Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Restrictions on Access

Processing Info

Inventory   [ + ]

Subject Terms


Guide to the L. Wilson Clark Photographs
1870s-1880s



Creator: Clark, L. Wilson , photographer
Title: L. Wilson Clark Photographs
Date Span: 1870s-1880s
Quantity: 16 photographic prints (1 box)
PH Collection No.: 278
Location: K0127
Languages: Collection materials are in English.

Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.



Biographical Note

L. Wilson Clark was a photographer in Olympia in Washington Territory during the 1880s. His photography studio was taken over by A.D. Rogers in 1889.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs documenting life in Olympia during the 1870s and 1880s, before Washington became a state in 1889. Among the photographs are buildings, portraits, group photographs, and photographs of members of the Washington Territory Legislature. There is also an image of the Tenino train depot and a photo of Tumwater Falls. All photographs in this collection are by L. Wilson Clark.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open to the public.

Processing Info

Processed by Rebekah Dalby, 2002; revised by Aaron Bowen, 2003.


Inventory

 
Folder Item Date
Olympia
Buildings
11Old Town Hall taken from old Parker place on 5th Street looking north, Olympia, Washington Territory   View imageca. 1870s
2First church, Olympia, Washington Territory   View imageca. 1870s
3Church on corner of Main and 10th, Olympia, Washington Territory   View image ca. 1870s
Two copies.
4Home of John Parker, Olympia, Washington Territoryca. 1870s
Residents
25Lee family, Olympia, Washington TerritoryAug., 1887
6Fire company, Olympia, Washington Territory   View imageca. 1880s
7Children outside the Olympia Collegiate Institute, Olympia, Washington Territory   View imageca. 1880s

 
Folder Item Date
Washington Territory Legislative Members
38Officers and members of the council, Washington Territory   View image1881
9Members of the House, Washington Territory   View image1881
10Members of the council, Washington Territory   View image1883
11Members of the House, Washington Territory   View image1883
12Members of the council, Washington Territory   View image1885
13Members of the House, Washington Territory   View image1885
14Rev. John R. Thompson of Vancouver, president of the council of the last territorial legislature1887-1889

 
Folder Item Date
Other Washington Locations
415Tumwater Falls, Washington Territoryca. 1880s
16Train depot, Tenino, Washington Territory   View imageca. 1880s

Subject Terms

Personal Names:
Clark, L. Wilson.
Organizations:
Washington (State). Legislature--Photographs.
Subjects:
Buildings--Washington (State)--Olympia--Photographs.
Legislators--Washington (State)--Olympia--Photographs.
Geographic Names:
Olympia (Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs.
Washington (State)--Officials and employees--Photographs.
Last modified: December 07, 2009
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