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B05.36947 Ship 3-masted--unidentified ca. 1890-1905

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate. Plate cracked into 2 pieces, one lower corner broken.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; in tow; flying Norwegian flag? Possibly Wilhelm Hester's copy of a Wilton photo?
 

B06.12141 Benica (built 1883; ship, 3m), broadside at anchor. On San Francisco Bay, CA ca. 1893-1905

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.
 

B06.12152 Castle Rock (built 1892; ship, 3m). San Francisco, CA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Wilton, T.H.
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll." Credit: Hester Coll.
 

B06.12153 Castle Rock (built 1892; ship, 3m). San Francisco Bay, CA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Wilton, T.H.
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor. Credit: Hester Coll.
 

B06.12281 Robert Duncan (built 1891; bark, 4m). San Francisco Bay, CA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Wilton, T.H.
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll." Credit area: Hester Collection.
 

B06.12293 Simla (built 1890; bark, 4m). San Francisco, CA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Wilton, Thomas H.
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll." Credit: Hester Collection.
 

B06.12302 Thistle (built 1891; bark, 4m). San Francisco Bay, CA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Wilton, Thomas H.
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll." Credit: Hester Collection.
 

B06.26496 Ancona (built 1893; bark, 4m). San Francisco Bay, CA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Wilton, Thomas H.
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. gl(2); glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor. Source: "Credit area: Hester Collection." Credit area: Hester Collection.
 

F01.03027 Rosecrans (built 1883; transport; U.S. Army). Seattle, WA ca. 1900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 4-1/2x9-1/2 in, mount 7-1/2x13 in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at dock.
 

F01.12000 Aigburth (built 1882; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; docked at lumber wharf. Lumber chute at stern.
 

F01.12001 Aldergrove (built 1875; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

ALDERGROVE (center) loading lumber; donkey scow alongside; and WILLIE R. HUME (built 1890; barkentine, 4m) (center left) docked at Port Blakely Mill Co.; shingles on dock at right. "Good view of a figurehead in a working context." (D. Hull)
 

F01.12002 S.T. Alexander (built 1900; schooner, 4m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard bow, loading lumber.
 

F01.12003 Alster (built 1890; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass negative; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety positive; 8x10 in

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; docked at Northwestern Improvement Co. dock.
 

F01.12004 Alsterberg (built 1902; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass negative; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety positive; 8x10 in

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, docked at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12005 Alterschwan (built 1891; bark, 4m) ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, docked at Northwestern Improvement Co. dock, Tacoma, WA.
 

F01.12006 Amiral Cecille (built 1902; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety positive; 8x10 in

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, docked at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12007 Amiral Cecille (built 1902; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety positive; 8x10 in

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, docked at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12008 Ardnamurchan (built 1890; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety positive; 8x10 in

Scope and Content Note

ARDNAMURCHAN (center, foreground); EILBECK (built 1892; bark, 4m) (center background, bowsprit jutting beyond that of ARDNAMURCHAN) and AVANTI (built 1875; ship, 3m) (between ARDNAMURCHAN and EILBEK). Docked at Port Blakely Mill Co. loading lumber. Bow of SARAH M. RENTON (built 1889; riverboat) at far right.
 

F01.12009 Ariadne (built 1891; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass negative; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety positive; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, docked at Port Blakely Mill Co. Wharf.
 

F01.12010 Artemis (built 1890; bark, 3m). Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at dock. 2 cutters in middleground. Seine boat and net scow, right foreground.
 

F01.12011 Balmoral (built 1892; bark 4m). Seattle, WA? ca. 1904?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; docked. Racing scull and crew in foreground.
 

F01.12012 Belford (built 1894; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass negative; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety negative; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock
 

F01.12014 Bertha (built 1888; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass negative; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety positive; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12015 British Yeoman (built 1880; ship, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

BRITISH YEOMAN at dock, broadside. Paddle river-boat STATE OF WASHINGTON at extreme left.
 

F01.12016 Cambronne (built 1897; bark, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard bow, at dock.
 

F01.12018 Deudraeth Castle (built 1886; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass negative; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety positive; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12020 Dunboyne (built 1888; ship, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at dock. PRINCESS ANGELINE (built 1900; barge) alongside.
 

F01.12021 Dimsdale (built 1890; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock. Off-loading ballast onto lighter alongside, using donkey scow.
 

F01.12022 Dutton (built; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, docked.
 

F01.12023 Dutton (built; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at dock. "Drummond Ltge. Co." printed on lighter.
 

F01.12024 Fahrwohl (built 1892; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12025 Fahrwohl (built 1892; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12026 Fanny Dutard (built 1882; schooner, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass negative; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety positive; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at Port Blakely Mill Co.
 

F01.12027 Flottbek (built 1891; ship, 3m). At Tacoma, WA ca. 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

FLOTTBEK seen broadside at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock. Hester coll.
 

F01.12028 George E. Billings (built 1903; schooner, 5m). Port Blakely, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at dock at Hall Bros. Shipyard. Recently launched. Barge LOLO at right.
 

F01.12029 George E. Billings (built 1903; schooner, 5m). Port Blakely, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside of GEORGE E. BILLINGS, docked, recently launched at Hall Brothers Shipyard. Barge LOLO at bow of GEORGE E. BILLINGS.
 

F01.12030 George E. Billings (built 1903; schooner, 5m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1903-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, docked. Loading lumber at stern.
 

F01.12031 Glenmark (built 1889; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.; image reversed

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at London Dock.
 

F01.12032 Henriette (built 1893; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg.; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside of HENRIETTE. Bow of freighter TERJE VIKEN, right background. At Port Blakely Mill Co.
 

F01.12033 Howth (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg.; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12034 Hutton Hall (built 1884; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA 1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at Centennial Mill Co. dock.
 

F01.12035 India (built 1891; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock.
 

F01.12038 Iverna (built 1890; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock.
 

F01.12039 J.W. Clise (built 1904; schooner, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1904-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor at Port Blakely Mill Co. Deckload of lumber.
 

F01.12040 J.W. Clise (built 1904; schooner, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1904-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at Port Blakely Mill Co. Deckload of lumber.
 

F01.12041 James Johnson (built 1901; barkentine, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; anchored with stern to wharf; preparing to take on lumber. Scaffolding erected to support deckload.
 

F01.12042 James Rolph (built 1899; schooner, 4m) ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

JAMES ROLPH, broadside view, taking on a deckload of lumber at Port Blakely Mill Company wharf.
 

F01.12043 Kate F. Troop (built 1881; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at Port Blakely Mill Co. wharf. Women on poop deck.
 

F01.12044 Kildalton (built 1903; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, loading grain at Northwestern Improvement Co. dock.
 

F01.12045 Kinross (built 1877; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Northwestern Improvement Co. dock. Ballast log attached to side.
 

F01.12046 Lamoriciere (built 1895; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12047 Leicester Castle (built 1882; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock taking on a load of grain.
 

F01.12048 Leyland Brothers (built 1886; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; alongside an unidentified Tacoma Wharf.
 

F01.12049 Lisbeth (built 1891; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA? 1904?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilehlm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at dock. Donkey scow rigged to load lumber in main hatch.
 

F01.12050 Log rafts. Tacoma, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; Benson Raft.
 

F01.12051 Maipo (built 1893; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. One small upper corner missing from glass plate. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; loading lumber at wharf. Pram alongside.
 

F01.12052 Mary E. Foster (built 1892; schooner, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1898-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg;

Scope and Content Note

At Port Blakely Mill Co.; broadside view of MARY E. FOSTER in foreground loading lumber through bow ports. Behind her, lying parallel, three unidentified barks, the first loading lumber over her stern rail. At right, behind the stern of MARY E. FOSTER the bow and foremast of SARDOMENE (built 1882; ship, 3m).
 

F01.12053 Melanope (built 1876; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co. wharf.
 

F01.12054 Metropolis (built 1887; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12055 Mindoro (built 1901; schooner, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at Port Blakely Mill Co. wharf, Log boons in foreground.
 

F01.12056 Nesaia? (built 1891; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor. Incorrectly identified as the NEREIDE (built 1890; ship, 3m) on the glass plate enclosure.
 

F01.12057 Nokomis (built 1895; schooner, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; stern at wharf. Note shelter at forward end of deckhouse.
 

F01.12058 Olga (built 1889; schooner, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, taking on a deckload of lumber.
 

F01.12059 Othello (built 1875; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co.; pile-driver barge at extreme left.
 

F01.12060 Othello (built 1875; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA 1901 Aug?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow; at Port Blakely Mill Co.
 

F01.12061 Pass of Killiecrankie (built 1893; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12062 Pegasus (built 1884; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1905?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; safety negative

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; ballast lighter and donkey scow alongside.
 

F01.12063 Pegasus (built 1884; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1905?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safery pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; ballast lighter and donkey scow alongside.
 

F01.12064 Placilla (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; safety neg.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow of PLACILLA; at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock. ELK (built 1890; tug boat) alongside unidentified ship at stern of PLACILLA. Other unidentified vessels along dock. Punt hung from anchor crane and one in stream.
 

F01.12065 Prince Robert (built 1893; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Tacoma Warehouse and Elevator Co. dock. Two men on a scaffold painting the side. Hatch tents (awnings rigged as hatch tents?).
 

F01.12066 Queen Margaret (built 1893; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12067 Ruth (built 1860; barkentine, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg;

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at London dock.
 

F01.12068 Laomene (built 1880; ship, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Pacific Coast Co., Pier D. Almost certainly LAOMENE.
 

F01.12069 Schiffbek (built 1886; bark; 4m). Tacoma, WA 1903?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; loading grain at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12070 Scottish Dales (built 1883; ship, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside of SCOTTISH DALES with stern to wharf; main yard cockbilled. PRINCESS ANGELINE (built 1900; barge) alongside. FALCON (built; yacht) in left foreground without mast.
 

F01.12071 Senator (built 1874; ship, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at dock with grain elevator; sails unbent, but furled and suspended from yards in preparation for painting the yards.
 

F01.12072 Simla (built 1890; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co.; BLAKELY Northwestern Improvement Co.; 2 (built 1903; lighter) alongside.
 

F01.12073 Snow and Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m). Port Blakely, WA 1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, lumber ports open in bow. Possibly being kedged into her loading berth by men on the floating capstan near right; log boom in foreground. Bark BATTLE ABBEY in left background and ship MADELEINE in center left background.
 

F01.12074 Southesk (built 1877; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; lumber chutes on stern rail; donkey scow alongside.
 

F01.12075 Springbank (built 1894; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1894-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.; image reversed

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; loading grain at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12076 Thomas P. Emigh (built 1901; barkentine, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow; stern to wharf; deckload of lumber. Good view of curved protection on hull for anchor flukes.
 

F01.12077 Thomas P. Emigh (built 1901; barkentine, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; stern at wharf; prepared to take on a deckload of lumber. Unid. four-masted schooner behind T.P. EMIGH.
 

F01.12078 Thomas P. Emigh (built 1901; barkentine, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; stern at wharf; deckload of lumber. Men painting top masts.
 

F01.12079 Thomas P. Emigh (built 1901; barkentine, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; stern at wharf; deckload of lumber. Men slushing top masts. Protective covering on hull for flukes of anchors.
 

F01.12080 Tamar (built 1889; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. x; b&w print; in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; alongside Tacoma Warehouse and Elevator Co. Dock.
 

F01.12081 Thekla (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock. Coffee & Hall Ship Plumbers, left backgorund.
 

F01.12082 Theodor (built 1862; bark, 4m). Antwep, Belgium ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Pieron-Loodts, Hugo
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

F01.12083 Wempe Bros. (built 1901; schooner, 4m). Port Blakely, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; alongside Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock; booms raised for lumber deckload; donkey scow at right.
 

F01.12084 William Nottingham (built 1902; schooner, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; stern at wharf.
 

F01.12085 William F. Witzemann (built 1887; schooner, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock, preparing to take on a deckload.
 

F01.12086 Yosemite (built 1868; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. Glass plate cracked in half diagonally. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg;

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12087 Santa Rosa (built 1884; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; alongside Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock.
 

F01.12088 Senator (built 1874; ship, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at dock with grain elevator; sails unbent but furled and suspended from yards in preparation for painting the yards.
 

F01.12089 Montgomeryshire (built 1877; ship, 3m). Port Ludlow, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow; stern at wharf.
 

F01.12090 Amaranth (built 1901; barkentine, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Port Blakely Mill Co. Broadside view of AMARANTH; the bow and forecastle of the turret-deck vessel IVYDENE (built 1901; freighter) with a deckload of lumber, is visible at extreme right.
 

F01.12091 Clan Galbraith (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1901?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard quarter; with round-back wheelhouse; alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock. Other unidentified vessels in backgound.
 

F01.12092 Alsternixe (built 1892; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b:&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow; at Port Blakely Mill Co. Snow.
 

F01.12093 Hesper (built 1882; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; stern at wharf.
 

F01.12094 Lyderhorn (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock
 

F01.12095 Lodore (built 1892; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port quarter; at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock; crew members posing on slide chutes elevated on poop deck; seated man holding monkey.
 

F01.12096 Prosper (built 1891; schooner, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at Port Blakely Mill Co.; booms raised in preparation for deckload.
 

F01.12097 Khorasan (built 1864; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; alongside lumber wharf. Crew posing on varous parts of bark.
 

F01.12098 Parchim (built 1889; ship, 3m), stern view. At Port Blakely Mill Co., Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Shows crew posing on slide chutes and parts of ship. LOUIS (built 1888; schooner, 5m) at extreme right; FAVORITE (built 1868; tugboat) immediately to left of PARCHIM. IMAGE REVERSED.
 

F01.12100 Falls of Garry (built 1886; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, lumber chutes over stern.
 

F01.12107 Bainbridge (built 1900; schooner, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at Hall Bros. Shipyard, recently launched. Sheer legs in center backgorund for stepping masts.
 

F01.12108 Bainbridge (built 1900; schooner, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Hall Bros. Shipyard, recently launched. Sheer legs, center background, for stepping masts.
 

F01.12110 George E. Billings (built 1903; schooner, 5m). Port Blakely, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside view of GEO. E. BILLINGS at Hall Bros. Shipyard soon after launching; flying international code letter flage. LOLO (built 1902; barge) at right.
 

F01.12119 Aldebaran (built 1888; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg.; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12154 Cavour (built 1881; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at dock at Port Blakely Mill Co.
 

F01.12206 William F. Garms (built 1901; schooner, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at dock; unidentified ship, 4m, alongside with windmill pump forward of mizzen mast.
 

F01.12223 India (built 1891; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA 1899?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock.
 

F01.12229 King David (built 1894; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1894-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhem
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; slide chutes over stern; donkey scow alongside.
 

F01.12234 Lake Leman (built 1867; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock.
 

F01.12246 Maipo (built 1893; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy; slide chutes over stern.
 

F01.12331 Omega (built 1887; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co.; loading lumber through bow ports; donkey scow alongside.
 

F01.12332 Alsterberg (built 1902; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.12500 Diamond Head (built 1866; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock.
 

F01.12503 Amiral Cecille (built 1902; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

On left, AMIRAL CECILLE broadside, alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; THE STAR (built; yacht) in left foreground.
 

F01.12506 Prince Robert (built 1893; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1903?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in. nl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow, alongside dock of Elevator A, Tacoma Warehouse and Elevator Co., awnings over deck.
 

F01.12507 Clan Galbraith (built 1894; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

CLAN GALBRAITH on left; alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; JUNEAU (built 1897; tugboat) alongside of CLAN GALBRAITH; unidentified yacht in center foreground.
 

F01.12510 Cape Horn (built 1896; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Stern view of CAPE HORN; crew posed on side chutes on stern. AURORA (built 1901; barkentine, 4m) on left.
 

F01.12513 Mountaineer (built 1883; tugboat). Ballard, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside of MOUNTAINEER moored at Stimson Mill Co. Starboard quartering view of LA GIRONDE (built 1875; schooner, 2m) on right.
 

F01.14055 Abyssinia (built 1875; bark, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x5-1/2 in psl; b&w print; sepia; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in. x; gelatin choride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in., mount 11x13 in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Galbraith, Bacon & Co. Dock.
 

F01.22086 Ivydene (built 1901; freighter). Seattle, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Starboard bow view of turret-deck freighter IVYDENE at grain elevator dock; CHESLEY NO. 1 (built 1899; lighter) alongside with load of coal.
 

F01.22087 Guernsey (built 1898; freighter). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co.; turret-deck vessel.
 

F01.22089 Athenian (built 1881; passenger vessel). Seattle, WA ca. 1897-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside view of ATHENIAN; SUNFLOWER (built 1897; barge) alongside with a load of coal. Small yacht in foreground.
 

F01.22098 Eva (built 1899; freighter). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co., loading lumber with after cargo boom.
 

F01.22099 Kinshiumaru (built 1895; freighter). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. One upper corner of glass plate is missing. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

KINSHIUMARU broadside and fully dressed at dock; broadside view of ROYAL (built; schooner, 2m) at left.
 

F01.22110 Sandhurst (built 1891; freighter). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

SANDHURST seen from off starboard bow as she sits alongside a wharf with grain elevator. CHESLEY NO. 1 (built 1899; barge) to right with a load of coal.
 

F01.22111 Olympia (built 1883; freighter). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; alongside wharf; dressed full.
 

F01.25844 Tamar (built 1889; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard bow; at Coal Bunker No. 5; crew members standing on forecastle head. Lion figurehead and trailboard.
 

F01.26043 Lyderhorn (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

LYDERHORN seen from starboard quarter as she sits alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; bow of of CLAN GALBRAITH (built 1894; bark, 4m) at extreme left; other unid. vssels at right.
 

F01.26044 Thomas P. Emigh (built 1901; barkentine, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard quarter; at dock with a deckload of lumber.
 

F01.26490 Bangor? (built 1891; schooner, 4m). Port Ludlow, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Probably BANGOR. Roadside; booms raised in preparation of deckload of lumber.
 

F01.26494 Laomene? (built 1880; ship, 3m), broadside at Pacific Coast Co., Pier D. Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.
 

F01.26498 Unidentified 4-masted schooner undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

"Bangor" written on the edge of the glass plate.
 

F01.26499 Pythomene (built 1880; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock.
 

F01.26500 Bark, 3m, unidentified. Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhlem
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co.
 

F01.26501 Bark, 3m, unidentified. Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; slide chutes over bow. Building a deckload of lumber. Windmill pump without vanes.
 

F01.26502 Bark, 3m, unidentified. Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Eureka Dock; donkey scow alongside; main yard cockbilled and in use as cargo boom; man painting side.
 

F01.26503 Dimsdale (built 1890; ship 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock, offloading ballast into lighter alongside.
 

F01.26516 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Stern view of LYNTON at Port Blakely Mill Co.; crew posed on slide chutes and parts of vessel. Captain Edward Gates-James at rail. At left, JANE L. STANFORD (built 1892; barentine, 4m).
 

F01.34371 Snow and Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m). Port Blakely, WA 1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x5-1/2 in. x; b&w print; 11x14 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock; bow lumber ports open.
 

F01.36945 Abyssinia (built 1875; bark, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. Glass plate cracked in half horizontally.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at Galbraith, Bacon & Co. Dock.
 

F01.36946 Madeleine (built 1902; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. Both lower corners of glass plate cracked with one small loss in the middle of the bottom edge.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock; from left to right: SNOW AND BURGESS (built 1873; schooner, 5m), unidentified bark, 3m, MADELINE (built 1902; ship, 3m), possibly BELA? (built; ship, 3m), and HERMES (built 1875; bark, 3m).
 

F01.36950 Bark, 3-masted--unidentified. Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. One crack on bottom edge.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock.
 

F01.36951 Prompt (built 1887; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. Glass plate cracked in half vertically.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; loading lumber over stern at Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock, donkey scow alongside.
 

F01.38038 Queen Margaret (built 1893; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow; alongside Northwestern Imporvement Co. Dock, other unidentified vessels in background.
 

F01.38039 Lisbeth (built 1891; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1904?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at dock. Donkey scow alongside near main hatch to load lumber. Men on scaffolds at bow and stern painting the hull.
 

F01.38909 Forfarshire (built 1885; bark, 3m). Port Ludlow, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Stern view; loading lumber; crew posed on slide chutes; netting on railings; donkey scow alongside; barkentine MAKAWELI? alongside at left.
 

F01.38910 Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m). Port Blakely, WA 1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at Port Blakely Mill Co.; loading lumber throughout upper and lower bow ports; awnings on deck.
 

F03.12099 Flottbek (built 1891; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA? ca. 1901 Jan 15

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Bow view; on rocks; being towed off by tugs WANDERER and TACOMA (not in view). Credit area: Hester Collection
 

F03.12100 Pinmore (built 1882; bark, 4m). Off Grays Harbor, WA ca. 1901 Dec 12

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Stern view; aground; tow lines attached. Credit: Hester Coll. For more information see master information file.
 

F03.12101 Pinmore (built 1882; bark, 4m). Off Grays Harbor, WA ca. 1901 Dec 12

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard quarter of PINMORE with line attached to TYEE (built 1884; tugboat). Credit: Hester Coll. For more information see master information file.
 

F03.12102 Pinmore (built 1882; bark, 4m). Grays Harbor, WA ca. 1901 Dec 12

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; wrecked, listing sharply; exposing hull. Credit area: Hester Collection. For more information see master information file.
 

F03.26515 Asie (built 1897; bark, 4m). Portland, OR ca. 1897-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Stern view; capsized onto wharf; ballast log on port side. Credit: Hester Collection.
 

F05.24367 Benjamin F. Packard (built 1883; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1908-1915?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gs; glass neg; 5x7 in ps; b&w safety pos; 5x7 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard bow, in tow with tug alongside. Smokestack and masts of tug visible through her rigging. "Northwestern Fisheries Co." on bow.
 

F06.12036 Invermark (built 1890; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12037 Invermark (built 1890; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12099 Tweedsdale (built 1877; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor in Commencement Bay.
 

F06.12115 Chehalis (built 1891; barkentine, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, one line ashore. "May be preparing to drop kedge anchor by cutting lashing holding it to spanker boom." (K.K.)
 

F06.12116 Achnashie (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12117 Achnashie (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12118 Admiral Tegetthoff (built 1871; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy; windmill pump abaft mainmast.
 

F06.12120 Aldergrove (built 1875; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy. Man suspended over the side, either preparing or painting the hull.
 

F06.12121 Alexander Black (built 1891; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12122 Alexander Black (built 1891; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12123 Alice A. Leigh (built 1889; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12124 Alice A. Leigh (built 1889; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12125 Allonby (built 1882; bark, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy.
 

F06.12126 Allonby (built 1882; bark, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy.
 

F06.12127 Alsterdamm (built 1882; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety negative; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Probably ALSTERDAMM. Broadside; at anchor in Commencement Bay.
 

F06.12128 Alsterkamp (built 1892; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12130 Alsternixe (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12131 Antiope (built 1866; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12132 Ariadne (built 1891; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Stern of F.S. REDFIELD (built 1887; schooner, 3m) at extreme left.
 

F06.12133 Arracan (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12134 Arracan (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12135 Arracan (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12136 Arctic Steam (built 1885; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12137 Ben Dearg (built 1894; ship, 3m). Elliot Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor. Boxy wheelhouse.
 

F06.12138 Ben Lee (built 1893; ship, 3m). Commencment Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12139 Ben Lee (built 1893; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12140 Benicia (built 1883; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Unidentified tug at left. Preparing to tow out. Washing hung on line forward of foremast. Steam launch approaching vessel, perhaps with ship's master.
 

F06.12142 Benicia (built 1883; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Unidentified tug at left.
 

F06.12143 Bertha (built 1892; bark, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12144 Bertha (built 1892; bark, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. gsl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12145 Blairgowrie (built 1875; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; B&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12146 Borealis (built 1902; schooner, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12147 Bracadale (built 1887; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12148 Braemar (built 1884; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12149 British General (built 1874; ship; 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.s

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12150 British General (built 1874; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12151 Cambuskenneth (built 1893; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12155 Celtic Chief (built 1885; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12156 Chile (built 1893; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside moored to a buoy. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.
 

F06.12157 Cristobal Soler (built 1864; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12158 Clan Buchanan (built 1887; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12159 Clan Galbraith (built 1894; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard bow; at anchor.
 

F06.12160 Colonel De Villebois-Mareuil (built 1900; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12161 Columbia (built 1883; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12162 Combermere (built 1881; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12163 Combermere (built 1881; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12164 Conway (built 1896; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1896-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside moored to two buoys.
 

F06.12165 Conway (built 1896; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1896-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside moored to two buoys.
 

F06.12166 Cortez (built 1886; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor at Port Blakely Mill Co.
 

F06.12167 Crown of Denmark (built 1883; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12168 Dalgonar (built 1892; ship, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA 1895

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor. Seattle in background.
 

F06.12169 Desaix (built 1902; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12170 Desaix (built 1902; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12171 Donna Francisca (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12172 Doris (built 1887; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12173 Drumblair (built 1883; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA 1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Rigging bag varient of ditty bag. Man climbing mizzenmast with rigging bag. "Charlie Noble".
 

F06.12174 Drumburton (built 1881; ship, 4m) ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

DRUMBURTON (built 1881; ship, 4m) photo / Wilhelm Hester. --Puget Sound, WA: ca. 1893-1905. Broadside at anchor. Hester Collection. (NOTE: IMAGE NOT REVERSED.)
 

F06.12175 Drumcliff (built 1887; bark, 4m) ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

DRUMCLIFF at Elliott Bay, WA? Broadside at anchor. Vessel name on accommodation. (NOTE: IMAGE NOT REVERSED.)
 

F06.12176 Drumcraig (bark, 4m) 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

DRUMCRAIG (built 1885; bark, 4m) photo / Wilhelm Hester.-- Commencement Bay, WA?: 1893-1905. Broadside; moored to a buoy; boat alongside. Hester Collection. (NOTE: Image reversed.)
 

F06.12176 Drummuir (built 1882; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

DRUMCRAIG (built 1885; bark, 4m) photo / Wilhelm Hester.-- Commencement Bay, WA?: 1893-1905. Broadside; moored to a buoy; boat alongside. Hester Collection. (NOTE: Image reversed.)
 

F06.12177 Drumrock (bark, 4m) ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

DRUMROCK (built 1891; bark, 4m) photo / Wilhelm Hester. --Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905. Broadside at anchor. Hester Collection. (NOTE: IMAGE NOT REVERSED.)
 

F06.12178 Duchalburn (built 1887; bark, 4m). Elliot Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12179 Duchalburn (built 1887; bark, 4m). Elliot Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12180 Dunreggan (built 1892; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12181 Durham (built 1874; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12182 Durham (built 1874; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12183 Earl Cadogan (built 1892; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside of EARL CADOGAN, moored to a buoy. OCEAN WAVE (built 1891; paddle ferry docked, right background.
 

F06.12184 Ecuador (built 1890; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1903?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12185 Ecuador (built 1890; bark, 4m). Seattle, WA ca. 1903?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Montgomery Dock No. 2 in background.
 

F06.12186 Edenballymore (built 1890; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. x; b&w print; 11x14 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12187 Edinburgshire (built 1884; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12188 Elginshire (built 1889; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12189 Ellisland (built 1884; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12190 Endeavor (built 1897; schooner, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12191 Eudora (built 1888; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12192 Ernest Reyer (built 1902; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor. "Probably completing furling the sail and not doing a good job of it". (K.K.)
 

F06.12193 Ernest Reyer (built 1902; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor. Man sliding down mizzenstay.
 

F06.12194 Eudora (built 1888; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12195 Eudora (built 1888; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12196 Eudora (built 1888; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in; psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor; men painting hull.
 

F06.12197 Falkirk (built 1896; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1896-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12198 Falkirk (built 1896; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1896-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor in Commencement Bay.
 

F06.12199 Fingal (built 1883; bark, 4m). Elliiott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy.
 

F06.12200 Fingal (built 1883; bark, 4m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12202 Flottbek (built 1891; ship, 3m), broadside at anchor. Commencement Bay, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

IMAGE REVERSED.
 

F06.12203 Forteviot (built 1891; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA 1903?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12204 Forteviot (built 1891; bark, 4m). Commenceemnt Bay, WA 1903?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12205 Frances Fisher (built 1885; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12207 Garnet Hill (built 1890; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12208 Garsdale (built 1885; ship 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor. Curved-back wheelhouse.
 

F06.12209 Glenclova (built 1893; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to buoy.
 

F06.12210 Glendoon (built 1894; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12211 Glenelvan (built 1895; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1895-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to a buoy; with ballast log alongside.
 

F06.12212 Glenelvan (built 1895; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1895-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to buoy. Retouched copy of F6.12,211.
 

F06.12213 Glenericht (built 1885; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12214 Glenholm (built 1896; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1896-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to buoy.
 

F06.12215 Glenmorag (built 1876; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12216 Glenogil (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12217 Grenada (built 1894; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1895-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12218 H.K. Hall (built 1902; schooner, 5m), broadside, at anchor. At Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

IMAGE REVERSED
 

F06.12219 H.K. Hall (built 1902; schooner, 5m), broadside, at anchor. In Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Shows bow lumber ports open. IMAGE REVERSED
 

F06.12219 Marion Chilcott (built 1882; ship, 3m) ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

MARION CHILCOTT at Commencement Bay, WA. Broadside at anchor. Shows quarter-round of poop deck. "See info file" IMAGE REVERSED
 

F06.12220 H.K. Hall (built 1902; schooner, 5m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl: glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor in Commencement Bay; bow lumber port open.
 

F06.12221 Hougomont (built 1897; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1897-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy in Commencement Bay.
 

F06.12222 Hougomont (built 1897; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1897-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy in Commencement Bay.
 

F06.12224 Italia (built 1903; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA? ca. 1903-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor. Possibly from a photograph copied by Hester.
 

F06.12225 James Kerr (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy.
 

F06.12226 Jordanhill (built 1892; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12227 Jupiter? (built 1879; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Originally identified as the JUPITER (built 1879; ship, 3m) but handwritten note on the psl enclosure identifies the vessel as being built some time in the 1890's and has a "K" house flag and so is probably not the JUPITER built in 1879.
 

F06.12228 Jupiter (built 1879; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12230 King Edward (built 1891; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor in Commencement Bay.
 

F06.12231 King George (built 1894; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy.
 

F06.12232 La Fontaine (built 1899; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard bow; at anchor; men painting hull. Donkey scow alongside.
 

F06.12233 Lady Isabella (built 1882; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy in Commencement Bay.
 

F06.12235 Lamorna (built 1893; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12236 Largo Law (built 1881; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12237 Lathom (built 1891; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12238 Lauriston (built 1892; ship, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy.
 

F06.12239 Levernbank (built 1893; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in;. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy.
 

F06.12240 Lisbeth (built 1891; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12241 Lonsdale (built 1889; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos. 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow, at anchor.
 

F06.12242 Lord Rosebery (built 1889; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to buoy.
 

F06.12243 Loudon Hill (built 1887; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12244 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA? 1905?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow; at anchor. Possibly a copy by Hester of a photograph.
 

F06.12245 Lucipara (built 1885; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.12247 Makaweli (built 1902; barkentine, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12248 Makaweli (built 1902; barkentine, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to buoy.
 

F06.12249 Manchester (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass eng; 8x10 in. One upper corner of glass plate cracked. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12250 Ville De Mulhouse (built 1899; bark, 4m), broadside, moored to a bouy. At Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white safety film, safety positive.

Scope and Content Note

Note on psl enclosure states that there is a gl (8 x 10 in.) for this image but no record had been entered and the existance of this glass plate negative has yet to be verified by this cataloger. Karen Sherwood, Contract Archivist, 14MAR03.
 

F06.12251 Margretha (built 1884; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12252 Margretha (built 1884; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12253 Marion Chilcott (built 1882; ship, 3m), broadside at anchor. At Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Shows quarter-round of poop deck. "See info file" IMAGE REVERSED
 

F06.12254 Marion Frazer (built 1872; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1898

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. x; b&w print; 11x14 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12255 May Flint (built 1880; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1895-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in; psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12256 Minnie A. Caine (built 1900; schooner, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to a buoy. Deckload of lumber.
 

F06.12257 Moliere (built 1899; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12258 Mozambique (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12259 Ville De Mulhouse (built 1899; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12260 Najade (built 1888; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside of NAJADE, at anchor. MINNIE A. CAINE (built 1900; schooner, 4m), left background.
 

F06.12261 Nereide (built 1890; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12262 Niobe (built 1893; bark, 4m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Pacific Coast Co. piers in background.
 

F06.12263 Octavia (built 1894; bark, 4m), broadside at anchor. At Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1894-1905

Physical Description: Black-and-white positive, safety film.

Scope and Content Note

Note on the psl enclosure states that there is a gl (8 x 10 in.) negative for this image which was note found when the glass plate negatives were entered. Karen Sherwood, Contract Archivist, 14MAR2003.
 

F06.12264 Oceania (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor. Steel wheel house with rounded lines and canted window to look forward and up.
 

F06.12265 Octavia (built 1894; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1894-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12266 Verbena (built 1891; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12267 Oranasia (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12268 Pass of Brander (built 1890; bark, 4m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Montgomery Dock No. 2 in background.
 

F06.12269 Pass of Melfort (built 1891; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12270 C.P. Patterson (built 1883; steamer-barkentine; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12271 Persian (built 1878; ship, 3m). Commencent Bay, WA ca. 1895?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12272 Peter Iredale (built 1890; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12273 Philippine (built 1899; schooner, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12274 Port Caledonia (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12275 Port Stanley (built 1890; bark, 4m). Elliot Bay, WA ca. 1899?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12276 Powys Castle (built 1892; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA 1902 Oct

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Centennial Mill Co., right background. For more informaton see master information file.
 

F06.12278 Puritan (built 1889; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1906

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos. contact; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow, at anchor.
 

F06.12279 Puritan (built 1889; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12280 Pyrenees (built 1891; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Pile driver, right background.
 

F06.12282 Robert Rickmers (built 1888; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12283 Rosa (built; ship, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12284 Royal Forth (built 1893; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12285 Royal Forth (built 1893; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow; moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12286 St. Mary's Bay (built 1886; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12287 Samaritan (built 1891; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA 1904?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Men on scaffolding over stern.
 

F06.12288 Saragossa (built 1902; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12289 Scottish Hills (built 1883; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Two men on mizzen mast, one climbing ratlines over top.
 

F06.12290 Scottish Moors (built 1890; ship, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12291 Scottish Moors (built 1890; ship, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12292 Shandon (built 1883; bark, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12294 Sirene (built 1875; ship, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12295 Sixtus (built 1886; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12296 Sofala (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12297 Sofala (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12298 Stanmore (built 1886; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1894

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12299 Thalassa (built 1891; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Laundry drying.
 

F06.12300 Thalassa (built 1891; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Laundry drying. Wachsmuth and Krugmann house flags.
 

F06.12301 Thirlmere (built 1874; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12303 Eaton Hall (built 1870; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1894

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12304 Tinto Hill (built 1888; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12305 Torrisdale (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Note on the enclosure says, "County of Linlithgow".
 

F06.12306 Vincent (built 1894; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1894-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12307 W.F. Thompson (built; bark, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. One bottom corner of glass plate cracked. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12308 W.J. Pirrie (built 1883; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. One upper corner of glass plate missing. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12309 W.J. Pirrie (built 1883; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12310 Wandsbek (built 1892; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12311 West Lothian (built 1882; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1894

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12312 West Lothian (built 1882; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1894

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12313 Whitlieburn (built 1894; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12314 Whitlieburn (built 1894; ship, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Grain elevator and warehouse in background.
 

F06.12315 Willkommen (built 1880; ship, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12316 Willkommen (built 1880; ship, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12318 Wynnstay (built 1884; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12319 Yola (built 1892; ship, 3m). Elliot Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12320 Ship, 3m, unidentified. Tacoma, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.12321 Ship, 3m, unidentified. Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. pls; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor. Note on the psl enclosure says the ship was "built by Oswald Mordaunt & Co.".
 

F06.12322 Ship, 3m, unidentified. Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Note on the psl enclosure says, " dates from late 1850's to early 1860's, note external chain plates though vessel is iron. Note teak wood stanchions making up railing around forecastle head. Could be one of owner George Smith's - CITY OF ________ - could be CITY OF GLASGOW - check other registers and pictures between 1895-1900, check Marine Exchange also."
 

F06.12323 Bark, 3m, unidentified. Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Note on the psl enclosure says, "Built by Russell & CO.?" See F6.12,324.
 

F06.12324 Bark, 3m, unidentified. Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Note on the psl enclosure says, "built by Russell & Co." See F6.12,323.
 

F06.12325 Lathom (built 1891; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1894

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.12326 Bark, 4m, unidentified. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Note on psl enclosure says, "HOUGOMONT? ARCHIBALD RUSSELL?, compare w/ H01.17308p, H06.17320p and H06.27886n?"
 

F06.12327 Ship, 3m, unidentified. Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.12328 Ship, 3m, unidentified. Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Note on the psl enclosure identifies this vessel as SIRENE (built 1875; ship, 3m)
 

F06.12521 Lisbeth (built 1891; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Ship's boat on forward house under repair.
 

F06.14369 Anna (built 1893; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. One lower corner of glass plate missing and one crack running into the plate from the other bottom corner. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor.
 

F06.22090 Iowa (built 1893; battleship; U.S. Navy). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.22093 Sparrow Hawk (built; destroyer; Great Britain Navy). Seattle, WA ca. 1896-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

British destroyer. Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.22094 Cruiser, unidentified. Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

"San Francisco class." U.S. Navy vessel. Broadside, moored to a buoy. Motorboat alongside.
 

F06.22095 Burnside (built 1882, transport; U.S. Army). Commencemnt Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.22096 Burnside (built 1882; transport; U.S. Army). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.22097 Minnesota (built 1903; passenger vessel). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1903-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor?
 

F06.22112 U.S. Revenue Service--Vessels. Seattle, WA ca. 1896--1907

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gs; glass neg; 5x7 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor. This is possibly a U.S. Revenue Service vessel. It may also be a U.S. Lighthouse Service vessel.
 

F06.22113 U.S. Revenue Service--Vessels. Seatttle, WA ca. 1896-1907

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gs; glass neg; 5x7 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow, at anchor. This is possibly a U.S. Revenue Service vessel. It may also be a U.S. Lighthouse Service vessel.
 

F06.22114 U.S. Revenue Service--Vessels. Tacoma (?), WA ca. 1896-1907

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gs; glass neg; 5x7 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. This is possibly a U.S. Revenue Service vessel. It may also be a U.S. Lighthouse Service vessel.
 

F06.23227.1 Benjamin F. Packard (built 1883; ship, 3m), in the stream undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Per note on envelope, BENJAMIN F. PACKARD was an American ship.
 

F06.23227.2 Benjamin F. Packard (built 1883; ship, 3m), in the stream undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Per note on the envelope, the BENJAMIN F. PACKARD was an American ship.
 

F06.24269 William Nottingham (built 1902; schooner, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, stern to dock.
 

F06.25846 Forteviot (built 1891; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside of FORTEVIOT in background, moored to a buoy. Ship's boat with crew in foreground.
 

F06.26495 Claverdon (built 1884; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.26497 Mezly (built 1900; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Probably MEZLY.
 

F06.26516 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m), stern view, with crew posed ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Seen at Port Blakely Mill Co.; crew posed on slide chutes and parts of vessel. Captain Edward Gates-James at rail. At left, JANE L. STANFORD (built 1892; barkentine, 4m).
 

F06.26517 Donna Francisca (built 1892, bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.26518 Meteor (built 1892; schooner, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1895

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor, preparing to take on a deckload of lumber.
 

F06.26519 Ancona (bark, 4m) undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate. One bottom corner of glass plate cracked.
 

F06.26520 Philippine (built 1899; schooner, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.26521 Celtic Monarch (built 1884; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor. Either Puget Sound or San Francisco Bay.
 

F06.26527 William Nottingham (built 1902; schooner, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy. Deckload of lumber.
 

F06.26528 General de Sonis (built 1901; bark; 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Dressed.
 

F06.26529 Liverpool (built 1889; ship, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1889-1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.26600 Lyderhorn (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.26601 Hera (built 1869; schooner, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor. Flying American flag and name flag.
 

F06.26602 Walter H. Wilson (built 1882; bark, 4m). Commencemnt Bay, WA ca. 1893-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to a buoy.
 

F06.26604 La Gironde (built 1875; schooner, 2m). Port Ludlow, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor.
 

F06.26605 Commerce (built 1900; schooner, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, at anchor at Port Blakely Mill Co. shows squaresail furled up and down the fore mast.
 

F06.27441 Nelson (ship, 3m), in the stream undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.
 

F06.27443 Bermuda (bark, 4m), in the stream undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.
 

F06.36943 Soudan (built 1885; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. Glass plate cracked into to large pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, moored to buoy.
 

F06.36944 Aurora (built 1901; barkentine, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. Glass plate cracked into 2 large pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F06.36948 Bark, 4-masted--unidentified. Puget Sound, WA ca, 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. One lower corner of glass plate cracked.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor.
 

F07.12520 Flyer (built 1891; ferry). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard bow; underway.
 

F07.12521 Echo (built 1900; tugboat). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; underway.
 

F07.21627 Multnomah (built 1885; paddle riverboat). Puget Sound, WA 1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside view of MULTNOMAH underway; behind, ENDEAVOR (built 1897; schooner, 4m) moored to a buoy.
 

F07.21806 Pleasure party in an unidentified ship's boat. Possibly in the Puget Sound area, WA undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Source: "Possibly from the Hester collection."
 

F07.22088 Inverness (built 1902; freighter). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow; underway with a deckload of lumber. Caption: Turret S.S. "INVERNESS", 2,401 Nett reg. Loaded with 2,936,908 feet of lumber from Puget Sound to China, and 750 tons Bunker Coals.
 

F07.22091 Wisconsin (built 1901; battleship; U.S. Navy). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow; underway; laundry suspended over bridge.
 

F07.22092 Wisconsin (built 1901; battleship; U.S. Navy). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; underway; laundry suspended over bridge.
 

F07.22100 City of Seattle (built 1888; paddle ferry). Elliott Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow, underway. A West Seattle ferry.
 

F07.22101 Manette (built 1902; riverboat). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; underway.
 

F07.22102 Victorian (built 1891; ferry). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow; underway.
 

F07.22115 Unidentified launch, in the stream. Possibly in the Puget Sound area, WA undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Source: "Hester photo, gift - McGarvey."
 

F07.22116 Cyrene (launch), under way with passengers. Possibly in the Puget Sound area, WA undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Source: "Hester photo, gift - McGarvey."
 

F07.22117 Port Orchard (built 1887; paddle steamer), under way. Possibly in the Puget Sound area, WA undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Per note on envelope, PORT ORCHARD was "built, Tacoma, 1887, as SKAGIT CHIEF #1." Source: "Hester photo, gift - McGarvey."
 

F07.22118 Dolphin (tugboat), under way in unidentified harbor. Probably in the Puget Sound area, WA undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Per note on envelope, DOLPHIN was an inland towboat. Source: "Hester photo, gift - McGarvey."
 

F07.22121 Vashon (paddle steamer), under way. Probably in the Puget Sound area, WA undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Per note on envelope, VASHON a sternwheel steamer. Source: "Hester photo, per McGarvey."
 

F07.22126 Flyer (passenger vessel), under way on Puget Sound, WA undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

FLYER a passenger steamer per note on envelope. Source: "Hester photo; gift - McGarvey."
 

F07.22129 Nanyo Maru (freighter), pierside, taking on cargo undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Source: "Hester photo, per McGarvey."
 

F09.12333 Aldebaran (built 1888; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward from poop deck; skylight in right foreground; ships officers standing in front of deck house. Coaling station in left foreground. Upper topgallant and royal yards slung parallel to mizzenmast, center.
 

F09.12335 Jansen, Captain. Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Seated beside puppy on wheel box grating of ALSTERKAMP (built 1892; ship, 3m).
 

F09.12336 Alsterberg (built 1902; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward from poop deck. Three shipmasters standing on standard compass platform: Capt. E.R.R. Neef, master of ALSTERBERG in center, Capt. Jansen, master of ship ALSTERKAMP on right. Extra water barrels on deck below, louvered cabinet on compass platform possibly for storing vegetables.
 

F09.12337 Alsterkamp (built 1892; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1911-1912?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward from poop deck; deckhouse on right; Capt. Jensen standing center; capstan in left foreground.
 

F09.12339 Ariadne (built 1891; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward from poop deck; capstan, center right; shipmaster leaning on companionway in foreground.
 

F09.12340 Austrasia (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1904?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg;

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; skylight on right; shipmaster standing in front of deckhouse, center. Ship's clock in porthole.
 

F09.12342 Balmoral (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward from poop deck; mates and possibly the steward standing in front of deck house; skylight and binnacle in left foreground.
 

F09.12343 Barcore (ship, 3m) ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

BARCORE (built? ship, 3m) photo / Wilhelm Hester. --Tacoma, WA: ca. 1893-1905. Looking forward from poop deck; skylight in foreground.
 

F09.12344 Adelaide (built 1888; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster, center; companionway in left foreground.
 

F09.12345 Belford (built 1894; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA 1894

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Balfour Guthrie Dock. Looking forward on poop deck; Capt. W.C. McKinnon, mate and dog in front of deckhouse; second and third mates in background by mainmast; binnacle and skylight in right foreground.
 

F09.12347 Bertha (built 1892; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Alongside coaling station; looking forward on poop deck; campanionway and wheel in foreground; shipmaster standing behind skylight, harness casks behind him.
 

F09.12350 Chile (built 1893; ship, 3m). Elliot Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster standing behind skylight; Jarvis brace winch at base on mizzen mast.
 

F09.12351 Alice (built 1891; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster with hand on wheel. Note on the enclosure says, "see info. file".
 

F09.12352 Cleomene (built 1877; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster emerging from companionway; bucket rack at break on poop on left. Almost certainly CLEOMENE.
 

F09.12353 Godiva (built 1882; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward from poop deck; capstan at right. Mast coat.
 

F09.12354 Bengairn (built 1890; bark, 4m), crew portrait. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1907-1915

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; crew posing on standard compass platform.
 

F09.12360 Dudhope (built 1894; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1894-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. Emulsion cracking on one lower corner. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 5x7 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster and wife or daughter in front of deckhouse; shipmaster holding telescope, woman holding speaking trumpet.
 

F09.12361 Ecuador (built 1890; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck. Sheer legs on dock at right. Rack for signal flags.
 

F09.12362 Edenballymore (built 1890;ship, 3m) 1901?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

EDENBALLYMORE (built 1890; ship, 3m) Puget Sound, WA. Looking forward on poop deck; binnacle, skylight in lower left; shipmaster in front of deckhouse. Name on bell is "____BALLYMORE." IMAGE REVERSED.
 

F09.12363 Eilbek (built 1892; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA 1903?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; skylights and binnacle in foreground; shipmaster leaning against deckhouse; mates leaning on rail.
 

F09.12364 Eskasoni (built 1886; ship, 3m). Elliot Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck, binnacle and skylight in foreground, crew members posing in various parts of rigging.
 

F09.12365 Eudora (built 1888; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward from poop deck; at Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; coiled line and fender by skylight; box on right by rail may contain life jackets or signal flags.
 

F09.12366 Eudora (built 1888; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck.
 

F09.12367 Forteviot (built 1891; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA 1903?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop. Flying bridge (fore and aft bridge.)
 

F09.12368 Galena (built 1890; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; looking forward on poop deck.
 

F09.12369 Garnet Hill (built 1890; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg;

Scope and Content Note

At Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; looking forward from poop deck; shipmaster, center foreground. Harness cask at break of poop.
 

F09.12371 Invermark (built 1890; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; binnacle and skylight in foreground.
 

F09.12372 Kildalton (built 1903; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1903-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Northwestern Improvement Co, dock; looking forward from poop deck. House flag etched into skylight glass.
 

F09.12374 Kilmeny (built 1894; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock, looking forward on poop deck; Eleventh Street Bridge in background.
 

F09.12375 Leicester Castle (built 1882; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck.
 

F09.12376 Leicester Castle (built 1882; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg;

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster and daughters on companionway.
 

F09.12378 Lord Dufferin (built 1879; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; looking aft from bowsprit of LORD DUFFERIN; JUNEAU (built 1897; tugboat) tide to ship's port side; bow and figurehead of PLACILLA (built 1892; bark, 4m) can be seen through rigging at stern of LORD DUFFERIN.
 

F09.12379 Lucipara (built 1885; bark, 4m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck, shipmaster in front of deck house. White cabinet in lower right improvised to house kerosene lamps on either side of binnacle.
 

F09.12380 Marguerite Dollfus (built 1898; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1898-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; looking forward on poop deck.
 

F09.12381 Marion Frazer (built 1892; bark, 4m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster in front of skylight. Fire buckets in rack.
 

F09.12382 Melanope (built 1876; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. One upper corner of glass plate cracked in two places. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; ship's officers posing; dog seated on skylight. Fire buckets in racks.
 

F09.12383 Mozambique (built 1892; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster, wife, and children in front of deckhouse.
 

F09.12385 Omega (built 1887; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster in foreground. Covered binnacle, foreground.
 

F09.12386 Pass of Killiecrankie (built 1893; bark, 3m), pierside. Probably in Seattle, WA ca. 1900-1910?

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.
 

F09.12387 Peru (built 1894; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; looking forward on poop deck. Wood carving and decorative hinges. Jarvis brace winch at mizzenmast. Cruciform bitt in left foreground.
 

F09.12390 Robert Rickmers (bark, 4m), at anchor. Probably at Seattle, WA ca. 1895-1915?

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.
 

F09.12396 Tarpenbek (ship, 3m), crew portrait on deck ca. 1895-1910

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.
 

F09.12397 Thalassa (built 1891; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

In Commencement Bay; looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster in companionway.
 

F09.12398 Tweedsdale (built 1877; bark, 4m), with 4 unidentified men on deck ca. 1895-1910?

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

TWEEDSDALE a 4-masted bark from Glasgow.
 

F09.12400 Ventura (built 1886; bark, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster in front of deckhouse.
 

F09.12401 Ville de Mulhouse (built 1899; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck.
 

F09.12402 Wilkommon (built 1880; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; companionway open.
 

F09.12403 Yola (built 1892; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; louvred cabinet behind coiled cable on right probably used for vegetable storage.
 

F09.12404 Anna (built 1893; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; looking forward on poop deck; louvred cabinet on left probably a vegetable locker.
 

F09.12405 Turgot (built 1902; bark, 3m). Seattle, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; Captain Cezard by deckhouse.
 

F09.12406 Bertha (built 1888; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. p; b&w print; 5x6 in.

Scope and Content Note

Alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; probably Captain C. Hueneke by companionway; second wheel on standard compass platform.
 

F09.12407 Schiffbek (built 1886; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward from break of poop; Captain Heinz Jolles by jigger mast on boat skids.
 

F09.12408 Thekla (built 1892; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward from break of poop; firewood stacked in foreground. Planks laid in starboard waist, possibly to protect deck or possibly bottom course of deckload. Midship wheel, center. Steering wheel is elevated and forward of jigger mast. Tiller ropes (cables) are on deck. Jarvis Brace winch at foot of jigger mast.
 

F09.12409 Ship's Officers. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 5x7 in.

Scope and Content Note

Two officers alongside pilot house of unidentified steam vessel.
 

F09.12410 Bermuda (bark, 4m), view on deck undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

BERMUDA a bark from Glasgow.
 

F09.12411 Clan Galbraith (built 1894; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA 1901?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; Captain G.E. Barker and wife (?) by rail; harness cask at break of poop; edge of wheel house at extreme left. House flag (T. Dunlup & Sons) etched on shiplight window.
 

F09.12412 Clan Galbraith (built 1894; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; above stern. looking forward; harness casks at base of jigger mast; JUNEAU (built 1877; tugboat) tied to bark's starboard side.
 

F09.12413 Crompton (built 1890; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft at after hatch; crew members and officers posing around slide chutes.
 

F09.12414 Euphrates (built 1879; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster by skylight.
 

F09.12416 Iverna (built 1890; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster by jigger mast.
 

F09.12417 Eva Montgomery (built 1901; ship, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Pacific Coast Company wharf. Pier D; looking forward on poop deck; corner of wheel house in extreme upper left. Very handsome turned and fluted stanchions in railing. Fire buckets in rear.
 

F09.12418 Sixtus (built 1886; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster by skylight.
 

F09.12419 H.K. Hall (built 1902; schooner, 5m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck.
 

F09.12423 Cortez (built 1886; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; Captain P. Crosby seated on companionway by harness cask; small signalling cannon on deck.
 

F09.12424 Bengairn (built 1890; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1907-1916

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck.
 

F09.12425 Caithness-Shire (built 1894; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1894-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg;

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; harness casks at break of poop; ship's officers on standard compass platform.
 

F09.12426 Milverton (built 1886; ship, 3m). Commencement Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck. Square ventilators at break of poop, also serve as openings to pass sails through.
 

F09.12427 Bark, 4m(?), unidentified. Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck; crew members around lumber chutes at hatch. Vessel possibly built by Fairfield Shipyards at Pt. Glasgow.
 

F09.12429 Wandsbek (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; bucket rack on deckhouse; harness casks on binnacle bridge.
 

F09.12432 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Amidships, looking aft; crew posing around slide chutes with lumber handling tools; Captain Edward Gates-James in lower left.
 

F09.12433.1 Ship, 3m, unidentified. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward near stern of French, 3-masted ship; shipmaster seated on skylight; binnacle on top of deckhouse.
 

F09.12433.2 Bark, 3m, unidentified. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck of unidentified French, 3-masted bark; possibly home port of Nantes.
 

F09.12435 Bark, 3m, unidentified. Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; looking forward on poop deck of unidentified French 3-masted bark, home part of Nantes; shipmaster by skylight.
 

F09.12436 Invermark (built 1890; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew posing on main deck at break of poop; man with cat at bottom.
 

F09.12439 Ship's officers. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft aboard a London steam ship; officers in front of stack.
 

F09.12442 Children in the maritime community. Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 5x7 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft aboard unidentified sailing vessel; shipmaster's daughter standing at wheel. Note on the enclosure says, "See info. file under F09.12351".
 

F09.12443 Pegasus (built 1884; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on main deck; officers and crew in front of forecastle; cat on left; shipmaster in center. 15 different caps and hats.
 

F09.12446 Parchim (built 1889; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck. Officers and crew around slide chutes, dog in lower left.
 

F09.12447 Deudraeth Castle (built 1886; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster by companionway; officer at break of poop; pump at right foreground.
 

F09.12448 Unidentied 3-masted bark, looking forward to poop deck; shipmaster posing undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Shipmaster and his dog posing by the skylight.
 

F09.12449 La Fontaine (built 1899; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. image reversed

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster in front of skylight; dog on skylight. Updated by T. Horton, 16 Jan 2001 from information derived from verso of print donated by Dolores Plumb. Originally listed vessel as unidentified and incorrect date range. See also photo number F6.12,232.
 

F09.12450 Capt. Angus McKinnon, his wife & son on poop deck Kinross-shire (built 1893; bark, 4m) 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Capt. Angus McKinnon, wife and son on poop deck of KINROSS-SHIRE (built 1893; bark, 4m).
 

F09.12451 McKinnon, Angus, Mrs. Tacoma, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg;

Scope and Content Note

Mrs Angus McKinnon (wife of Captain McKinnon) and son on poop deck of KINROSS-SHIRE (built 1893; bark, 4m).
 

F09.12452 Eva Montgomery (built 1901; ship, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Pacific Coast Co. Pier D; looking forward on poop deck, probably master by mizzen mast, corner of deck house at extreme left.
 

F09.12455 Kilmallie (built 1893; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on poop deck; officers and crew gathered around wheel; shipmaster in front of wheel. Large pipe.
 

F09.12457 Lisbeth (built 1891; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 5x7 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; Capt. E.C. Kaak in front of deckhouse. Signal flag rack.
 

F09.12458 Curzon (built 1865; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; Chilian crew, 5 with pipes, on main deck in front of forecastle.
 

F09.12460 Adelaide (built 1888; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on poop deck; crew around wheel; man near center with cat.
 

F09.12461 Barks, 4-5 masted. Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster seated on skylight. Note written on psl enclosure says, "GLENERICHT compare to F06.12213 gl".
 

F09.12462 H.K. Hall (built 1902; schooner, 5m). Port Blakely, WA? ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; unidentified man, possibly son of shipbuilder H.K. Hall, by companionway.
 

F09.12463 Ecuador (built 1890; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; Captain G. Harrison, his dog, the mates, and steward.
 

F09.12465 Ship, 3m, unidentified. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck of unidentified ship. Etched glass in skylights. Dolphin supports for binnacle. Note on the psl enclosure says, "THIRLMERE (built 1874; ship, 3m)"
 

F09.12466 Bark, unidentified. Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck.
 

F09.12467 Eva Montgomery (built 1901; ship, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Pacific Coast Co., Pier D; looking forward on poop deck.
 

F09.12468 Ship, 3m, unidentified. Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; looking forward on poop deck; lime juice box below binnacle. Note on the psl enclosure says, "built by Charles Connell, Glasgow".
 

F09.12469 Aristomene (built 1881; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; harnes cask lableled "Beef" at break of poop.
 

F09.17401 Teschner, Alexander, Capt. Tacoma, WA? ca. 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Standing at wheel of PERA (built 1890; ship, 3m).
 

F09.20625 Dimsdale (built 1890; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Northwestern Improvement Co. dock; looking forward on poop deck; standard compass in front of skylight; bucket rack on top of deckhouse.
 

F09.22103 Tacoma (built 1870; passenger vessel). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft above main deck.
 

F09.22120 Boat deck aboard unidentified steamship undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Source: "Hester photo; gift - McGarvey, who purchased from Sands."
 

F09.23932 Cressington (built 1883; ship, 3m), looking aft. At Puget Sound, WA ca. 1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white negative, safety film.

Scope and Content Note

Officers and crew on break of poop; Capt. P. Massa left of center(?)
 

F09.23976 Prince Robert (built 1893; bark, 4m), looking aft. At Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white negative, safety film.

Scope and Content Note

Officers and crew on main deck.
 

F09.24268 Lyderhorn (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; two young women at break of poop or on standard compass platform.
 

F09.25841 Hall, Henry K., shipbuilder. Port Blakely, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck of H.K. HALL (built 1902; schooner, 5m) Henry K. Hall (right) and son James W. Hall at launching.
 

F09.27442 Crew portrait aboard Flottbek (built 1891; ship, 3m). Probably taken in the Puget Sound area, WA undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

FLOTTBEK a Hamburg ship, per note on envelope.
 

F09.28052 Lisbeth (built 1891; bark, 4m). Commencement Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck.
 

F09.28670 George E. Billings (built 1903; schooner, 5m). At Port Blakely, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Newly completed; looking forward on poop deck. Capt. J. A. Anderson by skylight. IMAGE REVERSED
 

F11.12492 Wawona (schooner, 3m). At Port Blakely, WA undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate. Glass plate broken into 3 pieces with one lower corner missing.
 

F11.21804 Unidentified ships alongside. Apparently in the Puget Sound area, WA undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.
 

F11.21805 Manned rowboats in connection with rowing races undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Per note on envelope, "See F11.22122".
 

F11.21852 Unidentified tugboat towing an unidentified bark, 3m. Apparently in the Puget Sound area, WA undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Source: "Sands Coll. (Hester) - per McGarvey."
 

F11.22122 Harbor scene, apparently readying for rowing races. Probably in the Puget Sound area, WA undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Per note on envelope, "See F11.21805". Source: "Hester photo - per McGarvey."
 

F11.22123 Harbor scene with boats readying for rowing races. Probably in the Puget Sound area, WA undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Source: "Hester photo - per McGarvey."
 

F12.12516 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock. From left to right: FORTEVIOT (built 1891; bark, 4m); THISTLEBANK (built 1891; bark, 4m); CASTLE ROCK (built 1892; ship, 3m); LISBETH (built 1891; bark, 4m); with bow lumber ports open; BLAKELY (built 1902; schooner, 4m) with bow lumber ports open; unidentified bark, 3m on right.
 

F12.12517 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock: on left PORT LOGAN (built 1895; ship, 3m) with crew posing on slide chutes; unidentified sailing vessel in center, crew posing on dock; PRUSSIA (built 1868; bark, 3m) partially visible on right.
 

F12.25847 Willie R. Hume (built 1890; barkentine, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Port Blakely Mill Co. dock; WILLIE R. HUME on right with bow ports open; unidentified bark, 3m, center with crew posing on slide chutes, vessel and dock.
 

F12.26611 Whitlieburn (built 1894; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Alongside wharf; loading grain sacks with endless belt conveyor; possibly Capt. S. Stephens standing on dock, center.
 

F12.27439 Unidentified ships tied up. Apparently at Port Blakely, WA undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.
 

F12.27440 Dundee (bark, 4m). Apparently at Port Blakely, WA undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.
 

F13.26512 Hall, Henry Knox. Port Blakely, WA? ca. 1893-1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

H. K. Hall at home.
 

F13.26513 Cookhouses. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Interior of unidentified cookhouse.
 

F13.26514 Saloons and taverns. Puget Sound, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. One small bottom corner of glass plate missing.

Scope and Content Note

Interior of bar showing bottles on shelves.
 

F16.12094 Andrina (built 1886; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at dock; hull being painted. Donkey scow at left.
 

F16.12106 Andrina (built 1886; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; careened on Port Blakely's north shore for repairs.
 

F16.12109 Don (built 1885; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; beached (but not careened) for scraping and painting.
 

F16.12112 Svithiod (built 1881; bark, 4m). Dockton, WA 1915

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard bow; in floating dry dock; bottom being painted.
 

F16.12113 Svithiod (built 1881; bark, 4m). Dockton, WA ca. 1915

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Stern view; in floating drydock, with hull being painted. Good view of quarter-round of poop deck, a characteristic of iron and steel vessels.
 

F16.12116 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m). Winslow, WA 1903-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port quarter; on marine railway. Hester Coll.
 

F16.12329 Ancyra (built 1892; bark, 4m). Dockton, WA 1899?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Bow view; in floating dry-dock.
 

F16.12330 Ancyra (built 1892; bark, 4m). Dockton, WA 1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Bow view, in floating dry-dock; fresh paint on hull.
 

F16.21628 Prince Robert (built 1893; bark, 4m). Dockton, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Stern view; in floating dry dock; fresh paint on hull.
 

F16.21629 Svithiod (built 1881; bark, 4m). Dockton, WA 1915

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Stern view; in floating dry-dock for hull painting. Good view of quarter-round of poop.
 

F16.26606 Marion Frazer (built 1892; bark, 4m). Docton, Vashon Island, WA 1898

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Stern view of MARION FRAZER in floating dry dock; possibly SANTA ROSA (built; barkentine, 3m) on right; KATE (built 1895; schooner, 2m) in right foreground.
 

F17.12114 Hall Bros. Shipyard (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA 1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. x; b&w print; 9-1/2x13-1/2 in.

Scope and Content Note

Port quartering view of three schooners under construction at Hall Bros. Shipyard; from left to right, WILLIAM H. SMITH (built 1899; schooner, 4m) WINSLOW (built 1899; schooner, 4m).
 

F17.20149 Hall Bros. Shipyard (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA 1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Bow views of three vessels at Hall Bros. Shipyard. From right to left: LOTTIE BENNETT (built 1899; schooner, 4m); WINSLOW (built 1899; schooner, 4m); and WILLIAM H. SMITH (built 1899; schooner, 4m). Bow ports in three different stages of construction.
 

F18.12111 H.K. Hall (built 1902; schooner, 5m). Port Blakely, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Bow views of three vessels; from left to right, H.K. HALL about to be launched; BLAKELEY (built 1902; schooner 4m) and CAROLINE (built 1902; schooner, 4m) under construction at Hall Bros. Shipyard.
 

F18.12115 H.K. Hall (built 1902; schooner, 5m). Port Blakely, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; shortly after launching.
 

F18.17402 H.K. Hall (built 1902; schooner, 5m). Port Blakely, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Henry Knox Hall (center, with white beard) aboard H.K. HALL at its launching at Hall Bros. Shipyard.
 

F20.12488 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Unidentified vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock.
 

F20.12490 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock: turret-deck vessel IVYDENE (built 1901; freighter) broadside, with deckload of lumber on right; broadside view of AMARANTH (built 1901; barkentine, 4m) second from right; bow of AIGBURTH (built 1882; ship, 3m) visible at extreme left.
 

F20.12491 Port Blakely Mill Co. Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Behind Port Blakely Mill Co., looking out harbour mouth.
 

F20.12492 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA 1899 ca. Jun or Jul

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock: WAWONA (built 1897; schooner, 3m) on right; EXCELSIOR (built 1876; schooner, 3m) second from right; WILLIAM F. WITZEMANN (built 1887; schooner, 4m) third from right; ELM BRANCH (built 1895; freighter) on far left.
 

F20.12493 Port Ludlow, WA? Port Ludlow, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels loading lumber at dock; METHA NELSON (built 1896; schooner, 3m), second from left; GARDINER CITY (built 1889; barkentine, 3m) on right with barge "5" alongside.
 

F20.12494 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA) ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various unidentified vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. deck.
 

F20.12495 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock; MADELEINE (built 1902; ship, 3m) on right; SNOW & BURGESS (built 1878; schooner, 5m) second from right.
 

F20.12496 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA 1899 ca. Jun or Jul

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock; from left to right, possibly MAWEEMA (built 1895; schooner, 3m), unidentified schooner, 4m, WILLIAM CARSON (built 1899; barkentine, 4m), possibly CHARLES F. CROCKER (built 1876; bark, 3m), PRUSSIA (built 1868, bark, 3m), PLUS (built 1885; bark, 3m) JOHN ENA (built 1892; bark, 4m), and turret-deck vessel ELM BRANCH (built 1895; freighter).
 

F20.12497 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock; from left to right: JAMES ROLPH (built 1899, schooner, 4m); BALBOA (built 1901; schooner, 4m); unidentified bark, 3m with donkey scow at stern; WILLIE R. HUME (built 1890; barkentine, 4m); and LOW WOOD (built 1878; bark, 3m).
 

F20.12498 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock: POLARIS (built 1902; schooner, 4m) on right; SARAH M. RENTON (built 1889; tugboat) in center; LISBETH (built 1891; bark, 4m) fourth from left. psl found missing by contract archivist, Karen Sherwood, during backlog cataloging, April 10, 2003.
 

F20.12499 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock: from left to right MARY E. FOSTER (built 1898; schooner, 4m); HELENE BLUM (built 1901; ship, 3m); REUCE (built 1881; ship, 3m); HENRIETTE (built 1893; bark, 4m); and unidentified schooner, 4m on right.
 

F20.12501 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock; from left to right: unidentified schooner, 4m, J.H. LUNSMANN (built 1902; schooner, 4m), WANDERER (built 1891; bark, 4m), MARY E. FOSTER (built 1891; schooner, 4m), SARA M. RENTON (built 1889; tugboat), ARDENCRAIG (built 1886; ship, 3m), and C.S. HOLMES (built 1893; schooner, 4m).
 

F20.12502 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock; ARDENCRAIG (built 1886; ship, 3m) second from left; EILBEK (built 1892; bark, 4m) second from right. Handwritten note on the psl enclosure says, "WEMPE BROTHERS (built ;schooner, 4m) on left".
 

F20.12504 Tacoma Warehouse and Elevator Co. (Tacoma, WA). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Two vessels, broadside, alongside dock of Elevator B; GARNET HILL (built 1890; bark, 4m) on right.
 

F20.12508 Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock (Tacoma, WA). Tacoma, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels alongside Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; JUNEAU (built 1897; tugboat) alongside unidentified ship on left; PLACILLA (built 1892; bark, 4m), center. Small spool on small float in foreground. Handwritten note on the psl enclosure says, "vessel 4th from right is same as in J07.25704".
 

F20.12510 Seattle, WA--waterfront. Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Varous unidentified steam vessels along waterfront.
 

F20.12511 Port Ludlow, WA. Port Ludlow, WA 1895

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various unidentified vessels at dock. Handwritten note on the psl enclosure says, "Pt. Gamble?"
 

F20.12512 Port Gamble, WA?--waterfront. Port Gamble, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Unidentified vessels at dock.
 

F20.12514 Rowing. Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Small boats rowing race; possibly ships' boats.
 

F20.12515 Rowing. Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Small boats rowing race; possibly ship's boats.
 

F20.12538 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Extensive view of Port Blakely Mill Co. Dock. Various sailing vessels loading; ELFRIEDA (built 1873; ship, 3m) third from left.
 

F20.17887 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA 1905 Winter

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Extensive view of Port Blakely Mill Co. dock. Various sailing vessels loading, from left to right: ENGLEHORN (built 1889; bark, 4m), BRACADALE (built 1887; bark, 4m) ALBANIA (built 1867; bark, 3m), WANDERER (built 1891; bark, 4m), LYMAN D. FOSTER (built 1892; schooner, 4m) and CRESCENT (built 1904; schooner, 5m). See info. file.
 

F20.21684 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock. From left to right: WILLIS A. HOLDEN (built 1902; schooner, 4m), OCEAN (built; bark, 4m), and THEKLA (built 1892; bark, 4m).
 

F20.21685 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock; LISBETH (built 1891; bark, 4m) second from left; SIMLA (built 1890; bark, 4m) second from right; and AUSTRASIA (built 1892; bark, 4m) on right. Stern of unidentified schooner in center foreground; donkey scows in right foreground.
 

F20.25842 Port Blakely Mill Co. (Port Blakely, WA). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1902-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Various vessels at Port Blakely Mill Co. dock. From left to right: SNOW AND BURGESS (built 1878; schooner, 5m), unidentified bark, 3m, MADELEINE (built 1902; ship, 3m), possibly BELA? (built; ship, 3m) HERMES (built 1875; bark 3m). Two donkey scows. Shows two styles of false-port painting. Unid. bark, second from left, possibly HEBE (built 1892).
 

F21.12519 Port Blakely, WA? Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Residences along shoreline; possibly near Hall Bros. Shipyard.
 

G06.12096 Jeanie (built 1883; steam schooner; whaler). Alaska ca. 1890-1905

Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port bow; in ice. Source: "Credit area: Hester Collection.." Credit area: Hester Coll.
 

G07.22127 Victorian (), apparently stranded, perhaps in the "Inside Passage" undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Source: "Hester photo - per McGarvey".
 

J03.27614 Chiltonford (built 1892; bark, 4m). At sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, in distress. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester collection." Credit: Hester Collection.
 

J03.27662 Ship, 3m, unidentified. At sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. gl (2); glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, in distress in heavy weather. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by Woolston A. Barratt. Credit: Hester Collection.
 

J03.27663 Unid. ship, 3m, in heavy weather undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Ship has bare poles. A photo of an engraving by Woolston A. Barrett.
 

J07.12317 Wynnstay (built 1884; ship, 3m). At sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, underway.
 

J07.22107 Peleus (built 1901; freighter). At sea ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, underway. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Credit: Hester Collection.
 

J07.22109 Tydeus (built 1901; freighter). At sea ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, underway. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.22125 Souverain (bark, 4m) undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Source: "Hester photo per McGarvey."
 

J07.24368 Stimson (schooner, 4m), under way, deckload undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.
 

J07.27283 Pass of Brander (built 1890; bark, 4m). At sea. ca. 1893-1905

Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Credit: Hester Coll
 

J07.27598 Governor Ames (schooner, 5m), photograph of a painting undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate. One small lower corner missing.
 

J07.27599 Painting of an unidentified 3-masted bark undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate. Tiny piece missing from the top edge of the glass plate.
 

J07.27601 Admiral Tegetthoff (built 1871; bark, 3m). At sea. ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. Emulsion on glass plate in poor condition.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27602 Anna (built 1893; bark, 4m). At sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in. psl; b&w neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Name and signal flags retouched on negative; vessel probably not ANNA originally. Source: "Credit area: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27604 Artemis (built 1890; bark, 3m). At sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Flying international code flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27605 Barmbek (built 1886; bark, 4m). At sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Purvis, T.G.\artist --Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Flying international signal flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27606 Brambletye (built 1876; ship, 3m). At sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Hester Collection.
 

J07.27607 Brambletye (built 1876; ship,3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27608 Cambuskenneth (built 1893; ship, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting.
 

J07.27609 Cara (built 1892; bark, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27610 Castle Rock (built 1892; ship, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27611 Castle Rock (built 1892; ship, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Artist unknown (not Wilton). Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27612 Celtic Monarch (built 1884; ship 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Flying international code flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27613 Chiltonford (built 1892; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27615 County of Linlithgow (built 1887; ship, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl: b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Flying international code flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27616 Dudhope (built 1894; ship, 3m), at sea ca. 1894-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Flying international code flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27617 Dunreggan (built 1892; bark, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Artist unknown (not Wilton). Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27618 Earl of Dalhousie (built 1884; bark, 4m), at sea ca.1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27619 Earl of Dunmore (built 1891; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27620 Euphrates (built 1879; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos.; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27622 Falkirk (built 1896; bark, 3m), at sea ca. 1896-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27623 Falls of Dee (built 1882; ship, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27624 Flottbek (built 1891; ship, 3m), at sea ca. 1904-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Flying international code flags. Caption: FLOTTBEK von Hamburg Capt. B. Todsen 1904. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27625 Grenada (built 1894; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1894-1905

Creator/Collector: Edgar, W.\painter --Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. Peeling emulsion, especially along the top edge of the glass plate.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by W. Edgar. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27626 Gunford (built 1892; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit; Hester Collection."
 

J07.27627 Gunford (built 1892; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Flying international code flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27628 Hal (built; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Artist unknown (not Wilton). Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27629 Howth (built 1892; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27630 Iranian (built 1895; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1895-1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Flying international code flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27631 James Kerr (built 1892; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27632 King Arthur (built 1887; ship, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Flying international signal flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27633 La Rochefoucauld (built 1899; bark, 3m), at sea ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off port quarter, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27634 Lauriston (built 1892; ship, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Flying international code flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27635 Marie (built 1899; bark, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27636 Mount Carmel (built 1883; ship, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27637 Northbrook (built 1874); bark, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27638 Pass of Leny (built 1885; bark, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit. Hester Coll."
 

J07.27639 Pass of Leny (built 1885; bark, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard bow, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27640 Queen of Scots (built 1877; bark, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Flying international signal flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27641 Reuce (built 1881; ship, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. One small upper corner of glass plate missing.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27642 Saragossa (built 1902; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit; Hester Coll."
 

J07.27643 Scottish Hills (built 1883; ship, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27644 Superb (built 1866; ship, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27645 Thalassa (built 1891; bark, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard bow, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Flying international code flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27646 Thekla (built 1892; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Artist unknown (not Wilton). Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27647 Travancore (built 1892; ship, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27648 Travancore (built 1892; ship, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Flying international code flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27649 Ventura (built 1886; bark, 3m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27650 Wandsbek (built 1892); bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Flying international code flags. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27651 Wendur (built 1884; ship, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27652 West Lothian (built 1882; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Caption: Presented to J. L. James, Esq. by Temple West. July 29th 1903. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27653 Ship, 3m, unidentified, at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. pl; contact print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Vessel's name ends in the letters "AGNA". Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27654 Bark, 4m, unidentified, at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27655 Bark, 4m, unidentified, at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27656 Bark, 5m, unidentified, at sea ca. 1903-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27657 Bark, 4m, unidentified, at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27658 Bark, 4m, unidentified, at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27659 Ship, 3m, unidentified, at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27660 Ship, 3m, unidentified, at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27661 Bark, 3m, unidentified. At sea. ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Artist unknown (not Wilton). Source: "Credit: Hester Collection."
 

J07.27664 Bertha (built 1888; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Artist unknown (not Wilton). Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27664 Bark, 3m, unidentified. At sea. ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a painting. Artist unknown (not Wilton). Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J07.27823 Pass of Brander (built 1890; bark, 4m), at sea ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. A photo by W. Hester of a painting by an unknown artist. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

J09.12348 Carl (ship, ?m), crew portrait commemorating crossing the line 1901 Oct 6

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white positive, safety film.
 

K03.12105 Bark, 3m, unidentified. ca. 1890-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard quarter; afire. Credit: Hester Collection. Per note on the psl enclosure, "Russell built, ca. 1895".
 

K06.12104 Thistle (built 1891; bark, 4m). 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; partially dismasted after losing fore, main and mizzen topgallant masts rounding Cape Horn. Credit: Hester Collection. For more information see master information file.
 

K06.12201 Ferdinand Fischer (built 1886; ship, 3m) ca. 1890-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside; at anchor; men painting hull. Credit: Hester Collection.
 

K06.12250 Marie (built 1899; bark, 3m). ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at achor; unidentified South American (?) port.
 

K06.12263 Excelsior (built 1891; bark, 3m), dressed ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside at anchor. Probably a European port. Credit area: Hester Collection.
 

K07.22124 Lusitania (passenger vessel) undated

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate. Approx. 1/4 of top part of plate missing.

Scope and Content Note

Source: "Hester photo, per McGarvey".
 

K07.27600 Bengairn (barkentine, 4m) undated

Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

This image is a photograph of a painting. BENGAIRN was a French barkentine.
 

L23.36592 Royal regalia of Scotland ca. 1890-1905

Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Sword, crown, scepter, etc. of Scotland. Possibly a photographic copy by W. Hester of a photograph. Source: "Credit: Hester Coll."
 

M00.27603 Annie (bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside, under sail. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a half-model of the ANNIE.
 

M00.27621 F. J. Glade (built; ship, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Broadside. Photo by W. Hester of a model of the F.J. GLADE.
 

P50.12334 Gate-James, Edward, Capt. Port Blakely, WA 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Seated in front of deckhouse on poop deck of LYNTON (built 1894; bark, 4m); holding puppies.
 

P50.12359 Dimsdale (built 1890; ship, 3m) Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; shipmaster's daughter at wheel; binnacle on right. On hub of wheel: Charles J. Bigger, shipbuilder & engineer, Londonderry.
 

P50.12391 Robertson, Captain. Tacoma WA ca. 1904-1908

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Capt. Robertson on bridge, hand on engine telegraph of SANDHURST (built 1891; freighter).
 

P50.12415 Roop. Tacoma, WA 1904 Nov

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 5x7 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft at wheel of BALMORAL (built 1892; bark, 4m); son of captain J.E. Roop holding wheel.
 

P50.12421 Verbena (ship, 3m) ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

VERBENA (built 1891; ship, 3m); Wilhelm Hester, photog.; Port Blakely, WA (?): ca. 1893-1905. Looking forward on poop deck; shipmaster at break of poop; deep sea lead line reel tied to rail.
 

P50.22104 Tacoma (built 1870; passenger vessel). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Unidentified woman at rail with seaman's cap.
 

P50.22108 Portraits. ca.1893-1905

Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Old seaman on waterfront. Credit: Hester Coll
 

P50.22676 Captain McCrone in oilskins ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Capt. McCrone in oilskins, possibly aboard ship. Credit: Hester Coll.
 

P50.26508 Portraits. ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Young man at desk.
 

P50.36593 Portraits. ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Portrait of a young woman. Possibly a photgraphic copy by W. Hester of a photograph. Credit: Hester Coll.
 

P51.12338 Andelana (built 1889; bark, 4m), crew portrait. Commencement Bay, WA 1899 Jan 14

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. One upper corner of glass plate missing. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Facing aft; crew posing seated and stand; Capt. George W. Staling seated in center wearing tam-o'-shanter; dogs included.
 

P51.12341 Balmoral (built 1892; bark 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 5x7 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on deck; Capt. and Mrs. J.E. Roop, son and dog, front and center; officers and crew members posing around them.
 

P51.12346 Bengairn (built 1890; bark, 4m), crew portrait on deck. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1907-1915

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward from poop deck; crew members posing seated and standing.
 

P51.12348 Carl (built 1893; ship 3m). At Sea. 1901 Oct 6

Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main deck near break of poop in the midst of a crossing-the-line ceremony. Caption: Erinnerung an die Linientaufe a.B.S. Carl 6.10.01. trans: In memory of the crossing of equator on board the ship Carl October 6, 1901. Credit: Hester Collection.
 

P51.12349 Celtic Chief (built 1885; ship, 3m), crew portrait. At Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

On main deck, looking aft at break of poop; posed crew portrait including officers; bucket rack at top under rail. (NOTE: Image not reversed for both psl and nl.)
 

P51.12354 Bengairn (built 1890; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1907-1915

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; crew posing on standard compass platform.
 

P51.12355 Curzon (built 1865; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew standing in front of taffrail with dog.
 

P51.12356 Curzon (built 1865; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

On deck, crew standing and seated with dog.
 

P51.12357 Curzon (built 1865; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck; crew posing in various positions with their pipes; man with accordian.
 

P51.12370 Haddon Hall (built 1868; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on main deck; crew posing for group portrait; man with parrot middle row center; slide chute overhead.
 

P51.12373 Kilmallie (built 1893; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck; crew posing for group portrait on binnacle bridge. Gigantic pipe for smoking.
 

P51.12377 Adelaide (built 1888; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

On main deck; looking aft at break of poop deck; crew posing for group portraits; man near center holding cat.
 

P51.12420 Tarpenbek (built 1892; ship, 3m). Elliot Bay, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward from the break of the poop; crew and officers posing on top of deckhouse.
 

P51.12422 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m) 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward to break of poop; ship's officers and crew with model of LYNTON. NEGATIVE IMAGE REVERSED
 

P51.12428 Crew portraits. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft aboard unidentified sailing vessel; crew, including cook on slide chutes; two figures, probably shipmaster and Mate, standing on main deck in foreground.
 

P51.12430 Alice (built 1891; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1903-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck; crew and officers posing for group portrait. Man with accordian. For more information see master information file, "under F09.12351" per note on the glass plate enclosure.
 

P51.12431 Alice (built 1891; ship, 3 m) ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck (probably in Tacoma, WA); crew and officers posing for group portrait. Man with accordion. (For more information see master information file.)
 

P51.12437 Metropolis (built 1887; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft, crew posing on main deck, shipmaster in center; dog in lower left; parrot in upper right. Vessel identified by Andy Nesdall.
 

P51.12438 Oregon (built 1894; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA or Seattle, WA ca. 1894-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Probably OREGON. Looking aft; crew standing near taffrail.
 

P51.12440 Ship's Officers. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Uniformed officers posing in front of stack of unidentified steam vessel from London.
 

P51.12441 Ship's Officers. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft aboard on unidentified steam ship; officers and cadets in front of stack.
 

P51.12444 Crew portraits. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Officers and crew on main deck of unidentified steam vessel; shipmaster in center.
 

P51.12445 Crew Portraits. Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; officers and crew on main deck of unidentified sailing vessel; shipmaster in center. Probably Anglican clergyman, left, back row.
 

P51.12448 Flottbek (built 1891; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 5x7 in. Reduction

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck. Officers and crew under standard compass platform with musical instruments. Captain Georg Zingler fourth from left with bowler hat. Cook ready to pour.
 

P51.12453 Emanuel (built 1894; bark, ?m), portrait of Capt. "De Snuffel" & ship's watch. At Port Blakely, WA 1906 Jun 25

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck; crew posing in front of poop deck; bucket rack overhead at break of poop. EMANUEL was a steel bark, ex HUGO MOLENAAR (built 1894; ship ?m) by Jan Smit Czn. in Alblasserdam, Netherlands.
 

P51.12454 Alice (built 1891; ship, 3m). Elliott Bay, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; German officers and crew on break of poop; bearded shipmaster just left of center; man with accordian. For more information see master information file.
 

P51.12456 Lamoriciere (built 1895; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; ships officers and women at break of poop; Captain Trehondart on right? Awning rigged on poop deck.
 

P51.12459 Svithiod (built 1876; bark; 4m). Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on poop deck; officers and crew around skylight; shipmaster on left.
 

P51.12464 Bertha (built 1888; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft, officers and crew on break of poop, probably Captain C. Hueneke in front of mast, mates on either side of him.
 

P51.23908 Alice A. Leigh (built 1889; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck; crew near binnacle bridge; Captain A. Davison, seated center with bowler hat.
 

P51.23909 Alice A. Leigh (built 1899; bark, 4m). Port Blakeley, WA 1893-1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on break of poop; bucket rack under rail; Captain W.J. Gorst, possibly center with dog.
 

P51.23910 Alsterschwan (built 1891; bark, 4m). Seattle WA? ca. 1902-1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Facing starboard side; crew on main deck; Captain A. Erdmann probably seated center with suit.
 

P51.23912 Arctic Stream (built 1885; ship, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

At Pacific Coast Company; Pier D (Oriental Dock); looking forward; crew on break of poop; Captain A. Bowen, probably on left.
 

P51.23913 Arracan (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft. Crew and dog on break of poop; Captain James Donald probably one of two gentlemen standing front row center.
 

P51.23914 Atalanta (built 1885; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1895-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck; crew in front of deck house. "Chain lashings, with round turns around spare spars in both scuppers, probably for ballast logs." (K.K.) Medallions on ships' boats, barber pole stanchions, name on barrel at right.
 

P51.23915 Ben Dearg (built 1894; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1894-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint n; b&w safety neg; 5x6 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck near break of poop; Captain R.D. Peatle, possibly center holding dog.
 

P51.23917 Benicia (built 1883; ship, 3m). Tacoma WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft, crew standing on break of poop; Captain David Jones, probably standing center at head of ladder. Stencilling on cabin walls.
 

P51.23918 Bertha (built 1892; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on break of poop; probably Captain T.J. Alster seated center with dark cap, man with cat on right. Probably ship's carpenter with saw.
 

P51.23919 Bertha (built 1892; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x5-1/2 x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on break of poop; Captain T.J. Alster, probably front row, fifth from left; man with cat right of center; Jarvis brace winch center foreground.
 

P51.23920 Blairgowrie (built 1875; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1898-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck; crew under boat skids; Captain W. Barfield with dog.
 

P51.23921 Brodick Castle (built 1875; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA 1898-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck; crew under boat skids; Captain Olsen, probably seated center. Variety of hats and caps.
 

P51.23925 Celtic Chief (built 1885; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on break of poop; Captain J. Jones, wife, and son in center. Note plates of mizzenmast.
 

P51.23926 Celtic Chief (built 1885; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1.2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint; Hester Collection.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew under boat skids; Captain J. Jones holding son, wife on right; man with dog.
 

P51.23927 Chelmsford (built 1893; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main deck; Captain W.B. Thomson, probably seoncd row, third from right.
 

P51.23928 Clan Galbraith (built 1894; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1898-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; crew on poop deck; Captain George E. Barker, possibly on left.
 

P51.23932 Cressington (built 1883; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on break of poop; Captain Allen H. Porter, probably with gold braid on sleeves. Fancy netting on rail.
 

P51.23937 Durham (built 1874; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1900-1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; crew on break of poop; man with monkey probably Captain A. St. George Glasson. "Spare spar center. Note iron band and iron rim, above sheave hole to support eyes of rigging. Note topmast hanging from mast rope at left." (K.K.)
 

P51.23938 Durham (built 1874; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA 1900-1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; crew on break of poop; Captain A. St. George Glasson; probably with monkey.
 

P51.23939 Ecuador (built 1890; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on break of poop; officers, front row, second and third from left, one holding dog.
 

P51.23941 Euphrates (built 1879; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1898-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint n; b&w safety neg.; 4x5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; crew on break of poop; Captain W. Davies, probably front and center.
 

P51.23943 Forteviot (built 1891; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1898

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on break of poop; Captain A.F. Gilmour, possibly in this photograph; grain elevator "B", left background.
 

P51.23944 Forteviot (built 1891; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1899-1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew near mizzenmast; Captain W. R. Kidd may be in this photograph; capstan in foreground.
 

P51.23946 Galena (built 1890; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 18900-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x5-1/2 in. x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main deck under boat skids; Captain M.P. Chisholm, probably second row center. Capstan bar rack.
 

P51.23947 Garsdale (built 1885; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1898-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Crew on main deck under boat skids; Captain W. J. King, probably seated second row, third from right.
 

P51.23948 Garsdale (built 1885; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1898-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x5-1/2 in., mount 11x13 in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; crew up on boat skids; Captain W.J. King, probably wearing checkered cap. Capstan bar rack beneath boat skids, at right.
 

P51.23951 Glenholm (built 1896; ship, 3m). Seattle, WA ca. 1896-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x5-1/2 in. x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward, crew on compus platform above halfdeck house; man with banjo.
 

P51.23955 Holywood (built 1893; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main deck near break of poop; Captain M. Macanley, probably center holding child. Netting between rail and deck on poop deck probably protection for child.
 

P51.23956 Howth (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint n; b&w safety neg; 5x7 in. n; b&w safety neg; 4x5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on break of poop; Captain B.A. Martin is probably holding dog or is front row, fifth from right.
 

P51.23957 Howth (built 1892; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint n; safety neg.; 4x5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck; crew under boat skids; Captain B.A. Martin probably with dog. Flowers in lapels.
 

P51.23960 Levernbank (built 1893; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint n; negative

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on poop deck; crew by deck house; Captain W.F. Turner, probably second row center; dog and cat.
 

P51.23962 Lisbeth (built 1891; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Tacoma Warehouse and Elevator Co. Looking forward; crew on poop deck by jigger mast; Captain H. Bock, probably right front.
 

P51.23963 Lisbeth (built 1891; bark, 4m). Puget Sound WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; officers and crew on main deck; Capt. H. Boch seated front row, center; dog in foreground; lanyard rigging with hearts instead of deadeyes.
 

P51.23964 Lisbeth (built 1891; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

At Tacoma Warehouse and Elevator Co.; looking aft; crew on break of poop; Captain H. Bock, probably front row, sixth from right.
 

P51.23965 Lord Elgin (built 1891; bark, 3m). ca. 1893-1905?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 10x12-1/2in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; crew on poop deck by deck house.
 

P51.23966 Lord Ripon (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1893-1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on break of poop; Captain J. Richards probably front row fifth from left; dog on rail. "Brass bound poop rail stanchions. A particularly elegant arrangement." (K.K.)
 

P51.23967 Lyderhorn (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x5-1/2 in. x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

At Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; looking forward; crew on Liverpool house; Captain John Williams probably center with bowler hat; two young women on right.
 

P51.23968 Margretha (built 1884; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint n; b&w safety neg; 4x5 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; crew on poop deck; Captain W. Rasch probably with dog.
 

P51.23969 Montgomeryshire (built 1877; ship, 1m). Port Blakely, WA? ca. 1898-1899

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main hatch and deck in front of main mast; holding banner, possibly celebrating their passage from Antwerp to Yokohama in 126 days. "MONTGOMERYSHIRE" inscribed around top circle in center of banner; "18" on left and "98" on right of circle; Captain R. Edwards may be in this photo, possibly standing, holding left edge of banner.
 

P51.23970 Mountstuart (built 1878; bark, 3m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1895-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Off starboard quarter; crew leaning on a taffrail. Captain H. Olsen, possibly fourth from left. Old style spool and tiller rope (chain) steering gear.
 

P51.23974 Pengwern (built 1882; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

At Northwestern Improvement Co., Dock; looking forward; crew on compass platform and in lifeboats. Captain William Griffith probably sixth from right. Note rail filling piece devised by ship's carpenter.
 

P51.23975 Pengwern (built 1882; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

At Northwestern Improvement Co. Dock; looking aft; crew on main deck in front of break of poop; Captain William Griffith, probably fron row, fourth from right; cat on right; booby hatch for the mizzen hatch in up-ended position on right.
 

P51.23976 Prince Robert (built 1893; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint n; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; crew on main deck under boat skids; Captain C. Hanson, possibly, holding child; cat on right.
 

P51.23977 Robert Duncan (built 1891; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint.

Scope and Content Note

Crew on main deck; Captain M. Maclean, probably seated second row; fourth from left.
 

P51.23978 Saint Mungo (built 1892; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA? ca. 1893-1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main deck at break of poop; Captain James Stenhouse, probably seated third from right. Anchor belt buckle.
 

P51.23979 Scottish Glens (built 1885; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1893-1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x5-1/2 in. x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on break of poop; Captain A.R. Johnson, possibly front row, fifthe from right. Chip log reel at right Brass stanchions.
 

P51.23980 Scottish Lochs (built 1888; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; officers and crew on main deck in front of boat skids; Captain L.A. Parkbill probably second row, third from right; dog in foreground; louvered cabinet in upper left possibly for vegetable storage.
 

P51.23981 Sierra Cordova (built 1877; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1901-1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint n; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main deck near break of poop; Captain E. Vought, probably seated second row center.
 

P51.23982 Sierra Miranda (built 1884; ship 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft on main deck in front of break of poop; Captain A. McMaster, possibly second row, fourth from right; bucket rack at top; ship-log top left.
 

P51.23983 Thistlebank (built 1891; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint n; negative

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward, crew on main deck; probably Captain J. Perry seated second row near center with straw hat.
 

P51.23985 Stronsa (built 1882; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main deck; Captain R. H. Henning, probably front row, fourth from left; two dogs.
 

P51.23986 Thistlebank (built 1891; bark 4m). Tacoma, WA? ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x5-1/2 in. x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; crew on half deck house; Captain J. Parry, probably front row, fourth from right; capstan bar rack on rail.
 

P51.23990 Wynnstay (built 1884; ;ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1902-1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main deck near break of poop; Captain W. Jones, probably with bowler hat; man with accordian; cats.
 

P51.23998 Wellington (built 1874; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main deck under boat skids; Captain C. Thomas may be in this photograph.
 

P51.25843 Castle Rock (built 1892; ship, 3m). San Francisco, CA 1904

Creator/Collector: Wilton, T. H.
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Individual portraits of Capt. Jones and officers grouped around a painting of CASTLE ROCK under sail. Credit: Hester Collection
 

P51.26509 Crew Portraits. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x5-1/2 in. x; gelatin chloride print; 7-1/2x9-1/2 in.; mount 11x13in.; photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft aboard unidentified sailing vessel, crew on main deck forward of break of poop. Vessel possibly built by Barclay-Curle; similar to OTTER-BURN.
 

P51.28053 Crew portrait. At sea. ca. 1893-1905

Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Crew on main deck in midst of a cross-the-line ceremony. Photographic copy by W. Hester of a photo. Credit: Hester Collection.
 

P51.34369 Snow and Burgess (built 1878; schooner; 5m). Puget Sound, WA 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x6 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main deck; Captain Albert Henry Sorenson, front row center; two dogs. For more information see master information file.
 

P51.34370 Claverdon (built 1884; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x6 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main deck; Captain Albert Henry Sorenson at left. For more information see master information file.
 

P51.34370 Snow and Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: n; b&w safety neg; 4-1/2x6 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking aft; crew on main deck; Captain Albert Henry Sorenson at left. For more information see master information file.
 

P52.25845 Hall, Henry Knox. Port Blakely, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Henry K. Hall on left; with family and relatives?
 

P52.26504 Johanson, P., Captain. Tacoma, WA 1898-1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward on poop deck of SENATOR (built 1874; ship, 3m); believed to be Captain P. Johanson and wife near break of poop. Per note written on the psl enclosure, "Nesdall says not Johanson but Capt. Sutherland ex mate of SILBERHORN." SILBERHORN (bark, 4m)
 

P52.26506 Schnieders, R., Capt.? ca. 1893-1905

Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Possibly Capt. R. Schnieders (master of THEKLA), wife and child in studio setting. May be a copy by W. Hester of a photograph. Credit: Hester Coll.
 

P53.12358 Dimsdale (built 1890; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

On poop, shipmaster and daughter posed at wheel.
 

P53.26505 Dudhope (built 1894; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA? 1894-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 5x7 in.

Scope and Content Note

Looking forward; shipmasters and wives on main deck. Note head gear.
 

P53.26507 Portraits. Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Men posing in photographer's studio.
 

P53.26511 U. S. Congress Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Seattle, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Men seated and standing, possibly on deck of vessel. Photog. no. 17.
 

U10.12498 Saloon of unid. vessel 1914

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate. Emulsion flaking along upper edge of glass plate.

Scope and Content Note

Possibly the bark FORTREVIOT, Tacoma, WA, or some other unid. steam vessel.
 

U60.12434 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m) 1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; Captain Edward Gates-James writing and wife reading. Port Blakely, WA.
 

U60.12435 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA 1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; Captain Edward Gates-James writing and wife reading. Bird in cage.
 

U60.12436 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Cabin washroom; storage for signal flags.
 

U60.12437 Crompton (built 1890; bark 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. x; b&w print; 12x15 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon.
 

U60.12438 Crompton (built 1890; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; shipmaster; organ on left.
 

U60.12439 Balmoral? (built 1892; bark 4m). Tacoma, WA 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. x; b&w print; 12x15 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; autoharp and shipmodel on table; piano and violin in background.
 

U60.12440 Dimsdale? (built 1890; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety negative; 8x10 in. image reversed

Scope and Content Note

Saloon, shipmaster. Probably DIMSDALE. Not same shipmaster as F9.12,358 and F9.12,359
 

U60.12441 Sailing Vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety negative; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel; officers writing and inspecting book. Note written on psl enclosure says, "possibly PLUS? (A. Nesdall)".
 

U60.12442 Alice (built 1891; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon with shipmaster. For more information see master information file.
 

U60.12443 Shipmaster in saloon: unidentified German sailing vessel ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

Sailing vessels--saloons photo / Wilhelm Hester.-- Puget Sound, WA: ca. 1893-1905. Saloon of unidentified German sailing vessel; shipmaster. (NOTE: Image not reversed for psl; image reversed for nl.)
 

U60.12444 Shipmaster in saloon: unidentified sailing vessel ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

Sailing vessels--saloons photo / Wilhelm Hester.-- Puget Sound, WA: ca. 1893-1905. Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel; shipmaster writing. (NOTE: Image reversed for psl.)
 

U60.12445 Pengwern (built 1882; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1899-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. x; b&w print; 12x15 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; Capt. W.W. Griffiths; binoculars on table.
 

U60.12446 Freighters--Interior Views. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

May be a passenger vessel or a freighter; saloon and dining compartment?
 

U60.12448 Freighters--interior views. Puget Sound, WA 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. Glass plate cracked in half horizontally. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

May be a passenger vessel or a freighter; captain's cabin.
 

U60.12455 Sailing Vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon aboard unidentified sailing vessel; shipmaster and wife. Note English language magazine. See U60.456
 

U60.12456 Sailing Vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon aboard unidentified sailing vessel; shipmaster and wife. Note English language magazine. See U60.12,455.
 

U60.12457 Bertha (built 1892; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon, shipmaster, stencilling on wall panels.
 

U60.12458 Bertha (built 1892; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon, shipmaster, stencilling on wall panels.
 

U60.12459 Sailing Vessels--Saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety negative; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon aboard unidentified English sailing vessel; gimballed mercury barometer upper center. Same vessel as U60.12,461
 

U60.12460 Sailing Vessels--Saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. x; b&w print; 12x15 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; shipmaster; organ in background; aboard unidentified sailing vessel. Stove.
 

U60.12461 Sailing Vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. x; b&w print; 12x15 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon aboard unidentified sailing vessel; organ in background, right. Note English language book on table. Same vessel as U60.12,459
 

U60.12462 Sailing vessels saloons ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Sailing vessels saloons; Puget Sound, WA. Saloon of unid. sailing vessel; shipmaster and wife; organ or piano on right. Two birdcages. Geranium. Same vessel as U60.12463. IMAGE REVERSED.
 

U60.12463 Sailing Vessels-saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety negative; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel; piano or organ on right. Note English language sheet music. Same vessel as F10.12,462.
 

U60.12464 Bark, 4m unidentified. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon.
 

U60.12465 Sailing Vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel, shipmaster. Note English language newspaper.
 

U60.12466 Sailing Vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel, shipmaster.
 

U60.12467 Sailing Vessels--Saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel; shipmaster. Rubber tree plant. Note English language book.
 

U60.12468 Sailing Vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1906

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel, shipmaster and wife.
 

U60.12469 Sailing Vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel, shipmaster with wife(?) and daughter.
 

U60.12470 Shipmaster in saloon: unidentified sailing vessel ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

Sailing vessels--saloons photo / Wilhelm Hester.-- Puget Sound, WA: ca. 1893-1905. Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel; shipmaster. (NOTE: Image not reversed for psl; image reversed for nl.)
 

U60.12471 Sailing Vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel; shipmaster.
 

U60.12472 Sailing vessels saloons ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Sailing vessels saloons. Saloon of unidentified British sailing vessel; shipmaster. Puget Sound, WA. IMAGE REVERSED.
 

U60.12473 Dudhope (built 1894; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. n; b&w safety neg; 5x7 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. (Image reversed)

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; shipmaster and wife.
 

U60.12474 Puritan (built 1889; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; shipmaster and wife. Victrola.
 

U60.12475 Sailing vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel. "Graining" of panels.
 

U60.12476 Sailing vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. x; b&w print; 12x15 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel; shipmaster writing.
 

U60.12477 Sailing vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel; shipmaster writing; stencilling on wall panels.
 

U60.12478 Capt. Wm. Kessel and wife: saloon of Occidental (built 1874; ship, 3m) 1906 Mar

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

Kessel, William, Captain photo / Wilhelm Hester.-- Port Blakely, WA: March, 1906. Captain William Kessel and wife in saloon of OCCIDENTAL (built 1874; ship, 3m). For more information, see master information file. (NOTE: psl, image not reversed; nl, image reversed.)
 

U60.12479 Pera (built 1890; ship, 3m). Port Blakely, WA 1901

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; Captain Alexander Teaschner.
 

U60.12480 Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel: shipmaster and wife ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm

Scope and Content Note

Sailing vessels--saloons photo / William Hester.-- Puget Sound, WA: ca. 1893-1905. Saloon of unidentified sailing vessel; shipmaster and wife. (NOTE: psl, image not reversed; nl, image reversed.)
 

U60.12481 Abyssinia (built 1875; bark, 3m), saloon. At Port Blakely, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: Black-and-white gelatin dry plate.

Scope and Content Note

Captain A. W. Hilton writing; guitar and birdcage on right. IMAGE REVERSED.
 

U60.12482 Glenelvan (built 1895; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA 1898

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; Captain Evelyn E. Robbins writing; stancilling on wall panels.
 

U60.12484 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon, Captain Edward Gates-James.
 

U60.12489 Albania (built 1867; bark, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon, shipmaster.
 

U60.12490 Wandsbek? (built 1892; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA? 1904?

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Captain's cabin.
 

U60.12491 George E. Billings (built 1903; schooner, 5m). Port Blakely, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; Capt. J.A. Anderson. Victrola.
 

U60.12492 Eva Montgomery (built 1901; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA 1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon. Bicycle or motor bike, birdcage, flowers, telescopes.
 

U60.12493 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Captain's cabin.
 

U60.12494 Sailing Vessels--saloons. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon of unidentified (French?) sailing vessel; shipmaster, center, mate, right, and steward.
 

U60.12496 Eva Montgomery (built 1901; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; Captain and Mrs. Harrison; auto harp on table.
 

U60.12497 Abyssinia (built 1875; bark, 3m). Port Blakely, WA 1902

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. x; gelatin chloride print; 8x10 in. mount 11x13 in. photographer's imprint

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; ship's officers playing cards and drinking wine; Captain A.W. Hilton on right; guitar in background.
 

U60.12498 Forteviot? (built 1891; bark, 4m). Tacoma, WA 1904

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon. Banjo, mandolin and piano on right. Geraniums and palm tree in pots.
 

U60.12499 Eva Montgomery? (built 1901; ship, 3m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1901-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Captain's cabin; telltale compass above bed.
 

U60.12500 Eva Montgomery (built 1901; ship, 3m). Tacoma, WA ca. 1902-1903

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Saloon; auto harp in foreground; palm tree.
 

U61.12483 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m). Port Blakely, WA ca. 1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Half deck house interior, quarters of apprentices; sextant on table; stencilling on cupboards. For more information see master information file.
 

U61.12495 Lynton (built 1894; bark, 4m). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1900

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. pl; b&w print; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Interior of deck house; sailmaker at work. Bolt of "Reliance" canvas.
 

U63.12449 City of Seattle (built 1890; passenger vessel). Seattle WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Forward social hall.
 

U63.12450 City of Seattle (built 1890; passenger vessel). Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

After social hall.
 

U63.12451 City of Seattle (built 1890; passenger vessel). Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. Glass plate cracked into 3 pieces. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Forward social hall.
 

U63.12452 City of Seattle (built 1890; passenger vessel). Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

After social hall.
 

U63.12453 City of Seattle (built 1890; passenger vessel). Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Dining saloon.
 

U63.12454 City of Seattle (built 1890; passenger vessel). Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Dining saloon.
 

U63.12485 Garonne (built 1871; passenger vessel). Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: pl; b&w print; 8x10 in. gl; glass neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

2nd class dining saloon.
 

U63.12486 Garonne (built 1871; passenger vessel). Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Passengers' dining room, etched and painted (?) glass wall panels. 1st class accommodations.
 

U63.12487 City of Seattle (built 1890; passenger vessel). Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Stateroom.
 

U63.12488 Garonne (built 1871; passenger vessel). Seattle, WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Passengers' dining room; etched and painted (?) glass wall panels. 1st class accommodations.
 

U63.22106 Garonne (built 1871; passenger vessel). Seattle WA? ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in. nl; b&w safety neg; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Dining room; etched and painted (?) glass wall panels. 1st class accommodations.
 

U64.12447 Pilot houses. Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Interior view of pilot house of unidentified steam vessel; steering wheel and gear; spitoon between wheels.
 

U64.22105 Flyer (built 1891; passenger vessel). Puget Sound, WA ca. 1893-1905

Creator/Collector: Hester, Wilhelm
Physical Description: gl; glass neg; 8x10 in. psl; b&w safety pos; 8x10 in.

Scope and Content Note

Engine room.