Lu Jacobson Collection of Latimer and Denny Family Material
See letters, photographs and other ephemera from two of Seattle's early families.
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Unknown man in Galesburg, Illinois, ca. 1880
Photograph taken by Thomas Harrison in Galesburg, Illinois.
Identifier: spl_lj_043
Date: 1880?
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Unknown woman in Abington, Illinois, ca. 1880
Photograph taken by C.H. Smith in Abingdon, Illinois.
Identifier: spl_lj_023
Date: 1880?
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Unknown woman in Shenandoah, Iowa, ca. 1880
Photograph taken by W.H. Brewer in Shenandoah, Iowa.
Identifier: spl_lj_029
Date: 1880?
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Unknown woman in Hiawatha, Kansas, ca. 1880 [Narcissa?]
Photograph taken by R.A. Hickox in Hiawatha, Kansas.
Identifier: spl_lj_027
Date: 1880?
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Latimer Hill, ca. 1906
Transcribed from back of photograph: "About 1906. Taken by Henry Ritchie. Latimer Hill." Location of Latimer Hill unknown. Possibly located in Illinois where members of the Latimer Family resided prior to arriving in Seattle.
Identifier: spl_lj_059
Date: 1906?
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Unknown man in Santa Barbara, California, ca. 1880
Photograph taken by W.N. Tuttle in Santa Barbara, California.
Identifier: spl_lj_030
Date: 1880?
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Unknown man in Waterloo, Iowa, ca. 1880
Photograph taken by H.S. & J.W. Hoot in Waterloo, Iowa.
Identifier: spl_lj_024
Date: 1880?
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Union soldiers, ca. 1865
Tintype portrait of five Union soldiers. Likely taken during the Civil War.
Identifier: spl_lj_015
Date: 1865?
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Training dogs for Alaska outside 1108 Seneca St. home, ca. 1897
Transcribed from photograph: "Training dogs for Alaska. This in Seneca Street almost in front of our house. Where you see the fence and trees is Charlie's block. It is directly opposite our house on south side of Seneca St." In the 1890 City Directory, Orion Denny is listed at 1108 Seneca on the NW corner of Boren and Seneca. When his wife, Narcissa, died in 1900 her obituary mentioned that the couple at lived at the 1108 Seneca address for several years. In 1905, Denny constructed a larger mansion designed by Bebb & Mendel on the same street corner (which then went by the address 1204 Boren).
Identifier: spl_lj_065
Date: 1897?
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Stetson and Post Mill, ca. 1896
Transcribed from back of photograph: "Stetson + Post's Mill, Seattle."
Identifier: spl_lj_062
Date: 1896?
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