Web resources on German Heritage in the Pacific Northwest
UW Content server: multiple photography
archives. Unfortunately you cannot link
to individual photos.
http://content.lib.washington.edu/dnc.html this link lists all databases available
through this resource
· These two databases found historical photos under the keyword “German”:
§ Asahel Curtis Photo Company Collection - 1,704 photographs depicting activities in Washington state, the Pacific Northwest, and Alaska and the Klondike, from the 1850s until 1940.
Ø German Evangelical Zion Lutheran Church, Terry Ave. and Stewart St., 1905 http://content.lib.washington.edu/curtis/image/399.jpg
§ Wilhelm Hester Collection - 338 photographs of Puget Sound sailing vessels and ships' crews, the Alaska Gold Rush in Nome and vicinity in 1900, images of logging activities in Washington state, and San Francisco's Chinatown, ca. 1893-1906.
Ø Capt. Alex Teschner beside the wheel of the three-masted German bark PERA, Port Blakely, Washington, 1901. http://content.lib.washington.edu/hester/image/75.JPG
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Captain George Cringler with his dog on the deck of
the three-masted German schooner FLOTTBEK, Tacoma, Washington, 1905. http://content.lib.washington.edu/hester/image/205.JPG
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Captain George Cringler, his family and friends on
the deck of the three-masted German schooner FLOTTBEK, Tacoma, Washington, 1905. http://content.lib.washington.edu/hester/image/206.JPG
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Captain George Cringler, his family and friends on
the deck of the three-masted German schooner FLOTTBEK, Tacoma, Washington, 1905. http://content.lib.washington.edu/hester/image/253.JPG
Ø Group portrait of the crew of the German sailing vessel DREHNA, Washington, ca. 1904. http://content.lib.washington.edu/hester/image/275.JPG
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Group portrait of the crew of the three-masted
German ship TARPENBEK taken on deck, Puget Sound port, Washington, ca. 1904. http://content.lib.washington.edu/hester/image/70.JPG
Ø Group portrait of the crew standing on the wheelhouse of the three-masted German ship TARPENBEK, Puget Sound port, Washington, ca. 1904. http://content.lib.washington.edu/hester/image/161.JPG
· This is the link to the main search page. From here you can choose either an “Easy Search” or a “Keyword Search.” http://www.seattlehistory.org/index3.htm
§ A keyword search using the word “German” found the following images:
Ø This photo shows the Sanitary Public Market in about 1910. At that time, the street level of the building housed a German delicatessen, a candy store, and a shop that sold coffee, tea, butter, and eggs. A horsedrawn wagon waits by the curb. http://www.seattlehistory.org/preview.asp?id=8253
Ø Some ideas have trouble catching on. In the early 1920s, German and Austrian manufacturers showed off their paper clothing and accessories in Seattle. In this photo, taken around 1921, three women and a man model the Austrian and German paper clothing, with price tags attached. http://www.seattlehistory.org/preview.asp?id=7993
Ø In 1890, German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine invested their life savings of $1,200 to start The Bon Marche at First Avenue and Cedar Street. This photo, taken in about 1916, shows The Bon Marche buildings on Second Avenue. A big sign on the roof advertises the name of the store. http://www.seattlehistory.org/preview.asp?id=7975
Ø Charles I. Looff, a German immigrant, built a huge amusement park at Alki in 1907. He named it Luna Park. In this photo, taken around 1907, children ride the painted horses on the carousel at Luna Park. http://www.seattlehistory.org/preview.asp?id=7833
BC Archives: Database of images relating to the history of British Columbia.
· The link to the main search page is: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/visual/visual.htm
§ A keyword search using the word “German” found some of the following images:
Ø Victoria. Damage to the German Club after the sinking of the SS Lusitania http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/.visual/img_txt/dir_84/a_06827.txt?A-06827
Ø The Hurdies, German Dancing Girls at Barkerville http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/.visual/img_txt/dir_82/g_00817.txt?G-00817
Ø Interior view of the German Club on
Government Street, Victoria http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/.visual/img_txt/dir_83/g_04671.txt?G-04671
Ø Breaking Land, Sudetin German Settlement
near Tomslake http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/.visual/img_txt/dir_20/i_22151.txt?I-22151
Ø Learning German by Correspondence,
Kelowna http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/.visual/img_txt/dir_24/i_25005.txt?I-25005
Ø Victoria. Damage to the German Consulate after the sinking of the SS Lusitania http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/.visual/img_txt/dir_134/f_02193.txt?F-02193
Ø Monashee road crew of German Prisoners of
War near Vernon http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/.visual/img_txt/dir_130/e_06412.txt?E-06412
Other Valuable Web Resources:
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UW Special Collections http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/
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Links to other Pacific Northwest Resources (part
of UW Special Collections page) http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/pnw/links.html
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Repositories of Primary Data for the Western United
States and Canada: An exhaustive list that is part of the University of
Idaho Special Collections Library http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/west.html
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Washington State Historical Society http://www.wshs.org/text/mus.htm
ü Pacific Northwest Historians Guild http://dev.bcc.ctc.edu/cpsha/guild/default.htm
