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TIM GREYHAVENS

Historian of Photography

Portraits by Various 19th-Century Washington Photographers

Portrait of a Confident Girl with a Doll, by Morton S. McClaire, Seattle. c1895.

Confident Girl with Doll

by Morton S. McClaire, 1890s.

Unidentified Young African-American Woman, by Joseph C. Judkins, Seattle, c1890.

Unidentified Young African-American Woman

by Joseph C. Judkins, Seattle, c1890.

Two Yakama Girls, by Eli Emor James, Ellensburg, 1890s.

Two Yakama Girls

by Eli Emor James, Ellensburg, 1890s. Ellensburg Public Library.

Theater Performer, by J. Q. Osborne, Walla Walla, c1885.

Theater Performer

by J. Q. Osborne, Walla Walla, c1885.

Self Portrait, by Ida B. Smith, Olympia. c1890.

Self Portrait

by Ida B. Smith, Olympia. c1890. Washington State Historical Society.

Tacoma Fire Department Mascot, by Millard Kelly, Tacoma, c1890-95. Washington State Historical Society.

Tacoma Fire Department Mascot

by Millard Kelly, Tacoma, c1890-95. Washington State Historical Society.

Girl with Blue Ribbons, tintype by an unknown photographer, c1870-75

Girl with Blue Ribbons

Tintype by an unknown photographer, c1870-75

Two Well-Dressed Boys, by O. A. LaGriede, Pe Ell, 1890s.

Two Well-Dressed Boys

by O. A. LaGriede, Pe Ell, 1890s.

Unidentified Chinese Man, by W. F. Robertson, Seattle-Tacoma, 1875-1880.

Unidentified Chinese Man

by W. F. Robertson, Seattle-Tacoma, 1875-1880.

Woman with a Basketball, by the Rehmke Brothers, Ellensburg, 1890s.

Woman with a Basketball

Woman with a Basketball, by the Rehmke Brothers, Ellensburg, 1885-95. Ellensburg Public Library.

These are some of my favorite portraits created by early photographers in Washington Territory or State. The images are cabinet or boudoir cards and are in my collection unless otherwise noted.

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