James G. McCurdy Photographs,

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1 Overview of the Collection Creator McCurdy, James G., Title James G. McCurdy Photographs (inclusive) Quantity 223 photographs Collection Number Summary Photographs of Native Americans (almost all Makah people), ships, and logging taken by or collected by James G. McCurdy Repository Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library Sophie Frye Bass Library Museum of History & Industry P.O. Box Seattle, WA Telephone: Fax: Access Restrictions The collection is open to the public by appointment. Languages Sponsor English. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Biographical Note James G. McCurdy was born in Port Townsend in His father, William McCurdy, came to the Northwest as a ship's carpenter and then worked as a master builder in Port Townsend. The McCurdys moved to Neah Bay when William was appointed Government Superintendent of Construction at the Makah Indian Reservation. James G. McCurdy therefore spent several years of his childhood at Neah Bay, which he recalls in Indian Days at Neah Bay. The family left when James's mother Johanna became seriously ill (and later died). McCurdy did not return until many years later when he was a young man. At that time, he took photographs of Makah people, included several people whom he was close to as a child. In addition to Indian Days at Neah Bay, McCurdy also wrote By Juan de Fuca Strait, a history of the entrance to Puget Sound. McCurdy went on to become the president of First National Bank in Port Townsend. Both his son Horace Winslow McCurdy and his grandson, also named James G. McCurdy, ran the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company. Content Description 1

2 The collection contains Pacific Northwest photographs taken by James G. McCurdy; it also includes a few photographs that McCurdy collected. The majority of the photographs depict ships in the Port Townsend area. There is also an extensive series of photographs of Native Americans. Most of these are photographs of the Makah people taken at Neah Bay (a few were taken in the Port Townsend area). In addition to these two series, the collection also includes a few photographs related to logging. Use of the Collection Alternative Forms Available Modern copy prints available for viewing. Restrictions on Use The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners. Preferred Citation James G. McCurdy Photographs, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle Administrative Information Arrangement Arranged in three series: Makah Photographs Ship Photographs Logging Photographs Location of Collection 2a.4.8 (modern prints) Location of Collection 1a.4.10 (oversize photographs) Location of Collection 4b (negatives) Acquisition Information Donated by H.W. McCurdy in Processing Note 2

3 Some cracked and broken negatives have been conserved. Separated Materials These materials are part of a donation that also included a number of artifacts. These artifacts are cataloged and stored separately by MOHAI s Collections Department. Bibliography McCurdy, James G. By Juan de Fuca's Strait: Pioneering Along the Northwestern Edge of the Continent. Portland: Metropolitan Press, McCurdy, James G. Indian Days at Neah Bay, ed. Gordon Newell. Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, Detailed Description of the Collection The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection. Native American Photographs 57 photographs, ( glass plate negatives unless otherwise noted) Photographs mainly depict Makah people at Neah Bay. Also includes some photographs of Native Americans in the Port Townsend area. Description.1: Nu-cha-nulth carver Atlieu and wife at Neah Bay.2: Nu-cha-nulth carver Atlieu carving mask at Neah Bay.3: Makah craftsman Lord Byron making bow and arrows broken ;.4: Anthony Wispoo carving miniature canoe at Neah Bay broken ;.5: Makah chief s burial house.6: Canoes in Neah Bay.7: Totem poles broken ; 4.75x

4 .8: Makah woman Missing.10: Interior of Makah house broken ;.11: Makah woman standing on beach broken ;.12: Makah woman in front of tents broken ;.13: Quedesa, Makah woman who worked in McCurdy household in 1870s broken ;.14: Makah woman making basket.15: Makah baskets.16: Frank Parker (also known as Lighthouse Jack) at or near Neah Bay.17: Group of Makah people on beach Missing Missing.20: Makah woman making basket on beach.21: Makah people and canoe on beach.22: Makah people on beach.23: Makah woman drying fish 4

5 .24: Makah woman.25: Ooati and her daughter Susy Ides weaving baskets at Neah Bay.26: Hattie Hayte with her daughter and a puppy at Neah Bay.27: Launching a canoe in Port Townsend 5x8.28: Camp on Port Townsend beach 5x8.29: Makah canoe at Point Wilson (Port Townsend).30: Makah woman cleaning halibut broken ;.31: Makah man making canoe.32: Tug towing Makah canoe to whaling grounds off Cape Flattery H.H. Morrison (photographer).33: Canoe and whale copy negative ; 4x7 Asahel Curtis (photographer).34: Makah children by canoe broken ;.35: Makah people in canoe.36: 3 loaded canoes off shore.37: Makah man making canoe 5

6 .38: Makah man in front of tent at Point Hudson.39: Women digging clams copy negative ; 3.25x5.40: Women digging clams glass positive ; missing.42: Makah women washing clothes, Neah Bay.506: Native American man, child, and boat on beach.507: 2 mast Makah canoes with 4 people on board.508: Beached canoe with sails up.509: Canoe races.510: Canoe races.511: Native American man with rifle in front of tent.512: Native American man in canoe.513: Canoe landing on beach.514: Houses, canoe, and beach.546: Native American women selling baskets to white women in Port Townsend 6

7 .553: Native American women selling baskets to white women in Port Townsend.554: Native American man in blanket raising ax on beach.555: Native American people, canoes, and cookfire on beach.556: Native American woman cooking and child eating.557: Native American camp on beach; steamer and 2 sailing ships in background Ship Photographs 160 photographs, ( glass plate negatives unless otherwise noted) Description.489: Bark with windmill cracked.490: Three mast bark.491: Two mast schooner.492: People on board Kennorma.493: Shipwreck at Point Wilson.494: Sailing ship Minnie A. Caine.495: Cloud Best broken.496: Shipwreck.497: Deck of ship, possibly Minnie A. Caine 7

8 .498: Balasore.499: Ship in Port Townsend Bay.500: Deck of ship, possibly Minnie A. Caine.501: Deck of ship, possibly Minnie A. Caine.502: Ship, possibly Minnie A. Caine.503: Ship, possibly Minnie A. Caine.504: Deck of ship, possibly Minnie A. Caine.505: Bark with windmill.515: Brig Tanner.516: Tug Wanderer Captain Morrison (photographer).517: Tug Wanderer Captain Morrison (photographer).518: Tug Wanderer Captain Morrison (photographer).519: Hull of bark Southern Chief on beach.520: Ludlow.521: Coast steamship.522: Coast steamship Umatilla.523: Coast steamship Umatilla.524: Coast steamship Umatilla 8

9 .525: Coast steamship Umatilla.526: Coast steamship Umatilla at West Point.527: Sailing ship Minnie A. Caine 2 photographs.528: Coast steamship Umatilla.529: Coast Steamship Umatilla.530: Alaska steamer Jefferson under tow.531: Alaska steamer Jefferson at dock in Port Townsend.532: Alaska steamer Tacoma at Nome.533: Alaska steamer Tacoma at Nome.534: Alaska steamship Northwestern scratched ;.535: English type turret ship Elm Branch.536: English type turret ship Elm Branch.537: English type turret ship Elm Branch.538: Steamship Minnesota.539: Steamship Minnesota from a distance.540: Steamship Australia.541: Steamship Australia at dock.542: Steamship Indraedo 9

10 .543: Steamship Indraedo.544: Steamship Indraedo.545: Steamship Wilhelmina.547: Famous sound steamer North Pacific.548: Message from steamer Pelican.549: 3 mast steamer glass positive ;.558: Sailing ship in Port Townsend broken ; Caption: type of the large foreign ship which is fast giving way to the steamer as a carrier.559: Japanese fishing boat.560: Sound steamer.561: Sound steamer.562: Sound steamer Skagit River (sternwheeler).563: Sound steamer Chippewa at a distance.564: Sound steamer Alice Gertrude.565: Sound steamer Indianapolis scratched.566: Sound steamer Waraleale (Weary Willy) out of focus ;.567: Sound steamer Rosalie 10

11 .568: Sound steamer Rosalie with tug.569: Sound steamer Flyer out of focus.570: Sound steamer Flyer H.H. Morrison (photographer).571: Sound steamer Persita.572: Sound steamer Bellingham H.H. Morrison (photographer).573: Sound steamer Bellingham.574: Launching of sound steamer Discovery.575: River steamer Multnohmah H.H. Morrison (photographer).576: Sound steamer Elk No : Sailing ship broken.580: Launching of schooner Elsie broken.581: Ships moored in Port Townsend 4.5x5.582: Steamship Liberte copy negative ;.583: Steamship Carpathia copy negative ;.584: Steamship Independence copy negative ;

12 .585: Small 2 mast sailing ship at sea.586: Sailing ship deck loaded with lumber.587: Tug Tacomaat sea.588: Men working on ship.589: Sailing ships in harbor.590: 4 sailing ships.591: 2 sailing ships under tow (taken from third ship) broken ; : Coast steamship Spokane.593: Coast steamship Corona.594: Coast steamship Corona.595: Deck of coast steamship Corona.596: Coast steamship Walla Walla.597: Coast steamship Walla Walla.598: Coast steamship City of Pueblo.599: Cost steamship City of Topeka (sunk).600: Coast steamship City of Topeka.601: Coast steamship Spokane.602: Yacht Wideawake under sail 12

13 .603: Yacht Bonita under sail.604: Yacht Bonita under sail.605: Yacht Bonita under sail.606: Yacht Lavita under sail.607: Yacht Lavita under sail.608: Yacht.609: U.S. revenue cutter Adams.610: U.S. revenue cutter Adams.611: U.S. revenue cutter Manning H.H. Morrison (photographer).612: U.S. revenue cutter Manning H.H. Morrison (photographer).613: U.S. revenue cutter Patterson.614: U.S. revenue cutter Arcata.615: U.S. revenue cutter Peary.616: U.S. revenue cutter Mohican.617: Lighthouse tender Heather.618: Lighthouse tender Columbine 13

14 .619: U.S. revenue cutter Bear.620: U.S. revenue cutter Corwan broken.621: Lighthouse tender Manzanita.622: Revenue cutter.623: Revenue cutter.624: Revenue cutter.625: 4 revenue cutters 5x8.626: Bark Latona.627: Brig Tanner on beach.628: 4 masted ship.629: Ship Kennebec.630: Umatilla.631: Sailing ship Minnie A. Caine.632: 2 sailing ships.633: Minnie A. Caine aground on Smith Island.634: Minnie A. Caine aground on Smith Island.635: 2 barks anchored in Port Townsend Bay : Early U.S. battleship Oregon.637: Early U.S. battleship Yorktown 14

15 .638: Early U.S. battleship Iroquois.639: Early U.S. battleship Philadelphia in Port Townsend Bay.640: Early U.S. battleship Philadelphia in Port Townsend Bay.641: Deck of U.S. battleship Oregon.642: Early U.S. battleship Iowa.643: Fleet of early U.S. battleships steaming into Port Townsend Bay.644: Coast steamship Queen.645: Coast steamship Queen.646: 4 mast sailing ship copy negative ;.647: Fullrigger.648: Schooner Minnie A. Caine.649: Tug Sea Lion.650: Tug Sea Lion.651: Tug Sea Lion.652: Tug Tacoma.653: Tug Tacoma towing yacht.654: Tug Bahada 15

16 .655: Tug Bahada.656: Tugs Wylaada and Bahada traveling from Seattle to Port Townsend.657: Tugs Wylaada and Bahada traveling from Seattle to Port Townsend.658: Tug Tyee.659: Tug Lorne after running under bowsprit of sailing ship.660: Tug.661: Tugs Sea Lion, Richard Holyoke, and Tyee at wharf.662: Tug Pioneer.663: Tug Dolphin.664: Tug Dolphin.665: Tug Magic.666: Tug Magic.667: Tug Magic.668: Tug Wylaada.669: Tug Lorne.670: Tug Lorne 16

17 .671: Tug Lorne.672: Tug Fearless.673: Tug Pioneer Logging Photographs 6 glass plate negatives Description.488: Douglas Fir stand.550: Loggers and falling Douglas Fir 5x8.551: Loggers, oxen, and logs in forest broken ; 5x8.552: Oxen and horses 5x8.557: Woman and fir tree with ft. around sign on Olympic Peninsula 5x8.579: Log jam on the Snohomish River at Snohomish 5x Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Logging -- Washington (State) -- Photographs Makah Indians Shipping -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs Personal Names : McCurdy, James G., Geographical Names : Neah Bay (Wash.) Port Townsend (Wash.) 17

18 Form or Genre Terms : Glass Negatives Finding aid prepared by Madeline Mundt 2007 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: