Lu Jacobson Collection of Latimer and Denny Family Material
See letters, photographs and other ephemera from two of Seattle's early families.
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Eliza Anderson steamboat, ca. 1897
Transcribed from back of photograph: "The "First Love" of O.O.D. This is the first steamer of which he was chief engineer. O.O. photographed it before she sailed for Alaska last August. He was confident she was too old a boat to stand a trip to the north and would never return. She is now a wreck in Dutch Harbor, Alaska." The steamboat left Seattle in August 1897 was wrecked in March 1898.
Identifier: spl_lj_058
Date: 1898?
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Clara Latimer Bickford letter to Alexander Latimer, May 21, 1893
Clara Latimer Bickford was the daughter of Alexander and Sarah Latimer and sister of Narcissa Leonora Latimer Denny. She married Arthur Farrington Bickford in 1888 in Minnesota. They lived in Seattle from roughly 1892-1900 before moving to Oregon. In the letter, Clara discusses the health of her mother, Sarah, and the activities of her daughter, Ethel.
Identifier: spl_lj_003
Date: 1893-05-21
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Clara, Alice and Emma Latimer, ca. 1880
Clara Latimer Bickford (1861-1934), Eliza Alice Latimer Fowler (1856-1934), Emma Chesney Latimer Reynolds (1864-1946) were the daughters of Alexander and Sarah Latimer. Their sisters, Narcissa Latimer Denny and Harriet Ellen Latimer Stephens are not pictured. Photograph taken by H.S. & J.W. Hoot in Waterloo, Iowa.
Identifier: spl_lj_042
Date: 1880?
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Unknown woman in Galesburg, Illinois, ca. 1880
Photograph taken by Thomas Harrison in Galesburg, Illinois.
Identifier: spl_lj_048
Date: 1880?
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Kenneth Callahan Interview, 1984
Kenneth Callahan (1905-1986) was a noted Washington artist, known for his work in painting and sculpture. Together with Mark Tobey, Guy Anderson and Morris Graves, Callahan was part of the “Northwest Mystics” or “Northwest School” a group of artists formed during the 1930s who embraced Asian aesthetics and the natural environment of the Puget Sound. Callahan was born in Spokane, Washington and raised in Glasgow, Montana. His family moved to Raymond, Washington in 1918 and then Seattle in 1920. Callahan attended Broadway High School and, briefly, the University of Washington. He moved to San Francisco where he had his first one-man show and worked as a ship’s steward before returning to Seattle in 1930. In the same year, he married Margaret Bundy. The couple’s home quickly became a meeting point for many figures in Seattle’s art scene. During the Great Depression, Callahan worked as an artist for the Federal Arts Project. In 1933, Callahan’s work was included in the First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art at the Whitney Museum and Callahan began working as a curator at the Seattle Art Museum, a role he continued until 1953. In 1954 he won a fellowship from the Guggenheim. He traveled extensively through Europe and South America and focused on his painting. In 1961 Margaret passed away after a battle with cancer. Callahan remarried Beth Inge Gotfredsen in 1964 and the couple moved to Long Beach, Washington. Callahan returned to Seattle in 1984, shortly before his 1986 passing. Callahan’s work is included in the collections of several prominent museums including the Seattle Art Museum, the Guggenheim, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and the Chicago Art Institute.
Identifier: spl_ds_kcallahan_01
Date: 1984
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Alexander Latimer, ca. 1865
Tintype portrait of Alexander Latimer. Alexander was married to Sarah Latimer and had five daughters: Narcissa Latimer Denny (1851-1900), Eliza Alice Latimer Fowler (1856-1934), Harriet Ellen Latimer Stephens (1859-1938), Clara Latimer Bickford (1861-1934), and Emma Chesney Latimer Reynolds (1864-1946).
Identifier: spl_lj_019
Date: 1865?
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Two unknown men, ca. 1865
Tintype portrait of two unidentified men.
Identifier: spl_lj_038
Date: 1865?
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Envelope addressed to Sarah Latimer, September 23, 1892
Empty envelope addressed to Sarah Latimer. Sarah was the wife of Alexander Latimer and mother to five daughters: Narcissa Leonora Latimer Denny (1851-1900), Eliza Alice Latimer Fowler (1856-1934), Harriet Ellen Latimer Stephens (1859-1938), Clara Latimer Bickford (1861-1934), and Emma Chesney Latimer Reynolds (1864-1946). The envelope was postmarked from Seattle.
Identifier: spl_lj_011
Date: 1892-09-23
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Unknown man in Seattle, ca. 1885
Photograph taken by Dorsaz & Schwerin in Seattle, Washington Territory.
Identifier: spl_lj_039
Date: 1885?
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Unknown woman in Clarinda, Iowa, ca. 1880
Photograph taken by E.B. Hinman in Clarinda, Iowa.
Identifier: spl_lj_031
Date: 1880?
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