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PC 13
George Ritchey
Photographs of Pullman, 1897-1910

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The George Ritchey collection of glass negatives was donated to the Washington State University Library ca. 1971. They were processed by David Smestad in March, 1978.

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

George Ritchey lived in Pullman at least as early as 1897. He apparently worked in a Pullman grain elevator in the 1890’s. In 1910, he was a house painter living on Military Hill with his wife and children. His father, William, a carpenter, boarded with him, according to the city directory.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRITION

The Ritchey glass negatives are of 4x5 and 5x7 size and have been divided into the two groups. They are primarily of the Ritchey family and home, with Pullman and campus views and other views of nearby towns and scenery. Upon receipt prints were made, the negatives numbered and somewhat identified, and a container list compiled. The Lloyd Robbins collection (PC 14) includes photos of George Ritchey at work in a grain elevator in Pullman.

Folder Description 4 x 5

1	House, Warren, Idaho?
2	Warren, Idaho
3	Pierce, Idaho
4	Pierce, Idaho
5	Placer Mine
6	Upper Palouse Falls
7	Shell of Ferry Hall after it burned
8	Campus from hill – George Ritchey and wife – Military Hill
9	College burned 11-23?-97, Ferry Hall
10	Ritchey home – George and wife – William
11	Ritchey home – wagon and houses – William Ritchey
12	Ritchey family – Mrs. George Ritchey
13	Ritchey family
14	Men along roadside eating – George Ritchey
15	Child on sled
16	Child in wagon
17	Child in stroller
18	Lady and two children

Folder Description 5x7

19	Ritchey family
20	Ritchey family – log cabin in forest
21	Ritchey family home
22	Ritchey family home, in winter
23	Ritchey family, interior
24	Ritchey family – William Ritchey
25	Ritchey family
26	Ritchey home interior
27	Ritchey family
28	Ritchey family – north from Military Hill – George and William
29	Ritchey family
30	Campus from College Hill – Reaney Park
31	Round Barn, Colfax Highway, ca. 1897-1910
32	Pierce, Idaho
33	Pierce, Idaho?
34	(view of bridge, houses and river)
35	(train on bridge over river)
36	Sacred Heart Mission, ca. 1897-1900. Cataldo, Idaho
37	Elk Creek Falls
38	Camas Prairie RR on Clearwater River. Ca. 1900
39	Upper Palouse Falls
40	Elk Creek Falls?
41	Wallowa Lake
42	Hydraulic Mining
43	Chinese in Pullman
44	Campus from Military Hill
45	Campus
46	George Colgate Grave, d. 1893. 1904
47	Elk Creek Falls
48	Lake or River?
49	River?
50	Train wreck
51	Sawmill – stud
52	Horse and buggy
53	Horse and buggy
54	Town and river?
55	House - Pullman
56	House
57	House
58	House
59	Girl and toys – on sled
60	Children – Garments (42 stars on flag)
61	Girl and her toys
62	Children (boys) garments