| Back to Finding Aids |  |
| Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA (509) 335-6691 Inquiries |
PC 18
CHARLES ROBERT PRATSCH
Photographs, 1888-1913
| Back to Finding Aids | |
| Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA (509) 335-6691 Inquiries |
PC 18
CHARLES ROBERT PRATSCH
Photographs, 1888-1913
INTRODUCTION
The Charles R. Pratsch collection of photographs was purchased from Fred Pratsch of Aberdeen, Washington in 1971. The collection consists of 584 glass negatives, mostly 8 x l0 inches; 299 lantern slides, many hand colored; and 33 miscellaneous photoprints.
The collection is more than ample in recording all facets of woodswork, milling and shipping, as well as fishing, sealing and other maritime activities of Grays Harbor. Shipping is preserved in extensive photographs of the coasters, lumber ships and schooners that plied the coast and rivers and sailed to all parts of the world. Aberdeen and Hoquiam are pictured from their earliest times of sawdust and wooden streets; their history progressing through canoe, rowboat, horse, oxen and steam periods to the advent of electricity. Here is the industrial, civic, and cultural growth of these cities and other area communities. Here also is the full range of the economy, with business leaders and laborers, mill offices and lumber camps, fraternal organizations and unions, city residences and small farms.
Of great interest and value to scholars are the 64 portraits and photographs of the Quinault Indians, who in the 1880's and 90's were not far removed from their earlier aboriginal state, harvesting the ocean and beaches for a livelihood, many with flattened heads and wearing treaty and trade adornments.
Charles Robert Pratsch was born November 17, 1857 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, son of Charles August (born 1833, Leipzig) and Catherine Anna Dostman Pratsch (born 1837, Lancaster, Pennsylvania). Moving westward he left Iowa at the age of 25 with his brother-in-law, Lester L. Darling, and in 1884 the two homesteaded adjacent claims on the Wishkah River in the Grays Harbor country. After establishing claims they were joined by the elder Pratschs and their daughter, Mrs. Darling. Upon arrival Pratsch's parents entered the business life of the new community of Aberdeen (platted in 1883 and organized as a town in 1885). C. A. Pratsch was appointed postmaster of Aberdeen in 1886 and served in that position until 1889. He built the Pioneer House, later, the Del Monte, a wood frame hotel, in 1885, and in 1889 built a bakery and confectionary, known as Mrs. Pratsch & Co., across the street from the hotel. While Charles Robert occasionally worked in the hotel, he was soon involved in a project of his own: photography. He had persuaded a photographer named Tolman to teach him the techniques for $300. In a "mugbook" of 1890 Charles R. Pratsch is listed:
Photographer, F Street, between Heron and Wishkah. We are indebted to Mr. Pratsch for many of the subjects from which our Gray's Harbor and Aberdeen engravings were made, his collection of views, portraits and architectural subjects, being very fine indeed. Mr. Pratsch is at present erecting a new studio building, and by the time this volume is out of press, he will be prepared to conduct his business with the aid of greater and better facilities than before. He attends to all classes of work, such as portraits, views, buildings, copying, enlarging, reducing, etc., and charges very reasonable prices. (South-western Washington; its topography...and pen sketches of their representative business men... Olympia: Pacific Publishing Company, 1890.178.)
In his later years Charles Robert Pratsch was caretaker of the Laidlow Island duck preserve. He died in 1937 at the age of 79 a few days after walking into a slowly moving train. His son, Fred Pratsch, acquired the negatives and made prints which he reproduced as oil paintings. (for example see 111 35)
In the collection are many negative and lantern slides that are indentified as the work of Colin S. McKenzie (1879-1912). McKenzie, a deputy sheriff in the Grays Harbor area, had become a studio photographer following a back injury suffered while fighting a fire. See Alfred J. Hillier Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 35:3 (July, 1944) After his death at the hands of John Tornow, his photographic files and materials were given to Pratsch by the family, for McKenzie had often used Pratsch's equipment and facilities.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
The collection logically falls into three series: glass negatives, lantern slides, and miscellaneous prints.
Series I, the glass negatives, is composed of 584 negatives varying in size from 8 x 10 inches to 5 x 7 inches. The 5 x 7 plates have been separated and placed at the end of the larger plates; they are numbered 551-584. Each of these negatives has been cleaned and printed under laboratory conditions, providing prints which become the basic finding aid for the negatives, as well as being available for display. The prints and the negatives have been arranged by subject and numbered sequentially.
Series II is 299 lantern slides arranged by subject and numbered sequentially. Many have been hand tinted, apparently by a Seattle "artist," and over half are based on negatives in Series I. The major exception is the 64 portraits and scenes of the coastal Indians of Washington State.
Series III: Miscellaneous Prints is 33 items which, though related to Aberdeen, lumbering and shipping, were either not Pratsch or McKenzie photographs or are not represented among the negatives and lantern slides in the collection. Several of these, in fact, are related to the occupation and interests of Fred Pratsch, son of Charles R. Pratsch. While the photographs have been arranged in subject groupings to facilitate research, certain identifiable characteristics have been elaborated upon and incorporated into a Proper Name Index. This index provides access to all identified persons, locations, and especially names of vessels serving the Aberdeen lumber trade. While many of the person identifications are based on notations of Fred Pratsch's, the names of ships have generally been deduced from close examination of the prints and negatives with a magnifying glass.
The description of each photograph is based on a close examination of the print and the negative, including captions scratched or painted on the negative; notes provided by Fred Pratsch on the prints he made as subjects for his oil paintings; a list of shipping scenes prepared by Harry Dying of the San Francisco Maritime Museum; and identifications by Robert Weinstein. Each photograph has been placed in one of the following general subject categories:
PORTRAITS 1-34 CITIES AND TOWNS 35-72 CITY BUILDINGS, RESIDENCES 73-125 FARMS 126-145 ATHLETIC CLUBS 146-166 COAST GUARD, POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS 167-175 MUSICAL BANDS, UNIONS AND FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS 176-193 JETTY AND SHIPYARDS 194-216 SHIPPING SCENES 217-320 LUMBERING SCENES 321-449 LUMBER MILLS 450-479 FISHING AND HUNTING 480-498 MISCELLANEOUS 499-550 5x7 PLATES 551-584 1. Portraits 551-571 2. Fishing and Hunting 572-577 3. Miscellaneous 578-584
PORTRAITS
1. Manning Hill and Eagle bike on road to
Hoquiam, 1893.
2-3. Mary B. Pratsch
4. Mary B. Pratsch and daughter, Jenny
5-8. Charles Robert Pratsch
9. Catherine Pratsch
10-13. Portraits
14. Charles August Pratsch
15. Portrait of a man.
16-17. Heater and Engrin, Civil War veterans,
Westport.Title: All is well.
18-25. Group portraits
26. Pratsch Family portrait, 1888.
27. Man photographing ladies by stream.
28-34. Outdoor group portraits.
CITIES AND TOWNS 35. Aberdeen, 1889. 36. Aberdeen, 1904.
37. Aberdeen, 1907, with Grand Theater in
center.
38. Business section, Aberdeen, 1907.
39. Business section, Aberdeen.
40-47. Aberdeen. 48. Cosmopolis. 49. Hoquiam, 1906. 50. Montesano? 51. Steamer WISHKAH CHIEF leaving Wishkah Street dock, Aberdeen, 1890. 52. Wishkah and F Street, Aberdeen, 1890. 53-54. Heron and G Street, Aberdeen, July 4, 1892. 55. Heron Street looking west, Aberdeen, 1892. 56. F Street between Wishkah and Heron, Aberdeen. Walter and Main Circus. Wallace Pratsch on bicycle. 1895. 57. Aberdeen winter street scene, after fire of 1903. 58. Heron Street, Aberdeen, July 4, 1908. 59. Heron Street at bridge on the Wishkah River, Aberdeen. Steamer GENERAL MILES. 60-61. Heron Street dock, Aberdeen. Steamer CRUISER. 62. Aberdeen street scene, firemen spraying water in air. 63-64. Procession. 65. Street scene, Fourth of July celebration? 66-67. Decorated fire trucks. 68-70. City viewed from hill. 71-72. Montesano. CITY BUILDINGS, RESIDENCES 73. Stewart Creek Water Works, Aberdeen, 1895.
74. Grays Harbor Electric Company car barn, Market and E Street, Aberdeen, 1906. 75. East Aberdeen School.
76-79. Building Aberdeen high school, 1892.
80. Girls' gymnastics class.
81. Washington Hotel, Heron and K Streets,
Aberdeen, 1905.
82. Elks Club, Aberdeen, 1907.
83. Hayes and Hayes Bank, Aberdeen, 1908.
84. Heron and H Streets, Aberdeen State
Bank 1908.
85. Heron and G Streets, Red Cross Pharmacy, Aberdeen, 1908.
86-87. Aberdeen City Hall
88. Mitchell Building, Aberdeen.
89. Hoquiam Hotel, Hoquiam.
90. Office of American Mill Co.
91. H. J. Cooke store and street corner.
92. Post office
93. St. Joseph's Hospital, Aberdeen.
94. Crescent Hotel, Ninemire & Morgan Building.
95. F and First Street, Aberdeen. Methodist Church and Sam Benson [Sam
Benn] house on hill.
96-97. Outdoor ceremony at the church.
98-99. Westport fog horn and light house.
100. Chehalis Produce Company
101. Pacific Fruit and Produce Company
102. Grocery store, [---]ing- Kinsel Co. ,Helling Kinsel Col. Inc. 317
E.Wishkah, Aberdeen, WA
103. Mrs. C. A. Pratsch store, interior, post office in corner.
104. Auditorium or theatre interior.
105. Wilson Bros. & Co. office interior, May, 1909.
106. Aberdeen saloon interior.
107-108. The Casino, Eagle Dance Hall, owned by Ed Dolan. Bartenders,
girls and band.
109-120. Buildings, schools, apartment
houses, residences.
121. Aberdeen cannery.
122. Conservatory, Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco.
123. Tallest telephone pole in
northeast Aberdeen.
124. Backyard garden.
125. Small garden pond.
FARMS
126. Billy Gohl's place on Indian Creek going to Westport.[William Gohl]
127. Mrs. McGregor's House
128. Farmhouse and auto, auto has sign: "Famous Cedarville Ranch,
Chehalis Co., 5 4 10 acre tracts, for sale by 0. J. Engen, Aberdeen."
129-138. Farms and farmhouses.
139. Bordens Ranch, Wishkah River, 1891.
140. Wilsons Camp
141. Guffey Ranch, Wishkah Falls, Washington.
142-145. Farms and farmhouses.
ATHLETIC CLUBS
146. Square Deal, Aberdeen baseball club, 1890.
147. Square Deal, Aberdeen baseball club.
148. Aberdeen baseball club, 1891.
149-150. An Aberdeen baseball club.
151. Aberdeen and Montesano baseball clubs, 1891.Aberdeen players,
1-r: Williey, Stapleford, Sherwood, Keghler, Van Tassel,
H. Hayes, S. Bowes, Balcomb, unidentified; Montesano players,
1-r: Lyons, Geissler, Has, Graham, Knauss, Roberts, Starr,
McDougall, Hall, Dick Trask.
152. Cosmopolis baseball club, 1891 or 1892. Dave Patterson, I. Not,
Ray Nives, Dick Trask, Sherwood, Jim Lyons, Jack Link, 2 un-
identified.
153. A Seattle baseball player.
154-156. Aberdeen Ball Park, ca. 1907.
157. Aberdeen High School track team, ca. 1907.
158-160. Aberdeen High School basketball team, 1907.
160a. Aberdeen High School basketball team, 1905.
161-163. Aberdeen High School football team.
164. Aberdeen High School football players: Gross, Falkner, Blackwell,
White.
165. Aberdeen High School football team, 1905.
166. Football team.
COAST GUARD, POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
167. U. S. Coast Guard crew with boat, Westport, 1904.
168. Aberdeen's first water works at F Street.
169. Aberdeen policemen.
170. Firemen: Walker, L. L. Darling, Frank Pratsch, Fred Balaue, Bill
Anstie, Ab. Demished, Birt Keith, Bill Pierson, Joe Niece, Nick
Lankins, Jerry Gagner, L. L. Maley, Chas. Kealier, Mark Payett,
Floyd Creech, Frank Wyman.
171-174. Fire engines and firemen.
175. Fire engines and firemen. (Copyright 1907, C. S. McKenzie.)
MUSICAL BANDS, UNIONS AND FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
176. Aberdeen Cornet Band 1890. Joe Graham on bass drum, Van Tassel
is 6 ft. 6 in. tall man.
177. Aberdeen City Band at GAR grounds, Westport.
178. Aberdeen Cornet Band in front of Toklas and Kaufman, Dry Goods
and Clothing.
179. Aberdeen Cornet Band on a dock.
180. Hoquiam Concert Band playing on the steps of the Hoquiam. Hotel.
181-182. Knights Templars. Mat Peasley, Dr. Randalf, top row; "Drawbucket"
Johnson, 2nd row, 2nd from left.
183. Sawmill and loggers convention on deck of the SKOOKUM.
184. Bricklayers and Masons Union, no. 11, Aberdeen, 1911.
185. Painters Union, no. 526, Aberdeen, 1911. J. J. Robinson and his son
are in the front row.
186. International Hod-Carriers and Bricklayers Union no. 146, Aberdeen,
1911.
187-188. Teamsters and Deliverymens Union, Local 170, Aberdeen, 1911.
189. Housepainters Union, Local 1076, Hoquiam, 1911.
190. Team Drivers Union, local no. 93, Hoquiam, 1911.
191. Pile Drivers Union, local no. 12088.
192. Gravediggers Union (?)
193. Electrical Workers Union.
JETTY AND SHIPYARDS
194-197. North jetty, Grays Harbor, under construction, ca. 1913.
198. Lindstrom Ship Yard.
199. Shipyard.
200. McWhinney Ship Yard, Aberdeen.
201. Mathews Ship Yard, Hoquiam. Schooner VIGILANT at left.
202. Lindstrom Ship Yard.
203. Ole Hansons spar yard in foreground; Lindstrom yard with steam tug
RANGER and schooner under construction in background.
204. The launching of the stern-wheeler MONTESANO with two brass bands,
1890.
205. Lindstrom Ship Yard, with JOS. L. EVISTON on the ways.
206. A bow-first launching at the Lindstrom Ship Yard.
207. Launching the schooner J. M. WEATHERWAX, 1890. (Pratsch photograph
number 24.)
208-213. Grays Harbor scenes.
214. Bay View Lumber Mill, South Aberdeen.
215-216. Aberdeen harbor scenes.
SHIPPING SCENES
217. Steam tug towing barkentine across Grays Harbor bar.
218. Steam tug JOHN CUDAHY towing schooner ENDEAVOR.
219. Steam tug JOHN CUDAHY towing schooner, ca. 1890.
220. Steam tug DARING towing schooner CARRIER DOVE after viewing
Roosevelt's Great White Fleet, 1908.
221. Steam tug PRINTER towing out two-masted schooner.
222. Steam tug ASTORIA towing schooner ESTHER BUHNE.
223. 4-masted schooners under tow.
224. Schooner METEOR under tow.
225. Loaded 3-masted barkentine under sail.
226. Schooner W. H. MEYER under tow.
227. Schooner CHARLES A. FALK aground on Copalis Beach, 1909.
228-229. Yacht RESTLESS, owned by R. R. Pratsch, 1904.
230-231. Sailboat AVILON.
232. Whaleboat rigged with sail opposite city.
233. Stern-wheeler SKOOKUM going out to see the Great White Fleet, ca. 1907.
234-236. Stern-wheeler HARBOR BELLE.
237. Stern-wheeler HARBOR QUEEN, schooner Watson A. West.
238-242. Government steamer COLUMBINE, 1907.
243. Steamer in the Hoquiam River?
244. Tug PRINTER, tug JOHN CUDAHY astern, 1907.
245. Tug DARING, July 4, 1907.
246. Steamer GENERAL MILES backing into channel.
247. Steamer CRUISER, West Mill in background.
248. Steamer and barge.
249. Tug with Aberdeen Lumber and Shingle Company in background.
250. Tugs and excursion boats in Aberdeen harbor.
251. Steamer in channel, lumber mill on far bank.
252. Tug RANGER.
253. Tug TRAVELER.
254. Tug RANGER (Pratsch photograph number 13).
255. Freighter BESSIE DOLLAR (McKenzie photograph).
256. Steam schooner CLAREMONT loaded with lumber.
257. Steamer CHEHALIS.
258. Steamer TOLEDO.
259. Naval steamer?
260. Decorated motor launch.
261. Row boat near fish nets.
262-263. Underwater diving operations.
264. ALEXANDER, gill-net fishing boats,
cannery dock with nets drying.
265. Gill-net fishing boat KID.
266. Schooner CHARLES R. WILSON at anchor.
267. Schooner R. C. SLADE.
268. Schooner at lumber mill, Aberdeen.
269. Steam schooner CLAREMONT loaded with lumber, bow
line attached to dock.
270. S. S. INDRAVELLI.
271. Stern-wheeler MONTESANO at Montesano dock.
272. Barkentines MARY WINKELMAN and NEWSBOY at dock.
273. Barkentine MARY WINKELMAN at dock.
274. Westport dock, Steamers CLAN McDONALD, CITY OF ABERDEEN, TYPHOON, and
CHEHALIS.
275. Schooner W. J. PATTERSON at dock.
276. Barkentine ARAGO.
277. Schooner CHARLES HANSON at Union Mill dock. (Pratsch photograph
number 600).
278. Schooner CHARLES A. FALK at lumber mill dock.
279. Four-masted schooner at dock.
280-281. Schooner ESPADA docked at mill.
282. MELVILLE DOLLAR at mill dock.
283. MILVILLE DOLLAR with ESPADA tied to dock.
284. Frieghter BLACKHEATH.
285. West Mill wharf, schooners W. J. PATTERSON and FORESTER, with
WATSON A WEST astern.
286-287. Steam tug IOLA, barge, and steam schooner NEWBURG at dock, R.C.
SLADE in background.
288. Steam schooner NEWBURG at Slades dock, schooner CENTRALIA in the rear,
1908.
289. Schooner A. B. JOHNSON and other schooners at dock.
290. Lindstrom's ship yard, mastless schooner SADIE at outfitting dock and
steam tug JOHN CUDAHY in foreground.
291. Cooney's Mill dock, Cosmopolis, with steam schooner SVEA and steamer
HARCROFT.
292. Steam schooners SANTA MONICA and SANTA BARBARA at dock.
293. Schooner ORIENT and barkentine WRESTLER at dock with three-masted
schooner CHAS. A. FALK being towed out.
294. Schooner MAID OF ORLEANS, barkentine EUREKA and others at West Mill
dock, pre-1899.
295-296. Barkentine NEWSBOY at near dock and schooner W. J. PATTERSON at
far dock, steam schooner NORWOOD astern.
297-298. Schooners FANNIE ADELE, C. H. MERCHANT and others docked at mill.
299. Steamers JOSIE BURROWS, TOIWO, and one other loading passengers after
funeral at Aberdeen cemetery, 1888.
300. Schooner OCCIDENTAL and brigantine GENEVA at West Mill dock steamer
T. C. REED docked at far right.
301. Steam schooner NORWOOD, schooner ESPADA.
302-304. Ships at mill docks.
305. Steamer HARCROFT at dock.
306. Ships at dock near old West Bridge, Aberdeen, July 4, 1907.
307. Schooner COMET and steam schooners CENTRALIA and WHITESBORO and others
at dock.
308. Schooner A. B. JOHNSON, steam schooner G. C. LINDAUER, and others at dock.
309. Schooners MELROSE and ALLEN A., steamer RUSTLER (Hoquiam) at Hoquiam
Mill dock, 1906.
310-311. Schooners at West Mill dock, Aberdeen, 1889.
312-313. American Mill, Slade's dock, schooner WATSON A. WEST, steamer
NEWBURG, 1908. (Photo by McKenzie).
314-316. Schooners CHARLES A. FALK and EDWARD R. WEST at dock; the sequence
shows the steam schooner SANTA MONICA coming through the channel.
Included is the steam schooner WILLIAM MURPHY. (Titled: Shipping
scene, Aberdeen, Washington, copyright 1907, by C. S. McKenzie).
317. Barkentine MARY WINKELMAN and schooners at mill dock, one four-masted
schooner being nudged in by tug.
318. Brigantine LURLINE and steam schooner GRACE DOLLAR at dock. (McKenzie
photograph).
319-320. Stern-wheeler SKOOKUM, steam schooner GRACE DOLLAR, a schooner and the
barkentine, WRESTLER, all at dock, with a small launch passing in channel.
LUMBERING SCENES
321. Millers Dam and Wishkah Falls, 1892. (Pratsch photograph number 45).
322. Log dam and spillway for boom pond.
323. Eureka & Klamath River Railroad, three trains loaded with redwood
logs, one a work train.
324. Polson's trestle up the Humptulips River, log train with logs chained
directly to trucks, Shay engine, number 564. (Al Coats Logging Co.?).
325. Shay engine (Polson's)number 2. (Al Coats Logging Co.?).
326. Oregon and California Railroad Company, three car train pulled by
engine number 14, on a trestle near a small town. (positive)
327-343. Steam donkeys and their crews (many by Colin McKenzie).
344-345. Burst steam donkey, 1910.
346. J. Gillis Camp, Hoquiam, ca. 1889. (Pratsch photograph number 17)
347. Gillis' camp.
348. Jim Gillis' camp, Hoquiam River, 1890. (Pratsch photograph number 46)
349. Gillis' camp. (Pratsch photograph number 9)
350. George Keith's camp, Wishkah River. (Pratsch photograph number 12)
351. George Keith's camp, Wishkah River, 1889.
352. Philips camp, Johns River, 1888. (Pratsch photograph number 49)
353. Payett camp, 1888. (Pratsch photograph)
354-355. Flowers camp.
356. Redwood logging crew eating, 1 891.
357. Gilbreth Skeen's camp, 1888. [Gilbreath?]
358. Wilsons camp.
359. Oxen, log and crew on roadway.
360. Packhorses and crew.
361. Hawkins camp.
362. Logging scene.
363-365. Clark and Miller crew.
366. J. Gillis' camp.
367. Blackwell's no. 2 camp.
368. Oxen, log, crew and cooks on roadway.
369. Roadway.
370. Clark and Miller's roadway on the Wishkah River. (Pratsch photograph
number 50).
371. Leon Weather's crew.
372. 10 ft. fir stump, 1892. (Pratsch photograph number 12).
373-374. Group of men on large stump.
375. Washington stump. (Pratsch photograph number 11).
376-377. 11 ft. 3 in. stump. (McKenzie photographs).
378. Group of men on a large stump.
379. Packers with horses in woods. (positive)
380-382. Mary Pratsch and children in forest. (Pratsch photograph)
383-384. Man on fallen spruce tree, near Aberdeen. (Pratsch photograph
number 44).
385. Timber scene on Fred Honley ranch near Wishkah Falls. (Pratsch
photograph number 27).
386. Children (Ersral Stout, Floyd Stout, Fred Pratsch, Wallace Pratsch,
Elie Payett) on fir log, Canyon Kort, near Aberdeen, 1896. (Pratsch
photograph).
387-390. Groups of men among logs and stumps.
391. Worlds Fair log.
392-393. Matt Peasley on right, Billy Gohl at left, at logbucking contest.
394-399. Men by cedar tree on Charley Creek.
400. Men sawing eight foot fir tree.
401. Felling fir tree with axes at Flowers Camp near Aberdeen, 1888.
(Pratsch photograph number 22).
402. Felling cedar tree on John River, 1888. (Pratsch photograph number 23).
403. Three men by large log. (McKenzie photograph).
404. Cedar tree by Johns River. (copy negative).
405. Two men by cedar tree on Charley Creek. (Pratsch photograph).
406. Bearded man by tree. (Pratsch photograph).
407. Two men, one bearded, by tree. (Pratsch photograph) (Fred Pratsch
states this tree (11 ft. 6 in. diameter) sent to St. Louis World's
Fair, 1902, by Hepfinger & Drummond).
408-410. Loggers and trees.
411. Fir tree. (Pratsch photograph).
412. Four men and recently felled tree.
413.11 Six armed men and felled tree.
414-426. Lumbering scenes, loggers and forests.
427. Bearded man by tree. (Pratsch photograph).
428-437. Lumbering scenes and loggers.
438. Automobile on road to North Beach.
439-440. Reo on road by lake or river. (440 is positive).
441-444. Roads in woods. (441, 443 are positive).
445-449. Wood scenes.
LUMBER MILLS
450. West's first mill, burned in the 1880's.
451-452. Weatherwax Mill and boom pond, later Anerson-Middleton.
453. Weatherwax mill boom pond. (Pratsch photograph number 30).
454-465. Mills and boom ponds.
466. American Mill on the Wishkah River.
467. Cooney's Mill, Cosmopolis, Steamer HARCROFT at dock.
468-469. Lumber on dock at Union Mill Co., steam schooners WASP and J. B. STETSON.
470. Grays Harbor Commercial Co. sawmill.
471. Lumber mill.
472-473. Steam schooner SANTA MONICA at mill
dock.
474. Loading the G. C. LINDAUER.
475. Lumber mill, yard and docks.
476. Lumber mill, Lindstrom's ship yard in
background.
477. Lumber mill.
478. Hoquiam Lumber and Shingle Co. sawmill.
479. Loading lumber at the dock, steam
schooner G. C. LINDAUER.
FISHING AND HUNTING
480. Salmon scene at McGowan Cannery. (Pratsch photograph number 10).
481. One night's salmon catch, Grays Harbor. (Pratsch photograph number 11).
482. Salmon cannery dock at end of F Street, Aberdeen.
483-484. Sturgeon catch.
485-487. Fish at cannery.
488-489. Fisherman on river bank. (positive).
490. Fishermen with catch in studio, Fred Hewitt, Ernie Phelps, Johnny McCook,
and Colin McKenzie.
491-494. Studio scenes of fishermen and their catches.
495. Trophy fish.
496. Hunter with duck catch.
497. Duck still-life.
498. Armed hunters and dead bears in studio scene.
MISCELLANEOUS
499. Cows in meadow by river.
Soo. Man in riding outfit and show horse.
501-502. Man and show horse. (501 is positive).
503. Man on horse.
504-506. Man and show horse in front of livery stable.
507-508. King and Queen and puppies, 1894.
509-510. Waterfalls
511. Mt. Shaster [sic], California, 1888. (Pratsch photograph number 21).
512. Meadow.
513. Change-making machine.
514. Casket-lowering device.
515. Wagon loaded with bed-rolls.
516. Pacific and Oak Street, cows blocking road between Aberdeen and Hoquiam.
517-519. Horse and carriage on road.
520-521. Automobile on road.
522-527. Bridges.
528-530. Log footbridge over Humptulips River, 1895.
531. Harry Perkins riding Rudge bicycle in the surf on Westport beach,
1892. (Pratsch photograph number 40).
532-533. Harry Perkins and others on Westport beach, 1892. Fred Pratsch, age
two, in foreground.
534. Bathing in the surf at Westport beach. (Pratsch photograph number 3).
535. Bathing in Grays Harbor at Westport, 1892. (Pratsch photograph number 38).
536. Bathing in Grays Harbor at Westport. (Pratsch photograph number 41).
537. Bathing in the surf.
538-540. Clam diggers.
541. Duck hunter in action.
542-544. Ocean beach scenes.
545-548. Coastal rock formations (some by Tolman?).
549. Seal Rocks, San Francisco.
550. Seal Rocks. (Photograph by Tolman)(Copy negative).
5x7 PLATES
551-553. Charles R. Pratsch.
554. Catherine Anna Pratsch.
555. Lady's portrait. Emma Ida Pratsch
556. Gentleman's portrait.
557-558. Mary Pratsch.
559-562. Portraits of ladies.
563-571. Portraits of children.
572-573. Hunters and fishermen.
574. Fred Hewett, fisherman.
575. John O'Hare and Fred Hewett cleaning fish in camp.
576. Ducks in shallow water.
577. Sporting goods store interior.
578. Yellowstone National Park. (Copy negative of stereopticon view).
579. Grotto Geyser Cone. (Copy negative of stereopticon view).
580. Old Faithful Geyser. (Copy negative of stereopticon view).
581. Minerva Terrace. (Copy negative of steropticon view).
582. Decorative border for oval portrait.
583. Dinner in the photo studio.
584. Schooners at dock.
SERIES II: LANTERN SLIDES
The lantern slide collection contains many duplicates of the larger
plates, but of greatest significance are the 64 photographs of coastal Indians
probably taken by McKenzie. The slides are arranged in numerical order in three
large slide cases. In case one are those numbered 1-100, case two, 101-200,
case three 201-299. As in the previous list the slides have been arranged in major
subjectgroupings, as follows:
LUMBER SCENES 1-60
MISCELLANY 61-71
MILLS AND DOCKS 72-90
SHIPPING 91-123
ABERDEEN AND CITIES 124-146
BUILDINGS 147-184
CHILDREN 185-188
FARMS 189-192
COASTAL SCENES 193-213
WATERFALLS 214-216
HUNTING AND FISHING 217-227
ANIMALS 228-235
INDIANS 236-299
Slides that are duplicates of the glass negatives are indicated with the
number of the glass negatives, such as 1331.
LUMBER SCENES
1. C. E. Burrows Company Dam.
2. Millers Dam, Wishkah Falls
3. Log bridge.
4. Log bridge and falls.
S. Log boom pond (splash).
6. Steam donkeys and their crews (1 331).
7. Steam donkeys and their crews (1 333).
8. Steam donkeys and their crews (1 342).
9-13. Steam donkeys and their crews.
14. Polson Logging Company, Hoquiam. (train).
15. Train with logs.
16. 11 ft. 3 in. stump (McKenzie photo) (1 376).
17. Groups of men among logs and stumps (1 387).
18. Groups of men among logs and stumps (1 390).
19. Men by cedar tree on Charley Creek (1 398).
20. Men by cedar tree on Charley Creek (1 399).
21. Three men by large log. (McKenzie photo) (1 403).
22. Loggers and trees (1 408).
23-28. One or two people by logs and trees.
29-33. Groups of people on or near trees and logs.
34. Lumbering scenes, loggers and forests (1 423).
35. Lumbering scenes, loggers and forests (1 426).
36-40. Men with saws and axes by logs.
41-42. Automobile on road to North Beach (1 438).
43. Road in woods (1 441).
44. Wood scenes (1 446).
45. Wood scenes (1 449).
46. Horse and buggy on road through woods.
47-49. Logging trails.
50-51. Woods and river.
52-54. Trains and track.
55. Horse and carriage on road (1 519).
56. Horse and carriage on road (1 517).
57. Bridge (1 526).
58. Log footbridge over Humptulips River, 1895 (1 528).
59. Bridge.
60. Two men by large tree roots.
MISCELLANY
61. Aberdeen Ball Park, ca. 1907 (1 155-156).
62. Groundbreaking ceremony.
63. Crowd near camp, flag and White and Davidson Grocery.
64. Camp Quick Print, 5 loggers eating at table.
65. Old man near other sighting device on beach.
66. Man with stock of grain showing the height.
67. Man smoking cigar and holding Saturday Evening Post.
68. Vegetable display.
69. Clouds.
70. Beef hanging at the loading dock at the slaughter house.
71. Tallest telephone pole in N. E. Aberdeen (1 123).
MILLS AND DOCKS
72. Ships at dock near Old West Bridge, July 4, 1907, Aberdeen (1 306).
73. Mills and boom ponds (1 454).
74. GEORGE OF ABERDEEN, a launch at dock.
75-76. American Mill, Slade's dock, schooner WATSON A WEST, steamer NEWBURG
1908? (Photo by McKenzie) (1 312-313).
77. Schooners CHARLES A. FALK and EDWARD R. WEST at dock; steam schooner
SANTA MONICA coming thru channel. (C. S. McKenzie, 1907) (1 316).
78. Schooner COMET and steam schooner CENTRALIA and others at dock (1 307).
79. Schooner A. B. JOHNSON and others at dock (1 308).
80. Schooner MELROSE and schooner ALLEN A. at Hoquiam Mill, 1906 and
steamer RUSTLER (Hoquiam) (1 309).
81. Harbor scene (Photo by McKenzie) (1 318).
82. Stern-wheeler SKOOKUM, Steam schooner GRACE DOLLAR, 4-masted schooner
and barkentine, all at dock, with a small launch passing in channel.
(1 320).
83. Lumber on dock, three masted barkentine opposite.
84. Hoquiam Lumber and Shingle Company sawmill (1 478).
85. Steam schooner SANTA MONICA at mill dock (1 472).
86. Loading lumber on the deck of a steam schooner.
87. Ships at dock of lumber mill.
88. Harbor Dock (wharf scene).
89-90. Grays Harbor jetty.
SHIPPING
91. Grays Harbor scenes (1 208-209).
92. Grays Harbor scenes (I 211).
93-94. Aberdeen harbor scenes (1 216).
95-96. Harbor scenes.
97. A bow-first launching at Lindstroms Ship Yard (1 206).
98-99. 4-masted schooner under tow (1 223-224).
100-101. Loaded 3-masted barkentine under sail (1 225).
102-105. 4-masted schooners with sails set.
106. Yacht RESTLESS, owned by R. R. Pratsch, 1904 (1 228).
107. Yacht RESTLESS, owned by R. R. Pratsch, 1904 (1 229).
108. Small sailboat.
109. Stern-wheeler SKOOKUM, going out to see the Great White Fleet,
ca. 1907 (I 233).
110. Stern-wheeler HARBOR QUEEN (1 237).
ill. Stern-wheeler HARBOR BELLE (1 234-236).
112. Freighter BESSIE DOLLAR (Photo by McKenzie)(1 255).
113. Freighter BLACKHEATH (1 284).
114. Great White Fleet.
115. Tug TRAVELER.
116-117. Harbor scenes.
118-120. Shipping scenes.
121-123. Ship wreck scenes.
ABERDEEN AND CITIES
124. Aberdeen, 1907, with Grand Theater in Center (1 37).
125. Aberdeen, business section (1 39).
126. Aberdeen (1 45).
127. Aberdeen (1 46).
128-129. Aberdeen.
130. Hoquiam, 1906.
131. Scenic view of city on the river.
132. Bridge (1 522).
133. Bridge.
134. Heron Street dock, steamer CRUISER, Aberdeen (1 60).
135. Men building street.
136-137. Street scenes during celebration.
138-140. Residential streets.
141. Street in Aberdeen.
142-143. Street car and view of town.
144. Laborers on construction train.
145. Laborers on street corner.
146. Fire engine, Aberdeen.
BUILDINGS
147. Aberdeen high school, 1892, under construction(1 78).
148. Washington Hotel, Heron and K Street, 1905, Aberdeen (1 81).
149. Elks Club, Aberdeen, 1907 (1 82).
150. Aberdeen State Bank, Heron and H Street, 1908 (1 84).
151. Red Cross Pharmacy,Heron and G Street, 1908, Aberdeen (1 85).
152. Aberdeen City Hall (1 87).
153. Hayes and Hayes Bank, 1908, Aberdeen (1 83).
154. Hoquiam Hotel, Hoquiam (1 89).
155. St. Joseph's Hospital, Aberdeen (1 93).
156. City Water Works.
157. Lumberman's Bank.
158. Train depot.
159. Fire engines and firemen (Copyright, 1907, McKenzie) (1 175)
160. Burnett Bros. Jewelers, Kaufman & Berliner and other stores.
161. School house?
162-168. Individual houses.
169. Grand Theater, Aberdeen, 1907.
170-174. Residential section.
175-177. Churches.
178. Power house?
179. Greenhouse, interior.
180. Bank, interior.
181. Small garden pond (1 125).
182. Crew building silo.
183. Excavation.
184. Westport fog horn and light house and United Wireless Telegraph
Company station.
CHILDREN
185. Children riding mules.
186-188. Photos of individual children.
FARMS
189-190. Farms and farmhouses (1 144-145).
191-192. Farms and farmhouses.
COASTAL SCENES
193. Man photographing ladies by stream (1 27).
194. Bathing in the surf (1 537).
195. Clam-digging.
196. Horses packed with hay on beach.
197-199. Ocean beach scenes.
200-205. Ocean land scenes.
206. Coastal rock formations (by Tolman?)(1 545).
207-209. Seal Rocks, San Francisco.
210-213. Coast scenes.
WATERFALLS
214-216. Waterfalls (1 509).
HUNTING AND FISHING
217. Fisherman on river bank (1 489).
218-219. Studio scenes of fishermen and their catches (1 492-494).
220. Men by large fish catch.
221. Men with catch of ducks.
222. Men cutting up seal?
223. Armed hunters and dead bear in studio scene.
224-225. Men hunting and fishing.
226. Men at camp.
227. Fish at cannery (1 487).
ANIMALS
228. Mules.
229-232. Dogs.
233-235. Animals.
INDIANS
236. Indian village?
237. Che-poo, Indian woman. 238. West-sup, Indian woman. 239. Granny Mason, Indian woman. 240-241. O'waata, Indian woman. 242-257. Portraits of Indian women. 258-268. Portraits of Indian men. 269-272. Indian women carrying large baskets on back. 273. Indian with horse and wagon. 274. Makah Indian camp, Tatoosh Island. 275. Clam digging. 276. Funerary china. 277-279. Miscellaneous portraits of Indians.
280-287. Indian domestic scenes.
288-289. Indian fishing scenes.
290. Fishing scene, Neah Bay.
291. Makah whaler.
292-297. Fishing scene, Neah Bay
298-299. Indian fishing scenes.
SERIES III: MISCELLANEOUS PRINTS
1. Foot of Heron Street, Aberdeen, n.d.
8.5 x 13.5 cm. photoprint (postcard).
2. Gun club, ca. 1915. 8.5 x 13.5 cm.
photoprint (postcard).
3. Log bridge over Wishkah River, n.d.
8.5 x 13.5 cm. photoprint (postcard).
4. Mining camp, n.d. 8.5 x 13.5 cm.
photoprint.
5. Pratsch & Co. Artist, no. 32. Wooden bridge, n.d. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.
photoprint (postcard).
6. Two motorcyclists, n.d. 8.5 x 13.5 cm. photoprint (postcard).
7. Three motorcyclists, n.d. 13.5 x 8.5 cm. photoprint (postcard).
8. Shooting range bought 1923 (construction), n.d. 8 photoprints.
12.5 x 17.5 cm.
9. Dr. H. C. Watkins, Sr. on shooting range, n.d. 12.5 x 17.5 cm.
photoprint.
10. "Billy the Bear, the big game hunter, wore no shoes in summer" n.d.
18 x 11 cm. photoprint.
11. "Stewarts house torn down to build Robert Gray School," n.d. 13 x 17.5
cm. photoprint.
12. Wishkah Falls Dam built in 1886 by Cy Blackwell, n.d. 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
photoprint.
13. Malinowski Dam, built 1902 as a 5 gate dam, rebuilt in 1917-1918 with
6 gates, not used after 1923. ca. 1902-1917. 12.5 x 20.5 cm. photo-print.
14. Wishkah Boom Co. main river dam (Joe Malinowski in charge, 1909-1924)
ca. 1917-1923. 11.5 x 18.5 cm. photoprint.
15. Malinowski Dam, ca. 1917-1923. 8.5 x 14.5 cm. copy photoprint of #14.
16. South bay shooting box, August 20, 1907. 12 x 19 cm. photoprint.
17. Schooners OTTILIE FJORD and ESTHER BUHNE tied at dock, n.d. 20.5 x 25.5
cm. photoprint.
18. Westport from the air, n.d. 18.5 x 23 cm. photoprint.
19. Gun club, ca. 1925? 19.5 x 24.5 cm. photoprint.
20. Governor Rosellini and friend with fish, n.d. 20.5 x 24 cm. photoprint.
21. Charter boat at Westport with catch, 1965. 20.5 x 25.5 cm. photoprint.
22. C. A. THAYER at dock (Seattle?) ca. 1955. 20.5 x 25 cm. photoprint.
23. C. A. THAYER at dock (another view of above?) 20.5 x 25 cm. photoprint.
24. Fred Pratsch's charter boat DOROTHY L, n.d. 20 x 25 cm. photoprint.
25. DOROTHY L., n.d. 12.5 x 18 cm. photoprint.
26. DOROTHY L. and charter group with fish, Fred Pratsch in background,
September 6, 1953. 25 x 20 cm. photoprint.
27. Newspaper clipping from the Vidette, showing Charles R. Pratsch
homestead in the Wishkah Valley in 1887.
28. Pratsch homestead up Wishkah, 1885. 13 x 21.5 cm. photoprint.
29. Aberdeen police force, 1892. Bill Pearson, Joe Graham, and Smith.
21 x 16 cm. photoprint.
30. Pratsch homestead, ca. 1890. 20.5 x 25.5 cm. photoprint.
31. R & R Yarder's tow-truck, photo by A. G. Girard, Aberdeen, ca. 1910.
16.5 x 21.5 cm. photoprint.
32. Sandison & Martintosh Photo. Aberdeen fire, 1903. 17.5 x 22.5 cm.
photoprint.
33. Another view of the Aberdeen fire, 1903. 17.5 x 22.5 cm. photoprint.
34. Clipping: "Seattle Scene: Memories of a champion bike rider" by Frank
Lynch re: Manning Hill and his bicycles. ca. 1952.
35. Hoquiam Mill, 1906. Painting by Fred Pratsch after a photograph (1 309),
1971. 10 x 12.5 cm. color transparency.
36. Hoquiam Mill, 1906. Painting by Fred Pratsch after a photograph (1 309),
1971. 20.5 x 25.5 cm. color photoprint.
37. Schooner 0. M. KELLOG, Brigantine MONITOR, and Steamer MONTESANO.
38. West Mill, Wishkah River, Aberdeen.
39. Schooner MAID OF ORLEANS and Brigantine MONITOR
40. Schooner 0. M. KELLOG, Brigantine MONITOR, and Steamer TRUCKEE.
41. Schooner 0. M. KELLOG, Brigantine MONITOR.
SERIES IV: ALTERNATIVE IMAGES (BOX 18)
A list of miscellaneous glass negatives and positives compiled by David
Smestad in March, 1978. (Number of similar photograph in main sequence in
parentheses). Not indexed.
49. 30 men on large stump. Negative and print. (375)
55. Old tree, river and sawmill. Positive and print. (68)
61. Ships in port. Positive and print. (210)
62. Man and horse. Positive and print. (501)
67. Old tree, river and sawmill. Positive and print. (69)
82. Family with oxen team in forest. Negative and print. (368)
107. Loggers and oxen in forest. Negative and print.
148. Man and large tree. Positive and print.
164. Old car on road in forest. Positive and print. (438)
205. Old sailing ship. Positive and print. (225)
253. Road in forest. Positive and print.
282. City hall and fire wagons and crew. Negative and print.
322. Track team. Negative and print. (157)
357. Waterfall. Positive and print. (510)
371. Man and horse on log bridge. Positive and print.
374. 15 men on stump. Negative and print. (373)
385. Two old sailing ships. Positive and print. (223)
412. House, people, old car with real estate advertisement. Negative and
print.
424. Football team. Negative and print. (166)
456. Football team. Negative and print.
485. Group portrait. Negative (no print).
516. Portrait. Positive and print.
521. Girl in garden. Negative (no print). (9)
524. Girl in garden. Negative (no print). (9)
570. Ship in port. Positive and print. (210)
573. Football team. Negative and print.
575. Man with axe and tree. Positive and print.
583-622. 5x7 negatives of ducks (except 603 - man with fish) with prints.
In addition to these plates and prints, there are several containers of
contact prints prepared by Fred Pratsch as studies for his paintings.