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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Wedding Invitation of Orion O. Denny and Narcissa Latimer, March 31, 1889
Narcissa Latimer married Orion Denny on March 31, 1889. Orion was the son of Arthur and Mary Denny and first white male born in Seattle. He served as president of the Denny Clay Company.
Identifier: spl_lj_071
Date: 1889-03-31
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Jewish Transcript v. 1, no. 20, Jul. 22, 1924
Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_01_20
Date: 1924-07-22
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"Monterey" gunboat in Port Orchard dry dock, ca. 1896
The Port Orchard Dry Dock mentioned in the caption is likely the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
Identifier: spl_lj_067
Date: 1896
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Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Mrs. Alywin regarding her request for a raise for her work at the the post office, April 7, 1927
Letter responding to Mrs. Aylwin's request for a raise to account for the increased business at the Pike Place Market post office. Goodwin replies that he cannot justify a raise without seeing further evidence of the heavier traffic that Mrs. Aylwin references.
Identifier: spl_sh_00066
Date: 1927-04-07
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Unknown couple, ca. 1865
Tintype portrait of unidentified couple.
Identifier: spl_lj_018
Date: 1865
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Seattle Mail and Herald, v. 4, no. 10, Jan. 19, 1901
Page 3 article discusses Andrew Carnegie's $200,000 gift to the Seattle Public Library. Page 3 includes map of proposed site for the King Street Railway Station. King Street was built in 1906 and sometimes referred to as a "union station" due to the fact that multiple railroad lines were shared within the same terminal. The station that we now refer to as Union Station was at first called the Oregon and Washington Station and not constructed until 1911.
Identifier: spl_mh_198239_1901_04_10
Date: 1901-01-19
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Sandell & Reneau barber shop, Ballard, ca. January 1912
Four white barbers posing behind chairs, one with client sitting down, and a Black man holding a broom standing in the middle of Sandell & Reneau Barber Shop, 5205 Ballard Ave. The William Curtiss Co. building (5016 20th Ave) is seen through the window of the shop. A partial sign reflected in the mirror reads "Henry George," who was a proponent of the single-tax doctrine, along with his son Henry George, Jr., then a New York State Representative in Congress. A sign declaring the business a ""Union Shop"" hangs above the mirror.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00019
Date: 1912-01
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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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Pencil sketches of CCC camps: K.P. duty - peeling spuds.
Identifier: spl_art_N779Pe10
Date: 1934
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