Guide to the Frank Bonds Photographs
1908-1909

Biographical Note

Frank Bonds, the first child of Jesse and Mary Bonds, was born in Texas in 1890. His family moved to Bellingham, Washington, in 1899 and to Sumas in 1902. Frank's younger brother and sisters were Mary, Fred, and Lorene. Frank Bonds attended Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, as well as the University of Washington. His youngest sister, Lorene, married Lawrence J. Zillman, professor of English at the University of Washington.

Scope and Content

The collection contains 69 glass plate negatives and corresponding prints. Pictured are members of Frank Bonds's family, his friends, and various houses and other localities in the towns of Sumas, Washington, and McMinnville, Oregon.

Restrictions on Access

Glass plate negatives are not available for viewing.

Acquisition Info

Gift of Lawrence J. Zillman.

Processing Info

Processed by Shannon Lynch, 2003.

Inventory

Box

Item

Date

Sumas, Washington

1908-1909

Photographs are of people and places in Sumas, Washington, unless otherwise indicated.

1

1-2

Sumas from Parkinson's Hill

April 26, 1908 or 1909

3

Frank Bonds and family group

1908 or 1909

Back row, left to right: Mary, Frank, Fred. Front row: Jesse Bonds, Lorene, Mary Bonds.

4

Frank Bonds portrait

August 15, 1908 or 1909

5

Fred Bonds as a child

before 1908

Copied from photograph.

6

Frank Bonds shingling roof

September 4, 1909

7

Frank and Fred Bonds shingling roof

1908 or 1909

8

Fred Bonds shingling

1908 or 1909

9

Frank and Fred Bonds shingling

1908 or 1909

10

Frank, Fred, and Lorene Bonds

1908 or 1909

11-12

Fred and Lorene Bonds in playhouse

1908 or 1909

The playhouse was built by Frank Bonds.

13

Fred with Lorene Bonds in wheelbarrow

1908 or 1909

14

Fred and Lorene Bonds sitting in wheelbarrow

1908 or 1909

15

Lorene Bonds behind store and house

April 8, 1908

16

Lorene Bonds in grocery wagon

1908 or 1909

17

July 4th parade in Sumas; children on horses and mules, carrying flags

July 4, 1908

18

Lorene Bonds with doll

1908

19

Two young girls

1908 or 1909

"Mrs. Morgan's baby, Zoe."

20

Lorene Bonds and friend

1908 or 1909

21

Frank Bonds, uncle, and friend

September 2, 1908

"At Mrs. Morgan's: Bro. Bond [Frank's uncle], Art, and I."

Possibly a double exposure.

22-23

Man with two young girls

September 4, 1908

"Bro. Bond and babies."

Sumas in flood from Nooksack River

1909

24

Woman on railroad tracks

November 30, 1909

2

25

Flooded street

November 30, 1909

26

People on porch looking out at flooded street

1909

27-29

Flooded streets

1908 or 1909

30

Baptist church

August 15, 1908 or 1909

31

Sumas school house

October 1909

32

Frank Bonds in front of school house

1908 or 1909

Negative is cracked.

33

School house

August 15, 1908 or 1909

34

Frank Bonds sitting on fence with three girls

October 1909

"Seniors, Central School, Sumas high school."

35

Sumas high school seniors (Frank Bonds and three girls) on porch

October 1909

36

Mr. Colver's house in the snow

January 1907

37

Devil's Pulpit, hill near Sumas

August 5, 1908 or 1909

38

Eating dinner atop Sumas Mountain

August 5, 1908 or 1909

39

Eight women and girls in rowboat

September 1909

"Girls in new boat."

40

Two young women and young man on bridge

1908 or 1909

"[Everson?]."

41

Young man standing outside theater in Blaine, Washington

May 22, 1909

"[Irvin Pan?]."

42

Family posed in front of house

August 15, 1908 or 1909

"Mr. Heathman."

43

Family posed in yard in front of house

June 1, 1908 or 1909

"Mrs. Morgan's."

44

Two young women with young man

1908 or 1909

"Nooksack, Everson."

Box

Item

Date

McMinnville, Oregon

1908-1909

2

45

View of McMinnville

1908

"Bird's-eye from water tank."

46

Main Street in McMinnville

1908 or 1909

"Taken from porch over meat market, circus day while shooting at parade."

47

McMinnville circus parade

1908 or 1909

"Sells-Floto shows."

3

48

Mayday at Linfield College, McMinnville: crowd of people gathered around Old Oak to see May Queen coronation

May 1, 1909

49

Girls and maypole

May 1, 1909

50

McMinnville courthouse

Winter, 1909

McMinnville residences

1909

51

"[Fenton's?] house"

1908 or 1909

52

"Mr. Perry's house"

1908 or 1909

Dorm rooms at Linfield

1909

53

Two boys studying at desk in dorm room

1909

"Boys' room at Kyle's, Haye's, and Woody."

54

Young man at desk in dorm room

1909

"Orel Welsh's room."

55-56

Frank Bonds at desk in dorm room

1909

57

Young man at chair in dorm room

1909

"Griffick room."

58

Four young men studying in dorm room

1909

"Lancill, Hart, Richardson Bros."

59

Three young women studying in dorm room

1909

"Ruby Brissnir, [Tina Horn?], and Miss Carlton."

60

Three young women studying in dorm room

1909

"Maxwell sisters and [Leo Keming?]"

Trick photographs

61

Frank Bonds pointing at himself

1908 or 1909

62

Frank Bonds wheeling himself in wheelbarrow

1908 or 1909

"Taken by Ford Hand in McMinnville."

63

Ford Hand standing on Frank Bonds's arms

1908 or 1909

64

Young man ["Nicoll"] boxing with himself

1908 or 1909

65

Boy, dog, and sled in McMinnville

January 1909

66

Women and girls on a porch

1908 or 1909

"Troup [sic] at Mrs. Pettit's."

67

Frank Bonds and Ira Bright among trees

[June 7, 1909?]

68-69

Bessie Clark

1908 or 1909

Subject Terms

Family Names:

Bonds family--Photographs.

Bonds, Frank, 1890- --Photographs.

Bonds, Fred--Photographs.

Bonds, Lorene--Photographs.

Organizations:

Linfield College--Student housing--Photographs.

Subjects:

Dormitories--Oregon--McMinnville--Photographs.

Families--Washington (State)--Sumas--Photographs.

Floods--Washington (State)--Nooksack River--Photographs.

Geographic Names:

McMinnville (Or.)--Photographs.

Nooksack River (Wash.)--Photographs.

Sumas (Wash.)--Photographs.

Genre Headings:

Glass negatives.

Trick photography.