Alvin H. Waite photographs, 1890-1920

Overview of the Collection

Photographer
Waite, Alvin H.
Title
Alvin H. Waite photographs
Dates
1890-1920 (inclusive)
Quantity
327 negatives : nitrate ; 8 x 10 inches and smaller
34 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 inches and smaller
354 photographic prints (10 boxes) ; various sizes
Collection Number
PH0291
Summary
Photographs by Alvin H. Waite of various locales in Washington state (such as Mount Rainier and the city of Tacoma) as well as the Chicago World's Fair and various Northwest and Midwest locations.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Nitrate and glass plate negatives are not available for viewing due to their fragility. Viewing prints made from the originals are available for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Alvin H. Waite (also known as A.H. Waite) was born in Iowa in 1862. He had one daughter, Helen, from his first marriage, and had married his second wife, Donna Gates, by 1900. During the 1890s Waite worked as a piano tuner in Tacoma. By 1902 he had moved to Seattle, where he continued working with pianos at the D.S. Johnston Company. Despite his keen interest in recording his surroundings with his camera, Waite never made a career out of photography. He continued as a piano tuner and salesman and in 1915 established a business of his own, the Alvin H. Waite Piano Company. Alvin H. Waite died in Seattle in 1929.

Waite was an outdoorsman and traveler, and many of his photographs were made on trips between the West Coast and the Midwest. His photographs of the Mount Rainier area, made in 1893, may be among the first ever made of the region. In fact, Waite may have been the first photographer to carry a camera on an ascent of the mountain. Along with his friends and associates, Albert Barnes and Henry M. Sarvant, Waite was one of the area's most important landscape photographers during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains nitrate and glass plate negatives recording Chicago World's Fair scenes, climbing trips in Northwest mountains, and various places in the Northwest and Midwest. Included are images of the Tacoma waterfront and various streets; the Northern Pacific Railroad headquarters; ships; scenic and mountaineering views in Mount Rainier National Park locations such as the Tatoosh Range and the Longmire area; bicycling; Snoqualmie Pass in Washington's Cascade Range; the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893); Yakima and the Natches River (especially irrigation flumes); various portraits; and scenic shots taken in Colorado, Iowa, South Dakota. All photographs were made by Alvin H. Waite unless otherwise indicated. A copy of the photographer's detailed logbook is available for viewing. It includes a detailed description of each image, the location of the person or object depicted, and information on the date, time of day, and weather conditions for each photograph.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

In his logbook, Waite often used the name "Mt. Tacoma" (derived from the Indian word Takhoma ) to refer to Mount Rainier.

The following is an index of geographical locations pictured in the collection:

  • British Columbia: 75-79.
  • California: 31, 51-55.
  • Chicago: 80-129.
  • Colorado and Utah: 4-30, 338.
  • Illinois and Iowa: 1-3, 130-132.
  • Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana: 133-136.
  • Mount Rainier (and related peaks and glaciers): 46, 66-71, 158-159, 161, 166-181, 183-193, 212-221, 226, 244-275, 310-313, 320, 329-330.
  • Tacoma, Washington: 32-40, 42-45, 47-50, 56-60, 73-74, 154-155, 195-196, 287-288, 296-299, 308, 319, 321.
  • Snoqualmie Pass, Washington: 229-240.
  • Washington localities: 61-65, 72, 137-153, 156, 160, 163-165, 182, 194, 197-211, 222-225, 227-228, 241-243, 276-286, 289-395, 300-307, 309, 314-318, 323-328, 333-335, 339-360.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

View selections from the collection in digital format

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged according to the chronological order in Alvin H. Waite's logbook. Two versions of the logbook exist. Although the arrangement of the images did not change in the second logbook, Waite changed his numbering system; therefore, some negatives have two numbers. All Waite numbers are from the second version of the inventory unless otherwise indicated with the note "as listed in original inventory."

The original logbook contains references to images which do not appear in the second logbook. It appears that Waite removed some of his negatives and then made a new register book.

Processing Note

Processed by Scott K. Rawlings and Shannon B. Lynch, 2003.

Eight deteriorated nitrate negatives (Waite 466, 470, 473, 477-480, 485) were discarded.

Waite's logbooks were relocated from from the Alvin H. Waite Papers, Manuscript collection 3475, in Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, in May 1983. Waite's detailed logbook of photographs, arranged in chronological order, exists in two versions. Numbers from the second (more recent) version of the logbook are included in the inventory of photographs that constitutes part of this finding aid.

Related Materials

The Henry M. Sarvant Photograph Collection , PH Coll 35, contains approximately 25 of Waite's photographs. Sarvant was a fellow mountain climber and landscape photographer. The men made at least one ascent of Mount Rainier together.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

1890-1891Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/1 1
South view of Normal University, Normal, Illinois (Waite 501)
August 28, 1890
1/1 2
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Waite 502)
June 2, 1891
1/1 3
Southwest view of Major College, Bloomington, Illinois (Waite 503)
June 23, 1891
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/2 4
Antlers Hotel with Pikes Peak in the distance, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Waite 50)
June 21, 1892
1/2 5
Ute Pass, near Rainbow Falls, Manitou, Colorado (Waite 51)
June 22, 1892
1/2 6
Conductor with Express Engine #4 of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway (Waite 52)
June 22, 1892
1/2 7-9
Garden of the Gods, Balancing Rock, and Porcupine Rock, Colorado (Waite 53 to 55)
June 28, 1892
1/2 10
Tunnel #4 of the Colorado Midland Railroad (Waite 56)
June 29, 1892
1/2 11-13
Rock formations at the Garden of the Gods, Colorado: the Flying Dutchman Rock, Gateway and Sentinel Rock, and Salmon Rock (Waite 57 to 59)
July 1, 1892
1/2 14
Gravesite of Helen Hunt Jackson on Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Waite 60)
July 2, 1892
1/2 15
Pikes Peak viewed from Green Mountain Falls (Waite 61)
July 3, 1892
1/3 16
Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, including Hanging Bridge and Cañon City, Colorado (Waite 62)
July 6-12, 1892
1/3 17-19
Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, including Hanging Bridge and Cañon City, Colorado (Waite 63 to 65)
July 6-12, 1892
1/3 20
The Narrows at Williams Canyon (Waite 66)
July 6, 1892
1/3 21-22
Rock formations at the Garden of the Gods: the Siamese Twins, and the Seal and Bear (Waite 67-68)
July 6, 1892
1/4 23
Childs-Drexel Union Printers Home, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Waite 157 as listed in original inventory)
July 10, 1892
1/4 24
Uphill section of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway at Windy Point, Manitou, Colorado (Waite 69)
July 12, 1892
1/4 25
House on the summit of Pikes Peak (Waite 70)
Highest telegraph office in the world.
July 12, 1892
1/4 26
Major Domo Rock in Glen Eyrie, Manitou, Colorado (Waite 71)
July 13, 1892
1/4 27
Express Engine #4 of the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway and railcar at train station (Waite 72)
July 14, 1892
1/4 28
Interior of the Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah (Waite 73)
July 18, 1892
1/4 29
Wall and trees along south side of Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah (Waite 74)
July 19, 1892
1/4 30
Main Street looking north, Salt Lake City, Utah (Waite 75)
July 19, 1892
1/5 31
Mount Shasta from [Cole?], California (Waite 76)
July 21, 1892
1/5 32
U.S.S. Baltimore, Tacoma, Washington (Waite 77)
July 23, 1892
1/5 33 August 18, 1892
1/5 34
Steamer Premier, Tacoma, Washington (Waite 79)
September 2, 1892
1/5 35 September 27, 1892
1/5 36 October 2, 1892
1/5 37 October 23, 1892
1/5 38
Ship Dimsdale of Liverpool, Tacoma, Washington (Waite 83)
November 20, 1892
1/5 39
A.H. Waite at desk (Waite 84)
N. H. Wilcox (photographer)
December 15, 1892
1/5 40 November 23, 1892
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/6 41 January 4, 1893
1/6 42 January 30, 1893
1/6 43 January 31, 1893
1/6 44
On a bluff overlooking the bay, Tacoma, Washington (Waite 88)
January 31, 1893
1/6 45 January 31, 1893
1/6 46 February 16, 1893
1/6 47 April 26, 1893
1/6 48 May 23, 1893
1/6 49 May 27, 1893
1/6 50 June 20, 1893
1/7 51
U.S.S. Monterey, off the coast of California (Waite 99)
June 25, 1893
1/7 52
Statue of Venus de Milo, Sutro Heights, San Francisco, California (Waite 101)
July 1, 1893
1/7 53
Mission Dolores, showing tile roof, San Francisco, California (Waite 103)
July 3, 1893
1/7 54
Seal Rocks and Cliff House, San Francisco, California (Waite 104)
July 4, 1893
1/7 55
Surf, Seal Rocks, and Cliff House, San Francisco, California (Waite 105)
July 4, 1893
1/8 56
Lemon's Beach, Tacoma, Washington (Waite 108)
July 16, 1893
1/8 57 July 19, 1893
1/8 58 July 20, 1893
1/8 59 July 22, 1893
1/8 60 July 22, 1893
1/9 61 July 26, 1893
1/9 62
Wagon road from Carbonado to Wilkeson, Washington (Waite 114)
July 26, 1893
1/9 63 July 26, 1893
1/9 64 July 26, 1893
1/9 65
Moss-covered trees and a portion of a wagon road, McMillin, Washington (Waite 119)
August 4, 1893
1/10 66
Group of people resting on rocks at Camp Muir, Mount Rainier (Waite 122)
August 11, 1893
1/10 67 August 14, 1893
1/10 68 August 14, 1893
1/10 69
Climbers in front of an ice cave at the mouth of the Nisqually Glacier(Waite 125)
August 14, 1893
1/10 70 August 14, 1893
1/10 71 August 15, 1893
1/10 72 August 17, 1893
1/11 73 August 23, 1893
1/11 74 August 23, 1893
1/11 75
[Hermit?] Mountain Range and Rogers Pass, British Columbia (Waite 132)
August 30, 1893
1/11 76
Illecillewaet River and Cheops Peak, British Columbia (Waite 133)
August 30, 1893
1/11 77
Mount McDonald with the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the foreground, British Columbia (Waite 134)
August 30, 1893
1/11 78
Illecillewaet, or Great Glacier of the Selkirks, British Columbia (Waite 135)
August 30, 1893
1/11 79
Mouth of Illecillewaet Glacier, British Columbia (Waite 136)
August 30, 1893
Chicago World's Fair
Photographs 80-129.
Box/Folder item
1/12 80
Statue of the Republic (Waite 140)
September 21, 1893
1/12 81
Statue of the Republic with "electric launch" in front of pedestal (Waite 141)
September 21, 1893
1/12 82
Bandstand in Court of Honor (south of Electricity Building) (Waite 142)
September 21, 1893
1/12 83
Bandstand in Court of Honor (north of Machinery Hall) (Waite 143)
September 21, 1893
1/12 84
The Basin (Waite 144)
September 21, 1893
1/12 85
The Peristyle, west front (Waite 145)
September 21, 1893
1/12 86
South Canal and obelisk (Waite 146)
Reproduction of Cleopatra's Needle.
September 21, 1893
1/12 87
West portal to Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building (Waite 147)
September 21, 1893
1/12 88
Brick battleship Illinois (Waite 148)
September 21, 1893
1/12 89
Barge of State and MacMonnies Fountain (Waite 149)
September 22, 1893
1/12 90
MacMonnies Fountain and south front of Electricity Building (Waite 150)
September 22, 1893
1/12 91
Barge of State (Waite 151)
September 22, 1893
1/13 92
South front of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building (Waite 152)
September 22, 1893
1/13 93
South front of Administration Building (Waite 153)
September 22, 1893
1/13 94
Illinois State Building (Waite 154)
September 22, 1893
1/13 95
South front of Fine Arts Hall (Waite 155)
September 22, 1893
1/13 96
Captive balloon eagle eyrie (Waite 156)
September 22, 1893
1/13 97
New York State Building (Waite 157)
September 22, 1893
1/13 98
Brazil Building (Waite 158)
September 22, 1893
1/13 99
East Annex of Fine Arts Hall (Waite 159)
September 22, 1893
1/13 100
Costa Rica Building (Waite 160)
September 22, 1893
1/13 101
East entrance to Administration Building with statue of Columbus (Waite 161)
September 23, 1893
1/13 102
East front of Peristyle (Waite 162)
September 23, 1893
1/13 103
Santa Maria of "Columbus' Fleet" (Waite 163)
September 23, 1893
1/13 104
Nina and Pinta (Waite 164)
September 23, 1893
1/13 105
East Portal of Machinery Hall (Waite 165)
September 23, 1893
1/13 106
Administration Building and Court of Honor (Waite 166)
September 23, 1893
1/14 107
Golden Doorway of Transportation Building (Waite 167)
September 23, 1893
1/14 108
United States Government Building (Waite 168)
September 23, 1893
1/14 109
South front of Fisheries Building (Waite 169)
September 23, 1893
1/14 110
Colorado State Building (Waite 170)
September 23, 1893
1/14 111
Women's Building (Waite 171)
September 23, 1893
1/14 112
Horticultural Building, east front (Waite 172)
September 23, 1893
1/14 113
Grand Basin, Administration Building, and Court of Honor (Waite 174)
September 23, 1893
1/14 114
North Canal between Manufactures and Electricity Buildings (Waite 175)
September 23, 1893
1/14 115
India Building (Waite 176)
September 23, 1893
1/14 116
[Haitian?] Republic Building (Waite 177)
September 23, 1893
1/14 117
Lake front, looking north (Waite 178)
September 25, 1893
1/14 118
Sweden Building (Waite 179)
September 25, 1893
1/15 119
Bridge over lagoon (south of Fine Arts Hall) (Waite 180)
September 25, 1893
1/15 120
Iowa State Building (Waite 181)
September 25, 1893
1/15 121
Vermont State Building (Waite 182)
September 25, 1893
1/15 122
Florida State Building (Waite 183)
September 25, 1893
1/15 123
Looking east from 57th Street entrance (Waite 184)
September 25, 1893
1/15 124
Kentucky State Building (Waite 185)
September 25, 1893
1/15 125
Ferris wheel, looking west (Waite 186)
September 26, 1893
1/15 126
Panorama of the volcano of Kilauea (Waite 187)
September 26, 1893
1/15 127
Chinese Theatre (Waite 188)
September 26, 1893
1/15 128
Electric fountain and southwest corner of Manufactures Building (Waite 189)
September 26, 1893
1/15 129
Ferris Wheel from corner of 61st Street and Greenwood Avenue (Waite 190)
September 27, 1893
Box/Folder item
1/15 130
Ulysses S. Grant statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois (Waite 191)
October 4, 1893
1/15 131
The Globe in Washington Park, Chicago, Illinois (Waite 192)
October 5, 1893
1/15 132
Gates ajar in Washington Park, Chicago, Illinois (Waite 193)
October 7, 1893
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/16 133-134
Minnehaha Falls, Saint Paul, Minnesota (Waite 198-199)
February 28, 1894
1/16 135
Badlands, Medora, North Dakota (Waite 200)
March 2, 1894
1/16 136
On Northern Pacific Railroad, east of Missoula, Montana (Waite 201)
March 3, 1894
1/16 137
On Northern Pacific Railroad, near Stampede Pass, Washington (Waite 202)
March 4, 1894
1/16 138
Double track on Northern Pacific, near Stampede Pass, Washington (Waite 203)
March 4, 1893
1/16 139 April 4, 1894
1/16 140
Whatcom Creek Falls, New Whatcom, Washington (Waite 206)
New Whatcom was later known as Bellingham, Washington.
April 22, 1894
1/16 141
Stump of alder tree grown over cedar log, New Whatcom, Washington (207)
New Whatcom was later known as Bellingham, Washington.
April 22, 1894
1/17 142-143 April 29, 1894
box-folder:oversize
OS2 144
Mount Rainier from Orchard Hill, Lake Park, Washington (Waite 211)
June 22, 1894
Box/Folder
1/17 145
Revenue cutter U.S. Grant (Waite 212)
July 1, 1894
1/17 146
Lake Sutherland, Washington (Waite 213)
July 8, 1894
1/17 147
Wagon road near Lake Sutherland, Washington (Waite 214)
July 9, 1894
1/17 148 August 9, 1894
1/17 149 August 11, 1894
1/17 150 August 11, 1894
1/17 151 August 11, 1894
1/18 152 August 14, 1894
1/18 153 August 15, 1894
1/18 154 August 16, 1894
1/18 155
U.S.S. Monterey, Tacoma, Washington (Waite 224)
September 18, 1894
1/18 156 September 23, 1894
1/18 157 December 12, 1894
1/18 158 December 29, 1894
1/18 159 December 29, 1894
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/19 160
Mouth of Natches River at junction with Yakima River, Washington (Waite 229)
February 3, 1895
box-folder:oversize
OS2 161
Mount Rainier from prairie near Orchard Hill (Waite 230)
May 13, 1895
Box/Folder
1/19 162 June 9, 1895
1/19 163 June 26, 1895
1/19 164 July 12, 1895
1/19 165
Canyon in creek, east of Lake Whatcom, Washington (Waite 234)
July 12, 1895
1/19
Mount Rainier region, Washington
Box/Folder item
1/19 166 July 31, 1895
1/19 167 July 31, 1895
1/19 168 August 1, 1895
1/19 169-171 August 1, 1895
1/20 172 August 1, 1895
1/20 173 August 1, 1895
1/20 174 August 2, 1895
1/20 175 August 2, 1895
1/20 176 August 2, 1895
1/20 177
Tatoosh Mountain Range from Paradise Park (Waite 246)
August 3, 1895
1/20 178 August 4, 1895
1/20 179 August 4, 1895
1/20 180 August 4, 1895
1/20 181 August 4, 1895
1/20 182 August 5, 1895
1/20 183 August 18, 1895
1/21 184 August 19, 1895
1/21 185 August 19, 1895
1/21 186 August 19, 1895
1/21 187 August 19, 1895
1/21 188 August 19, 1895
1/21 189-190 August 23, 1895
1/21 191 August 23, 1895
1/21 192 August 27, 1895
1/21 193 August 27, 1895
1/21 194 August 28, 1895
item
1/21 195 December 3, 1895
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/22 196 January 10, 1896
1/22 197 April 7, 1896
1/22 198 April 7, 1896
1/22 199 April 7, 1896
1/22 200 April 7, 1896
1/22 201
Bridge in Yakima River Canyon (Waite 282)
April 19, 1896
1/22 202-203
Canyon of Yakima River (Waite 283-284)
April 19, 1896
1/22 204 April 19, 1896
1/22 205 April 21, 1896
1/22 206
Wagon road from Sumner to Buckley, Washington (Waite 287)
On Elhi Hill.
April 21, 1896
box-folder:oversize
OS2 207
Mount Rainier from Clover Creek (Waite 288)
June 14, 1896
Box/Folder
1/23 208 July 12, 1896
1/23 209 July 12, 1896
1/23 210 July 12, 1896
1/23 211
Road, north of Eatonville, Washington (Waite 292)
July 12, 1896
1/24 212 July 25, 1896
1/24 213
Canyon in Paradise Park near Camp of the Clouds (Waite 294)
July 25, 1896
1/24 214 July 27, 1896
1/24 215 July 27, 1896
1/24 216
North Peak of Mount Rainier from Columbia Crest (Waite 297)
July 28, 1896
1/24 217 July 28, 1896
1/24 218 July 28, 1896
1/24 219 July 29, 1896
1/24 220 July 30, 1896
1/24 221 July 30, 1896
1/25 222 July 31, 1896
1/25 223 July 31, 1896
1/25 224
Fir tree near Elbe, Washington (Waite 305)
Tree is 30 ft. in circumference.
August 9, 1896
1/25 225 August 9, 1896
1/25 226 August 11, 1896
1/25 227 August 12, 1896
1/25 228 August 13, 1896
1/26 229 October 15, 1896
1/26 230
In the road (Waite 311)
October 15, 1896
1/26 231 October15, 1896
1/26 232 October 15, 1896
1/26 233
Road near summit of pass (Waite 314)
October 16, 1896
1/26 234
Summit of Snoqualmie Pass (Waite 315)
October 16, 1896
1/26 235
Meadow and mountain range near summit (Waite 316)
October 16, 1896
1/26 236
West end of Lake Kitchelos (Waite 317)
October 16, 1896
1/26 237-239
Road along north side of Lake Kitchelos (Waite 318 to 320)
October 16, 1896
1/26 240 October 16, 1896
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
2/1 241 July 9, 1897
2/1 242
On the wagon road to the Elwha River, near Port Angeles, Washington (Waite 326)
July 11, 1897
2/1 243 July 12, 1897
Ascent of Mount Rainier
Photographs 244-276.
Box/Folder item
2/2 244 July 18, 1897
2/2 245 July 18, 1897
2/2 246 July 18, 1897
2/2 247-249 July 19, 1897
2/2 250 July 19, 1897
2/2 251 July 19, 1897
2/2 252-253 July 19, 1897
2/2 254 July 20, 1897
2/3 255 July 20, 1897
2/3 256 July 20, 1897
2/3 257 July 20, 1897
2/3 258
Looking up South Mowich Glacier (Waite 342)
July 20, 1897
2/3 259 July 21, 1897
2/3 260 July 21, 1897
2/3 261 July 21, 1897
2/3 262 July 21, 1897
2/3 263 July 21, 1897
2/3 264 July 21, 1897
2/3 265 July 21, 1897
2/3 266 July 22, 1897
2/3 267 July 22, 1897
2/3 268 July 22, 1897
2/4 269 July 22, 1897
2/4 270 July 22, 1897
2/4 271 July 22, 1897
2/4 272 July 25, 1897
2/4 273 July 27, 1987
2/4 274 July 27, 1897
2/4 275 July 27, 1897
2/4 276 July 28, 1897
Box/Folder item
2/4 277
Loading horses and mules onto steamer Willamette, bound for Alaska (Waite 361)
August 7, 1897
2/4 278 August 8, 1897
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
2/5 279
Looking east from Cap Sante, Anacortes, Washington (Waite 365)
May 15, 1898
2/5 280
On steamer State of Washington, outside Deception Pass, Washington (Waite 366)
May 18, 1898
2/5 281
On steamer State of Washington, inside Deception Pass, Washington (Waite 367)
May 18, 1898
2/5 282
Steamer City of Aberdeen (Waite 368)
May 18, 1898
2/5 283
Upper Falls at Tumwater, Deschutes River, Olympia, Washington (Waite 369)
May 23, 1898
2/5 284
Looking over Lake Whatcom near Silver Beach (Waite 370)
May 25, 1898
2/5 285 July 6, 1898
2/5 286 July 6, 1898
2/6 287
Statue of Mercury in Wright Park, Tacoma, Washington (Waite 373)
July 8, 1898
2/6 288
Pathway near end of electric car line, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington (Waite 374)
July 9, 1898
2/6 289
Pathway near Rustic Bridge, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington (Waite 375)
July 9, 1898
2/6 290
Steamer Alice Gertrude, Port Angeles, Washington (Waite 379)
July 13, 1898
2/6 291
Steamer Garland, Port Angeles, Washington (Waite 377)
July 14, 1898
2/6 292 July 14, 1898
2/6 293
From steamer Garland en route to Port Angeles (Waite 379)
July 15, 1898
2/6 294
Snoqualmie Falls (Waite 380)
July 17, 1898
2/6 295 July 17, 1898
2/6 296 July 21, 1898
2/6 297 July 26, 1898
2/6 298-299 August 9, 1898
2/7 300
On wagon road looking south, Olympia, Washington (Waite 388)
September 25, 1898
2/7 301
In the woods, Olympia, Washington (Waite 389)
September 25, 1898
2/7 302
Wagon road, Bucoda, Washington (Waite 390)
September 25, 1898
2/7 303
Skookumchuck River near Centralia, Washington (Waite 391)
September 24, 1898
2/7 304 September 25, 1898
2/7 305-306 September 27, 1898
2/7 307 October 5, 1898
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
2/8 308 May 14, 1899
2/8 309
Tug Rabboni towing ship G. F. Seargent between Port Townsend and Seattle, Washington (Waite 397)
June 24, 1899
2/8 310 July 1, 1899
2/8 311-312 July 10, 1899
2/8 313
Mount Rainier from wagon bridge at Indian reservation (Waite 401)
July 10, 1899
2/8 314
Clouds between Port Orchard and Tacoma, Washington (Waite 403)
July 26, 1899
2/8 315 August 18, 1899
2/8 316 August 18, 1899
2/8 317 August 18, 1899

1901-1923Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
2/9 318
Wild parsnips, Hoquiam, Washington (Waite 407)
June 30, 1901
2/9 319
Cannon from Philippine Islands in Wright Park, Tacoma, Washington (Waite 408)
July 4, 1901
2/9 320 July 5, 1901
2/9 321 November 10, 1901
2/9 322 May 4, 1902
2/9 323 September 21, 1902
2/9 324
On Lake Chelan between Lakeside and [Moore's?], Washington (Waite 431)
July 13, 1903
2/9 325
Looking across Lake Chelan, Washington (Waite 432)
July 14, 1903
2/9 326
Chelan River above Chelan Falls, Washington (Waite 433)
July 16, 1903
2/9 327
Columbia River from steamer Seakirk (Waite 434-437)
July 17, 1903
2/10 328 August 2, 1903
2/10 329
Mount Rainier from A.H. Waite home, Seattle, Washington (Waite 436)
June 4, 1904
2/10 330
Mount Rainier from A.H.Waite home, Seattle, Washington (Waite 437)
June 10, 1904
2/10 331
Mount Rainier from bluff at 31st Avenue and Jackson Street, Seattle, Washington (Waite 438)
June 12, 1904
2/10 332
Rockery around madrona tree (Waite 446)
July 27, 1906
2/10 333 July 13, 1907
2/10 334 July 17, 1907
2/10 335
Snoqualmie Falls, Washington (Waite 457)
July 19, 1907
2/10 336
A.H. Waite in front of madrona tree (Waite 458)
July 27, 1907
2/10 337 July 27, 1907
2/11 338
Two women on burros at Cheyenne Canyon (Waite 460)
July 27, 1892
2/11 339
Head of Lake Chelan, Washington (Waite 461)
July 27, 1904
2/11 340
Residence of Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Waite, 518 34th Avenue, Seattle, Washington (Waite 463)
June 12, 1910
2/11 341
View across Lake Washington from A.H. Waite home, Seattle, Washington (Waite 464)
July 7, 1909
2/11 342-343
Views across Lake Washington from A.H. Waite home, Seattle, Washington (Waite 465, 466)
July 8, 1909
2/11 344
Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, from north side of river (Waite 470)
May 12, 1920
2/12 345
A.H. Waite Studebaker automobile at Enumclaw picnic grove, Washington (Waite 472)
June 4, 1920
2/12 346 June 4, 1920
2/12 347 June 25, 1920
2/12 348-350 June 25, 1920
2/12 351
Automobile parked in front of house at 518 6th Avenue, [Seattle, Washington?] (Waite 485)
May 7, 1923
2/12 352
2/12 353
Waterfall [possibly Snoqualmie Falls, Washington] (Waite 504)
2/12 354
View of mountain across lake (Waite 505)
2/12 355
View of mountain across lake (Waite 506)
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356-363
Miscellaneous mountain views (Waite 507-513)

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Subject Terms

  • Barks (Sailing ships)--Photographs
  • Cities and towns--Washington (State)--Photographs
  • Glaciers--Washington (State)--Rainier, Mount--Photographs
  • Mountaineering--Washington (State)--Rainier, Mount--Photographs
  • Mountaineers--Washington (State)--Photographs
  • Mountains--Washington (State)--Photographs
  • Ships--Photographs
  • Steamboats--Photographs
  • Travel--Photographs
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Waite, Alvin H

Corporate Names

  • World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs
  • Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--Photographs
  • Snoqualmie Pass (Wash.)--Photographs
  • Tacoma (Wash.)--Photographs
  • Washington (State)--Photographs
  • West (U.S.)--Photographs