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Preliminary Guide to the Asahel Curtis Lantern Slides
early 1900s



Creator: Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941 , photographer
Title: Asahel Curtis lantern slides
Date Span: early 1900s
Quantity: 158 lantern slides
PH Collection No.: 407
Location: HN1519
Languages: Collection materials are in English.




Scope and Content

Glass lantern slides from the studio of Asahel Curtis (many hand colored). Images include the lumber industry, Mount Rainier National Park, ice caves, crevasses, Paradise Lodge, hiking, mountaineering, skiing (including women in summer outfits/bathing suits on skiis), daffodil fields, wildflowers, Olympic Mountains, Cascade Mountains, and unidentified residences.

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Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

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The collection is open to the public.

Acquisition Info

Source: Heath Colvin, 1994


Subject Terms

Genre Headings:
Lantern slides.
Last modified: October 08, 2008
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