892
Helen, Florence, and Aubrey Gass
Oberlin Church minister Rodolphus Weston (born 1811), and wife Nancy Grover (born 1822)
John Rigney and twin sister, Ernstane (sp?). Mrs. Kanavan in background.
Daniel Porter Gass, blacksmith in Steilacoom and Tacoma
1851
1918
1912
Rodulphus Weston, Baptist minister
1863
Cyrus and Caroline Grover at wedding of Weston's (see previous two photos)
1851
1970
1895?
Unk
First annual SHMA dinner, potluck
Children and teachers in front of old Steilacoom school
Unidentified people in back of an outdoor table
Steilacoom School students of Zenith Densmore (see names in People346A below)
Captain William McNeill (for whom McNeill Island is named)
William and Mary Thompson and children, Evan, William, Jr., Hannah, and Kate
1870s
1898
1950
Steilacoom school children (see also Interiors217)
Names of Steilacoom School students of Zenith Densmore (see People346 above)
Lafayette Balch
1900?
1900?
1950
Bair family memorial day picnic. Names are superimposed on photo People349A
1909
Professional photo of Bair family...John, wife, Mary, and mother, also Mary
1909
1895
Doering family. Emma and Nick came to Steilacoom in 1889
Godfrey family photo taken in Salinas, Kansas. Daughter Hattie married W. L. Bair
W. L. Bair standing next to Waverly Hotel with grandson, Bill
1915
1880
1923
Ladies participating in townwide Centennial celebration
Bicentennial spelling bee during townwide celebration.
John Saltar
1954
1976
1890?
Shirley Barkley with George Kuper's tow truck
George Kuper, service station owner when the station was in the Orr property (where the museum now stands)
Lou Dunkin at the Twibell Service Station on Far West Drive
1940
~1938
1950s
Franken Darville. Photo taken in Denver and given to Mrs. Saltar
VFW Drum and Bugle Corps
Eudocia Bair Leech and Bernice Cox Bell. Both were teachers at the Steilacoom School
1889
~1965
1930s
George Chapman
Annie J. Flett Chapman
Gudmund and mother, Gertrude Evanger wating for a streetcar in front of Western State Hospital
1895
1895
192-s
Janet Tail, teacher in Steilacoom 1919 - 1955
Ellen Chapman Freckelton (daughter of Georeg Chapman above) at 99th birthday party. Also Beth Freckelton Julian and Christine Julian
2001
Dr. John W. Waughop, superintendent of Hospital of the Insane (later Western Washington Hospital)
Janet Tail, teacher in Steilacoom 1919 - 1955
Unk
Unk
1889
Vir (Virginia?) Dyer, drum majorette, American Legion Marching Band
Groundbreaking for new Oberlin Church at Rainier and Pacific Streets in Steilacoom
~1937
1961
Vir (Virginia?) Dyer, drum majorette, American Legion Marching Band with two unidentified band members in front of Stadium High School
~1937
Captain Charles Wilkes, leader of U.S. Survey of northwest. Arrived in Steilacoom in 1841
1850?
Thomas Chambers, settle on Chambers Creek where he operated three mills
Dr. Thomas Tolne, factor of Fort Nisqually in the 1840s and 1850s. Person for whom Tolme State Park in Lacey is named.
1865
Unk
Also pictured on page 98, Volume II. History of the Pacific Northwest - Oregon and Washington, 1889
Gertrude Hermann Betz on the Steilacoom Beach. Her parents ran the Waverly Hotel in the early 1900s
1912
1915
1912
People386
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The Watland family, l. to r., Arthur, Elias, Edna, Bertha, Lillie, and Adelaide
1909
1930?
1920s?
People387
Derville family at home, corner of Martin and 2nd Street. Lottie, Daisy, John, mother Lucy, and Frankie
1897?
People378
People379
People380
People377
4th grade class including Adelaide and Arthur Watlund and teacher, Eudocia Bair Leech
Lillie, Edna, and Adelaide Watlund with their friends, Winifried and Betty Warren
The Watland family, Elias and Bertha with their children Lillie, Edna, Arthur, and Adelaide
1923?
1915
Adelaide and Lillie Watlund, teacher Mrs. Hall, and friends Mattie Doering and Edith Daily
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People383
People382
People381
People385A
People384
Adelaide and Lillie Watlund at railway station Warren
Adelaide, Lillie, and Edna Watlund,
1920
1924
1924
Elias and Adelaide Watlund and others at the Steilacoom doce
Bertha and Elias Watlund at home with children, Lillie, Arthur, and Adelaide
Watlund home. Photo taken at unknown date, later than People385A above
Arthur Watlund with friend Dorothy Price
1908?
1923?
Adelaide Watlund with friend Betty Warren
People385A(1)
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Note absence of trees in yard and picket fence, and presence of light pole
This and following photos of Watlund family donated to SHMA by Don Dresser of DuPont
Closeup of family on porch People387A
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People390
People389
People388
Derville family at home, corner of Martin and 2nd Street. Lottie, Daisy, John, mother Lucy, and Frankie
Eudocia and Godfrey ("Cub") Bair
1897?
1896?
Closeup of family on porch People389A
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People391
People392
People393
People394
People396
People395
People397
People399
People398
The Honorable L. F. Thompson
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Unk
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Rev John DeVore
E. R. Rogers
Christy and Jeff Bair, married and lived in Steilacoom. Christy 1870 - 1928, Jeff 1866 - 1926
Bair family at Hood Canal. Back, Robin Light, Joan Light, Jim Veirs, friend, Gregory Bair. Middle, Patty Bair, Kenneth Light, Beth Veirs Fyles, Marth Light Flemming, Dan Bair Stanley Flemming. Front, Jane Bair Light, "Cub" Bair, Barney Light, and Gary Light.
Mary Drew Bair, wife of "Cub" Bair
1980
1900
1950s
Photo Missing
W. L., Hattie, Eudocia, and "Cub" Bair
Mary Drew Bair, wife of "Cub" Bair
Back to front: Bill, Susan, Barney, and Jane Bair at Hood's Canal
1905?
1920
1929
Eudocia and "Cub" Bair with cousins, Harold and Bob Nichols
1905?
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People400
Indian John and his wife, Indian Annie at the door of their house boat.l Annie is making a basket and John appears to be holding an axe handle.
Unk
Original is very poor quality.
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Mary and Margaret Keister, mother and aunt of Steilacoom resident Jackie Dock
1916
People403
People402
Pioneers of King, Pierce, and Thurston Counties gathering at Point Defiance Park (Tacoma)
July 13, 1927
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Steilacoom Annie and Steilacoom John on their houseboat
People406
People405
People404
People402A
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Neil Henly of Steilacoom (photo clipped from People402 above)
July 13, 1927
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Cast of Tugboat Annie including Ronald Reagan, second from left
Rigney twins and their granddaughters during 'Rigney family reunion in Steilacoom. The twins were born to John and Elizabeth Rigney in 1862 in a hand-hewn log house in what is now Manitou Park.. Marcella died in Aug 1950 and Rose in Mar 1951. Photo courtesy of Tacoma Public Library.
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People409
People408
People407
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Neil Henly and Marcella Rigney Henly.
Neil Henly and Marcella Rigney Henly on their 50th Wedding Anniversary
Cascade Paper Company workers
1930s?
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Annual Convention of Washington State Federation of Federal Employees Unions in front of Steilacoom Town Hall.
Apr 30, 1938
People410
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Appointment of William Leech as Steilacoom Postmaster by President Warren G. Harding
Feb 27, 1922
People411
People412
People413
People415
People414
People415A
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William Leech at Steilacoom (in Bair Drugs and Hardware Store)
ca. 1922
Cub Bair and George Henly after reconstruction of Bair Drugs.
1977
Unknown
Bair family. Jeff Bair is at far left, W. L. next to Christie Bair, far right
Cub Bair (in truck), Greta Henly Hess, and George Henly
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1977
Dr. Mary Perkins and son, Melville
Melville Perkins
ca. 1900
ca. 1915
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People416
Charles Martin at his home (1214 Lafayette) a fe months after his second wife, Florence Elder Martin, died. The house was bought by Carter and Charlotte Bass in 1948 from Mr. Elder, son of Florence by previous marriage. Charles Martin came from Wilkinson and helped finance the gravel pit.
ca. 1946
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People417
Unidentified family
Unidentified young lady
Unknown
Unknown
People418
Unknown
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People419
Unidentified men and boy. Possibly a sports team judging from attire.
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People420
People421
People422
E. C. Ferguson (portrait superimposed on lithograph of Steilacoom). Ferguson lived in Steilacoom in 1858/9 before taking a claim on the Snohomish River in 1860. The cottage he occupied in Steilacoom was shipped to Snohomish.
Unidentified children on hill in upper Steilacoom (Puget Sound visible in background)
Boy Scouts and dads at the Steilacoom Boy Scout Chuckwagon Breakfast in Town Hall. Top row, l to r - Tom Hedges, Richard Fowler, unk, unk. 2d row - Richard Fowler, unk. Bottom row - Ron Fredrickson, Art Fowler, unk, unk. All the scouts graduated from Steilacoom in 1960. Identities and year teken provided by Art Fowler, March 2012.
Spring 1942
Unknown
Unknown, but probably well after in the early 1900s.
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People423
Carter Bass and dog, Shammy", in garden of their home at 1214 Lafayette (see People416 above).
1960
People424
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Gordon Toole in front of auto garage at corner of Main and Rainier Streets (current location of Steilacoom Historical Museum). Original photo is out of focus.
Unknown
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People426
People425
Group sledding on hill in snowbound Steilacoom. Group includes Queenie Hoff (far left)k John Hoff, Stella Wescott, Florence Gamble, Alva and Charlie Armstrong, and Docia Bair.
Steilacoom Centennial spelling bee participants
1954
Unknown
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People430
People429
People428
People427
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William Dougherty, member of first Board of Commissioners, Pierce County (named by Oregon Territorial Governow)
L - R Steilacoom Mayor Robert Anderson, SHMA Salmon Bake Chairman Gerry Evanson, Steilacoom Police Chief John Micone at 1982 Salmon Bake
July 21, 1982
July 21, 1982
L - R Steilacoom Mayor Robert Anderson, SHMA Salmon Bake Chairman Gerry Evanson, Steilacoom Police Chief John Micone at 1982 Salmon Bake
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1921
Before 1889
People431
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Unidentified Steilacoom family
~1907
William D. Vaughn, founder of Vaughn on the Key Peninsula. Gunsmith and co-owner (with Fred Eisenbeiss) of the Pioneer Livery Stable on Commercial Street in Steilacoom which they purchased in 1880. Died in the 1920s.
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People432A
People432
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Steilacoom lumber mill (probably Chamber's mill) and workers.
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Steilacoom lumbermill (probably Chamber's mill) and workers.
Closeup clip fromSteilacoom lumber mill and workers in People432 above.
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People432B
Steilacoom lumbermill (probably Chamber's mill) and workers.
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Teamster (Nick Doering or one of his workers:?) with transport wagon in front of Bair Drug Store.
William Thompson and family in front of their home which was part of the settlement of gravel mine workers just north of what is now the railroad bridge over the Chamber's Bay outlet. Thompson emigrated from England in 1899. See below for identies of family members. The family later moved to Steilacoom proper.
Left to right: Polly Davis Thompson in doorway, "Grandma T." seated, William, William, Jr. (b. 1889) holding bike. The 1930 federal census includes William III but does not say to which son he belonged.
Daughters Katie (b. 1891) and Hannah (b. 1896.
~1915
1902
1902
1902
People433
People434B
People434
People434C
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Evan (b. 1892) on family horse.
1902
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