Paul Dorpat Collection
Browse photographs from the Paul Dorpat Collection which documents the history of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. At this time, a small sampling of images has been digitized while the collection is actively being processed.
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12 Mile House on Fantail Trail, British Columbia, ca. 1899
The Fantail Trail was a route between Log Cabin and Atlin, British Columbia used primarily used in winter when prospectors were unable to travel via steamboat. A gold rush at Atlin began in August 1898 and lasted through 1900.
Identifier: spl_ap_00047
Date: 1899?
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Three carved Tlingit figures under tree, Klukwan, Alaska, ca. 1899
Klukwan is a Tlingit village that was located on the Dalton Trail, a route used by prospectors during the gold rush.
Identifier: spl_ap_00102
Date: 1899?
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Jewish Transcript v. 1, no. 28, Sep. 19, 1924
Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_01_28
Date: 1924-09-19
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Queen Anne High School, Seattle, ca. 1910s
Queen Anne High School opened in September 1909. The school was closed in 1981 and the building was repurposed into the Queen Anne Apartments in 1984. Published in Dorpat's Seattle Now & Then column "Queen Anne High" on October 12, 1997, and again in Dorpat's blog post "Queen Anne Addendum #1 - Queen Anne High" on October 13, 2010.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00118
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Urban design plans for the Pike Plaza Project, 1968
Design plans created by the John Morse & Associates architecture firm outlining the proposed changes to the Pike Place Market area under the urban renewal plans.
Identifier: spl_ps_019
Date: 1968-07
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Municipal News v. 55, no. 19, Nov. 8, 1965
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_55_19
Date: 1965-11-08
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Juan de Fuca's Pillar
Parker McAllister, born in 1903 in Massachusetts, was a Seattle Times artist from 1924 to 1965. McAllister started his career as an illustrator at 14 for a Spokane publication; he joined the art staff at the Seattle Times in 1920. His first Sunday magazine cover was a poster-type illustration celebrating the University of Washington crew races in spring 1924. During McAllister's career, he created illustrations depicting “local color” events and situations now routinely handled by photographers. As the technology improved, he expanded his repertoire - he illustrated articles, drew covers for special sections and the weekly Seattle Sunday Times Magazine, and drew diagrams, comics, cartoons, and portraits for the Times’ editorial page. In 1956, an exhibition of his watercolor and oil paintings of Pacific Northwest scenes and historical incidents - including some paintings from the “Discovery of the Pacific Northwest” series - were exhibited at the Washington State Historical Society Museum in Tacoma. He was also a member of the Puget Sound Group of Men Painters. McAllister retired from the Seattle Times in 1965; he passed away in Arizona in 1970.
Identifier: spl_art_291985_17.172
Date: 1954
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Tucker Hanford Company building, Seattle, ca. 1915-1919
Man standing at the entrance to the Tucker Hanford Company factory and office building at 703 Westlake Avenue, built in 1915.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00176
Date: 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Municipal News, v. 53, no. 7, Apr. 8, 1963
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_53_07
Date: 1963-04-08
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"Australian" steamboat at Canyon City in Yukon Territory, ca. 1899
A similar photograph in the University of Washington’s Eric A. Hegg’s photographs identifies the location at Miles Canyon Landing, about 6 miles south of Whitehorse on the Yukon River. This location was used by the Canyon and White Horse Rapids Tramway Company between 1897 and 1900 to portage steamer cargo around Miles Canyon and the Whitehorse Rapids. Location information for Canyon City has been provided based on information from the National Park Service. The "Australian" was constructed by the Canadian Development Company in Bennett, British Columbia in 1899.
Identifier: spl_ap_00151
Date: 1899?
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