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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Launching Meares' new schooner
Parker McAllister, born in 1903 in Massachusetts, was a Seattle Times artist from 1924 to 1965. McAllister started his career as an illustrator at 14 for a Spokane publication; he joined the art staff at the Seattle Times in 1920. His first Sunday magazine cover was a poster-type illustration celebrating the University of Washington crew races in spring 1924. During McAllister's career, he created illustrations depicting “local color” events and situations now routinely handled by photographers. As the technology improved, he expanded his repertoire - he illustrated articles, drew covers for special sections and the weekly Seattle Sunday Times Magazine, and drew diagrams, comics, cartoons, and portraits for the Times’ editorial page. In 1956, an exhibition of his watercolor and oil paintings of Pacific Northwest scenes and historical incidents - including some paintings from the “Discovery of the Pacific Northwest” series - were exhibited at the Washington State Historical Society Museum in Tacoma. He was also a member of the Puget Sound Group of Men Painters. McAllister retired from the Seattle Times in 1965; he passed away in Arizona in 1970.
Identifier: spl_art_291985_15.147
Date: 1955
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Unknown man in Santa Barbara, California, ca. 1880
Photograph taken by Alfred Moore Stringfield in Santa Barbara, California.
Identifier: spl_lj_053
Date: 1880?
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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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Unknown woman in New York, ca. 1880
Photograph taken by C. Hayden in New York City.
Identifier: spl_lj_026
Date: 1880?
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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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Emma Chesney Latimer Reynolds, ca. 1880
Emma Chesney Latimer Reynolds was the daughter of Alexander and Sarah Latimer and sister to Narcissa Latimer. Emma married Charles Reynolds in 1886 in Minnesota. Photograph taken by the Meason Studio in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Identifier: spl_lj_041
Date: 1880?
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"Monterey" gunboat in Port Orchard dry dock, ca. 1896
Transcribed from back of photograph: "The Monterey in dry dock at Port Orchard near Seattle. They put the boats in the dock, then pump out the water to paint or clean the bottom which gets covered with barnacles, little muscle shell, seaweeds, + c." The Port Orchard Dry Dock mentioned in the caption is likely the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
Identifier: spl_lj_063
Date: 1896?
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Group of three Native Americans, ca. 1897
Identity of the men and location of the photograph unknown. Time period provided is estimated.
Identifier: spl_lj_069
Date: 1897?
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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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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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