Biographical Note

Historical Background

Scope and Content

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Guide to the Henry M. Sarvant Photograph Collection
ca. 1890s-1910



PH Collection No.: 35
Creator: Sarvant, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1860-1940, photographer
Title: Henry M. Sarvant Photograph Collection
Date Span: ca. 1890s-1910
Quantity: 593 photographic prints (3 boxes)
5 nitrate negatives (1 box)
Location: K0067
HC0437 (oversized box)
Languages: Collection materials are in English.
Henry M. Sarvant at the top of Gibraltar Rock, summit of Mount Rainier, ca. 1897. Special Collections, UW Libraries, UW22260z

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



Biographical Note

Surveyor and photographer Henry Mason Sarvant was born on April 22, 1860, in the state of New York. He was raised by his mother's sister, Mrs. Mason Weld, in Cloister, New Jersey. After settling in Tacoma in 1889, he had a long and varied life, working as a civil engineer in Tacoma and serving as mayor of the Washington State town of Steilacoom.

Sarvant made many trips to Mount Rainier and was responsible for the first extensive surveys of the region. During an expedition in August, 1892, Sarvant was one of the first eleven people to reach the summit of Mount Rainier. He led P.B. Trump's party on several of the early climbs to the summit. He also worked for the Washington Geological Survey party of Mount Rainier, naming many of the lakes, glaciers, and peaks in the park. Later, a series of glaciers on the northeast slope was named after him. In 1897 Sarvant traveled to the Klondike region, where he worked as a surveyor and located a successful mine, earning enough gold to fund his later business and farming ventures.

Sarvant returned to the Tacoma region in 1900 and served as mayor of Steilacoom. For many years he was treasurer of the Northwestern Woodenware Company of Tacoma. Here he met J.W. Slayden, and in 1908 he married Slayden's sister, Carolyn Cobbler. In 1912 he moved to Yakima, where he became involved in the fruit industry, conducting experiments in horticulture and developing new strains of flowers and plants. Sarvant continued to work in his orchard until his death on March 9, 1940.

Historical Background

Series 1: Mount Rainier Album

Mount Rainier is the highest volcano in the Cascade Range (at 14,411 feet, 4,392 m), and was named Rainier by the British explorer Captain George Vancouver. During a mapping expedition of the Puget Sound in 1792, he became the first European to view the mountain. The first well-documented climb of Rainier was made in 1857, led by United States Army Lieutenant August Valentine Kautz who was stationed in nearby Fort Steilacoom. Many in the climbing group suffered from snow blindness and other maladies, so after eight days Kautz turned back when they were just 400 feet from the summit.

Two years later an Indiana settler, James Longmire, founded a trade route named the Packwood Trail, which extended from the coast to the slopes of Mount Rainier. In 1870, Longmire led a group of four men, including a Yakima Indian guide named Sluiskin, on the first recorded successful climb to Mount Rainier summit. In 1883, Longmire discovered several soda and iron springs while camping at the southern foothills of Rainier. He established Mount Rainier's first hotel there and advertised the medicinal value of the spring water and mineral water baths. The success of the Longmire Hotel raised the popularity of Rainier as a destination for mountain climbers and tourists.

In 1888, John Muir and photographer Arthur C. Warner traveled to Rainier. Their writings and pictures further spread Mount Rainier's fame. Schoolteacher Fay Fuller became the first woman to climb the mountain in 1890. Mount Rainier National Park was established on March 2, 1899, by President McKinley, making it the fifth oldest national park in the United States. The park, which encompasses 378 square miles, sparked much debate regarding its title. Many favored Mount Tacoma, based upon the Native American name Takhoma. Note: Sarvant often identifies Mount Rainier as Mount Tacoma.

Series 2: Travels in Alaska and the Yukon

On July 17, 1897, the steamship Portland arrived in Seattle from Alaska carrying over $700,000 in gold bullion. News of this treasure and gold rush fever spread quickly, and the "Rush" was on. Seeing the Klondike as a golden opportunity in what had been a bleak decade (Panic of 1893), over 100,000 "stampeders" set out to the gold fields of the Yukon River and its tributaries in Canada and Alaska. The most popular routes were through Dyea and over the Chilkoot Pass or through Skagway and over the White Horse Path. Neither was easy; during the winter months heavy snow and ice made the trip dangerous and difficult, and in the fall and spring travelers had to contend with thick, unending mud. The Canadian North West Mounted Police were stationed at the summit of both passes, collecting duty on incoming goods and ensuring that each person was adequately outfitted to survive one year in the Klondike (one ton of food and equipment per person). Avalanches, drownings, typhoid, spinal meningitis, and scurvy claimed many lives. Of the tens of thousands who actually made it to Bonanza, only a few found fortunes. Although the Klondike Gold Rush lasted only a few years, it had an immediate and lasting effect on Western Canada and the United States. New towns sprang up along the trails to the gold fields, and the populations of existing towns and cities rose dramatically. The economic strength of these cities increased, as well, because prospectors spent money on supplies, lodging, meals, gambling, prostitution, and other forms of entertainment.

Scope and Content

The collection documents Sarvant's time on and around Mount Rainier, as well as his years in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. The first section of the collection is comprised of photographs which were taken from an album showing scenes primarily of Mount Rainier and its vicinity. The photographs were made by Sarvant between 1892 and August, 1913. Among these items are approximately 25 photographs taken by Sarvant's friend, Alvin H. Waite, who was a Tacoma landscape photographer and mountain climber. Most of the photographs in the first section chronicle the trips Sarvant took to Mount Rainier and show early settlements in the area, including Longmire Springs, the Kernahan's cabins, and Haines Mill. Also included in the collection is a short sequence entitled "Scenes from the Northern Pacific Railroad," which documents a trip Sarvant took in August of 1903 to other Northwest locales.

The second group of photographs centers around Sarvant's time in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. They appear to have been taken by Sarvant between August 1897 and November 1901, and are thematically arranged into three sections. The first chronicles Sarvant's trip up to the Klondike at the beginning of the Gold Rush (August, 1897) through Dyea and over the Chilkoot Pass to Dawson. The second set documents his movements through the gold fields of Bonanza, Eldorado, Hunker, and Adam's Creeks, providing pictorial evidence of mining practices and equipment, towns, camps, cabins, natural terrain, portraits of miners, and in some cases, their families and pets. The last set of photos seems to have been taken on Sarvant's return trip (or trips) from the gold fields. They show natural scenery, Native American houses, totem poles, and carvings, the disabled ship Farralon, and the towns of Sitka, Ketchikan, and Wrangell, Alaska.

Alternate Forms Available

View selections from the collection in digital format.

Restrictions on Access

The nitrate negatives are not available for viewing.

Processing Info

Processed by Scott Rawlings and Seth Dalby, 2002; rev. Jill M. Dalager 2003.

The Mount Rainier Series was in a deteriorating album, so the photographs were removed with the original order retained. Information about the images was taken from writing on the photos and on the album pages, which are located in box 2. Dates for the Alvin H. Waite photographs were taken from his detailed inventory, which can be found in the Alvin H. Waite Papers, manuscript Accession no. 3475-1 in the repository, rather than from Sarvant's notations.


Inventory

 
Box/Folder Item Date
Mount Rainier Album
Scenes on the way to Mount Rainier
1/11Evening on Mount Tacoma (Rainier)
Photographer: C. B. Talbot
2H.M. Sarvant and friend having "breakfast on the Mowich River" Aug. 16, 1896
3Man standing next to treeAug. 16, 1896
4Log cabin at Chenuis Falls on the Carbon RiverAug. 23, 1896
5Gravel bars on the Mowich RiverAug. 15, 1896
6Bridge over Voights Creek on the Busywild TrailSept. 1894
7Chenuis Falls on the Carbon RiverSept. 1894
8Canada Creek Falls on the Carbon River (cyanotype)   View image
9-10Chenuis Falls on the Carbon River (cyanotype)   View image
11Waterfalls
2/112"Mount Tacoma [Rainier] from the Rams Horn," Carbon Ridge    OVERSIZE
Photographer: C.B. Talbot (Tacoma, Wash.)
Oversize, see copy in box 1 / folder 1.
13Mount Tacoma [Rainier]    OVERSIZE
Photographer: C.B. Talbot (Tacoma, Wash.)
Oversize, see copy in box 1 / folder 1.
1/114"Mount Tacoma [Rainier] from the Goat-Stairs" 1893
Photographer: C.B. Talbot (Tacoma, Wash.)
15Tolmie Lake at Tolmie Peak on north side of Mount Rainier (cyanotype)
16Ship Lake on Carbon Ridge (cyanotype)
17Mountain summit with campsite
18Carbon River with mountains in background
19Carbon River with Mount Rainier rising in background, "two miles below Carbon Glacier"
20Carbon River with Mount Rainier rising in background, "two miles below Carbon Glacier" (cyanotype)July 18, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
21Mount Rainier from the mouth of Tolmie Creek (cyanotype)
22Mount Rainier from the mouth of Carbon River (cyanotype)July 18, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
23Carbon River with Mount Rainier rising in background, "looking up Carbon River three miles below glacier" (cyanotype)
North side of Mount Rainier
24Part of Carbon Glacier   View image1894
25 a-bCarbon River running out of foot of the Carbon Glacier (cyanotype)   View imageJuly 18, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
26Carbon River running out of the Carbon Glacier
27River valley with waterfall
Double exposure.
28View towards Carbon Glacier from Moraine Park, 5,500 ft.
29View towards Carbon Glacier from Moraine Park, 6,000 ft. (cyanotype)July 19, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
30-31View of mountain
32View of Carbon Glacier from the west side of Moraine Park, 6,500 ft.
1/233Near the foot of Carbon Glacier looking down
34Moraine Lake in Moraine Park Sept. 1894
Northwest side of Mount Rainier
35Mount Rainier (cyanotype)
36-37Mount Rainier from Spray Park, 6,000 ft. (cyanotype)
38Snow on mountainSept. 1894
Northeast side of Mount Rainier
39Mount Rainier from Moraine Park, 6,000 ft.
40Northeast slope of Mount Rainier, Whiteriver GlacierSept. 1894
41Crater Peak and Whiteriver Glacier (cyanotype)
42Carbon Glacier and Liberty RidgeSept. 1894
43Crater Lake (Mowich Lake), 5,200 ft.Sept. 1894
44Moraine ParkSept. 1894
45North summit of Mount Rainier
46Northeast side of Carbon Glacier
Carbon Glacier
47Head of Carbon Glacier, elevation 8,000 ft. (cyanotype)
48Head of Carbon Glacier, elevation 7,000 ft. (cyanotype)
49Moraine Park Sept. 1894
50Moraine Park on Carbon Glacier Sept. 1894
51Plummer and Sarvant, "above the clouds"   View imageSept. 1894
52Carbon Glacier   View imageSept. 1894
53Spray Falls at Spray Park
54Man on trail from Spray Park to North Mowich GlacierJuly 20, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
1/355Carbon River a half mile above Canada CreekSept. 21, 1895
56Carbon River below Mother Mountain Sept. 28, 1895
57Foot of Carbon GlacierSept. 22, 1895
58Timberline of Mount RainierSept. 23, 1895
59Sluiskin Mountain Range from White River divide, elevation 7,000 feet Sept. 24, 1895
60Moraine Lake, elevation 5,800 ft.Sept. 27, 1895
61Winthrop Glacier and Saw ToothSept. 27, 1895
62Mount Rainier North PeakSept. 27, 1895
63White River Glacier and Little Tacoma Sept. 26, 1895
64White River GlacierSept. 26, 1895
65Winthrop GlacierSept. 27, 1895
66Sluiskin MountainsSept. 27, 1895
67Mount Rainier from the foot of White River GlacierSept. 25, 1895
68Foot of the White River GlacierSept. 25, 1895
69Ice cone, Winthrop GlacierSept. 27, 1895
70-71Foot of the White River GlacierSept. 25, 1895
72Crevasse in Winthrop GlacierSept. 25, 1895
73-74White River ValleySept. 25, 1895
75White River six miles below glacier Sept. 25, 1895
76Man standing next to a spruce tree near Hoh River   View imageMay 5, 1893
77Man standing next to buried stump near Hoh RiverMay 6, 1893
78Man standing next to spruce log near Queets River   View imageMay 9, 1893
Northwest slope of Mount Rainier
1/479Moraine Park and Mystic LakeAug. 20, 1896
80Spray ParkAug. 18, 1896
81Carbon River Glacier from Moraine ParkAug. 20, 1896
82Moraine ParkAug. 22, 1896
83Mount Rainier from the North Mowich GlacierAug. 17, 1986
84Basalt columns in South Mowich Glacier Aug. 16, 1986
85View of mountainsAug. 17, 1896
86View of Sluiskin Mountains Aug. 19, 1896
87Man standing by crevasse in the South Mowich Glacier Aug. 16, 1896
88View from foot of the South Mowich GlacierAug. 16, 1896
89Sluiskin GlacierAug. 22, 1896
90Crevasses in Winthrop Glacier, elevation 9,000 ft.Aug. 20, 1896
91Ice pinnacles, South Mowich GlacierAug. 16, 1896
92H.M. Sarvant on South Mowich Glacier, elevation 10,500 ft.   View image Aug. 21, 1896
93-94Crevasse in White River GlacierAug. 21, 1896
1/595View of Mount Rainier from Spray Park, including camp site   View image
96Tower Falls
97Narada Falls in Paradise Valley
98Crater Lake (Mowich Lake), elevation 5,200 ft.
99Looking towards Tacoma from Tolmie Peak, elevation 5,700 ft. (cyanotype)Oct. 21, 1894
100View of peaks with water pools in foreground   View image
101Spray Park (cyanotype)July 20, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
102View of a glacier
2/1103View of Mount Rainier from Spray Park    OVERSIZE
Oversize, see copy in box 1 / folder 5.
1/5104North Mowich Glacier (cyanotype)   View imageJuly 19, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
105Foot of North Mowich Glacier (cyanotype)   View imageJuly 20, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
106Waterfall on south side of North Mowich Glacier (cyanotype)July 20, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
West side of Mount Rainier
107Basalt columns on South Mowich Glacier (cyanotype)   View imageJuly 21, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
108South Mowich Glacier (cyanotype)July 21, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
109South Mowich Glacier (cyanotype)July 20, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
110Ice fall on Puyallup Glacier (cyanotype)July 21, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
1/6111Puyallup Glacier (cyanotype)   View imageJuly 21, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
112Ice pinnacles with man standing in foreground, North Tahoma Glacier (cyanotype)   View imageJuly 22, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
113South Mowich Glacier (cyanotype)   View imageJuly 21, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
114North Tahoma Glacier, south peak on right (cyanotype)   View imageJuly 21, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
115Junction of North and South Tahoma Glaciers (cyanotype)July 22, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
Southwest slope Mount Rainier
116South peak from Indian Henry's Hunting Ground (cyanotype)   View imageJuly 22, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
117Henry's Hunting Ground, North Tahoma Glacier (cyanotype)July 21, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
118Indian Henry's Hunting Ground
119South peak, Mount Rainier
120Head of Kautz Glacier and south peak (cyanotype) July 22, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
121The foot of Kautz Glacier looking across Kautz Canyon (cyanotype)   View imageJuly 22, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
122Nisqually Glacier, elevation 8,000 ft. (cyanotype) July 21, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
South slope of Mount Rainier
1/7123South side of Little Tacoma (cyanotype)July 27, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
124Below Gibraltar Rock, Cathedral Rocks1892
125Hedge by Gibraltar RockJuly 27, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
126Five men on the top of mountain, elevation 14,526 ft.   View image
127Inside the large crater, camping equipment (cyanotype)   View image
128Crevasse in Nisqually Glacier
129Panorama of Tatoosh Range from Paradise Park   View imageAug. 1896
130View of Pinnacle Peak from Camp of the Clouds, elevation 5,700 ft., Paradise Park   View image
131Mount Rainier and Paradise Park from Pinnacle Peak showing route to summit July 25, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
Paradise Park
132Narada Falls, Paradise Park (cyanotype)
133Waterfall
134Looking southeast from Alta Vista
135Field of flowers along a trail
1/8136Nisqually Canyon from Paradise Park   View image
137Nisqually Glacier
South slope, Mount Rainier
138Sluiskin Falls near the foot of the Nisqually Glacier
139Sluiskin Falls, Paradise Park
140View from below the foot of the Nisqually Glacier1892
141Nisqually Canyon near glacier
142Man at campsite in Paradise Park (cyanotype)   View image
143Two men and two pack mules, Nisqually Valley (cyanotype)   View image
144Man preparing a meal near tent and laundry, Longmire Springs   View image
145Man sitting on boulder next to the Nisqually River near Longmire   View image
146Sawtooth Range in background at Longmire Springs
147Longmire Springs with Mount Rainier in background
148Buildings, Longmire Springs   View image
Photographer: Fred G. Plummer
149Man sitting in front of a log cabin at Longmire Springs, "the first house at the springs"   View image
150Two buildings and Mount Rainier at Longmire Springs
151Four buildings with Eagle Peak in background, Longmire Springs   View image
152Mineral spring and two buildings, Longmire Springs (cyanotype)   View image July 28, 1897
Photographer: Alvin H. Waite
153"New hotel" at Longmire Springs (cyanotype)   View image
154-155The Kernahan's place in Succotash Valley   View image
1/9156Looking south from Vista Peak
157Woods in Succotash Valley
Paradise Park
158Holmes and March, Paradise Park   View imageAug. 1896
159Paradise ParkAug. 1896
160Nisqually Glacier Aug. 1896
161Plummer and Holmes, Paradise Park   View imageAug. 1896
162Foot of Nisqually Glacier Aug. 1896
163Pinnacle Peak in the Tatoosh range from Paradise ParkAug. 1896
164Tahoma fork of the Nisqually RiverAug. 1986
165Narada Falls in Paradise ParkAug. 1986
166Nisqually River at ElbeAug. 1896
167Haines Mill in Succotash Valley   View imageAug. 1896
168Nisqually River at ElbeAug. 1896
169Haines Mill, Succotash ValleyAug. 1896
170Nisqually River at ElbeAug. 1896
171 Three woman and a man at Longmire Springs, one woman wearing pants, "everyday costume at Longmire Spring"   View imageAug. 1896
172Bridge over Nisqually River at Elbe   View imageAug. 1896
173Nisqually River at head of Nisqually CanyonMay 18, 1893
174Nisqually FallsMay 18, 1893
1/10175-176Nisqually River at head of Nisqually CanyonMay 18, 1893
177Nisqually RiverMay 17, 1893
178Clear Lake   View imageMar. 16, 1893
Scenes from the Northern Pacific Railroad
179Rail bridge spanning a valley (cyanotype)
180Coeur D'Alene summit (cyanotype)
181Telegraph pole next to a river (cyanotype)
182-187Mashel Canyon on the Mashel River near Eatonville   View image
188Falls in Lynch Creek near Eatonville
189-190Clear Lake
191Huntersville Store on Eatonville Road   View image
192Seattle lake shore and Eastern train at Lake Park Hotel   View image
193-194Crater Lake, Oregon
1/11195-196Climbers on Mount St. Helens (cyanotype)   View image
Photographer: Carpenter
197-203[Missing page here containing seven photographs]
Betts and Sarvant trip Aug. 15-23, 1903
204Mashel Hotel at Eatonville   View image
205Bridge over river at Elbe   View image
206Trail on Mashel mountain   View image
207View of Eatonville   View image
208Foot of the Nisqually Glacier
209-210Longmire Hotel and mountain   View image
211-213Nisqually Glacier
214Dead Horse Creek
215Mount Rainier
216Campsite, Reese's Camp   View image
217View of mountain from Reese's Camp
218-219Campsite, Reese's Camp   View image
220Eagle Peak with Mount St. Helens in the distance   View image
221View of Mount Rainier, elevation 10,500 ft.   View image
222Head of Cowlitz Glacier
223Head of Nisqually Glacier
1/12224-227Gibraltar Rock at top of Mount Rainier   View image
228Top of Gibraltar Rock
229-230Looking east from top of Gibraltar Rock
231White River Glacier from top of Gibraltar Rock
232H.M. Sarvant at the top of Gibraltar Rock   View image
233Looking north across summit from Gibraltar Rock
234Columbia Crest   View image
235W.R. Betts and M.D. at summit   View image
236Liberty Cap, north peak   View image
237Northwest crater
238Peak Success, south peak
Nisqually River and Paradise Park
239Nisqually River from Elbe1903
Photographer: W.R. Betts
240Waterfall near Nisqually Glacier in Paradise Park 1903
Photographer: W.R. Betts
241Campsite in Paradise Park   View image1903
Photographer: W.R. Betts
242Nisqually Glacier   View image1903
Photographer: W.R. Betts
243Tatoosh Range and Paradise Park1903
Photographer: W.R. Betts
244Reflection Lake and Mount Rainier July 1903
Photographer: W.R. Betts
245 "The end of the wagon trail," Longmire Springs   View imageMay 1903
Photographer: W.R. Betts
246Paradise Park from Pinnacle Peak
247[Same photograph as 244]
248Nisqually Canyon
Miscellaneous photographs
1/13249Ashford's Hotel
250National Park Inn   View image
251Tacoma Eastern Railroad bridge through Nisqually Canyon   View image
252Government Road
253Campsite view from National Park Inn
254Tacoma Eastern Railroad
Paradise Park
1/14255Mrs. J.W. Slayden and Mrs. H.M. Sarvant on bridge on old trail across Paradise River   View image
256Nisqually River
257Trail to Paradise Park
258Trail crossing Nisqually River   View image
259Carter Falls
260Narada Falls
261Paradise River   View image
262Campsite at Reese's Camp   View image
263Narada Falls
264-265Reese's Camp in Paradise Park   View image
266H.M. Sarvant in Reese's Camp   View image
267Trail in Paradise Park
268Nisqually Glacier viewed from Paradise Park
269-270Paradise Park
271Waterfall in Paradise Park
272Reese's Camp in Paradise Park
273River in Paradise Park
274River valley in Paradise Park
275Hillside and clouds
276Waterfall and glacier
277Dog sitting in field
278Mrs. H.M. Sarvant sitting on boulder
279Camp of the Clouds   View image
280Crevasse in Paradise Glacier
281Sluiskin Falls
282Sluiskin Glacier
1/15283Two men on Stevens Glacier   View image
284View from observation car on East Tacoma Railroad
285Stevens Glacier
286-287Cowlitz Glacier
288Timber line vegetation
289Landslide on small bluff, Nisqually Moraine
290Rocky hillside with glaciers in background
291P.L. Slayden (Sarvant's nephew) on Nisqually Glacier ca. 1910
292Sluiskin Valley
Miscellaneous photographs
293Nisqually River, Fort Lewis   View imageJune 1904
294Log cabin   View imageAug. 14, 1908
295Nisqually Valley
Sarvant automobile trips to Mount Rainier
1/16296-297Automobile on gravel road in woods   View imageAug. 16, 1908
298Mrs. H.M. Sarvant in automobile   View imageAug. 14, 1908
299View of Mount Rainier Aug. 16, 1908
300River Valley and bridge Aug. 16, 1908
301People and two automobiles standing on wooden bridge with Mrs. H.M. Sarvant on left   View imageAug. 14, 1908
302View from bridge Aug. 15, 1908
303People resting by boulders   View imageAug. 14, 1908
304Wooden bridge in river valleyAug. 14, 1908
305Foot of glacierAug. 14, 1908
306GlacierAug. 14, 1908
307GlacierAug. 15, 1908
308Horses and cow   View imageAug. 15, 1908
309River valley and fire-damaged treesAug. 15, 1908
310Field with wildflowersAug. 15, 1908
311Foot of glacierAug. 15, 1908
312Hillside trailAug. 15, 1908
313People on hillsideAug. 15, 1908
314Two people on hillside looking over river valleyAug. 15, 1908
315Wooden bridgeAug. 15, 1908
316Stoddard Dayton and others on wooden bridge with automobile1909
317Foot of glacier1909
318Wooden bridge in valley 1909
319-322Three people near the foot of a glacier   View image1909
Photographer: Tubbs
323Valley with foothills1909
324River rapids1909
325Gravel road 1909
326Three people standing in snowfield   View image1909
1/17327Campsite, automobiles, and building   View image1909
328Campsite   View image1909
329Gravel road in woods   View image1909
330Automobile on gravel road in woods
331Group of people with automobile on bridge   View image1909
332-334Automobile on gravel road
Mount Rainier
335Peak Success and Mount Rainier viewed from near Longmire Springs1909
336-337Foot of glacier   View image1909
338Summit of mountain and glaciers1909
339Summit of mountain and glaciers1906
340-341Waterfall1906
342East Cowlitz Glacier looking east
Photographer: George Caesar
343View of Gibraltar Rock, Little Tacoma Peak, and Whitman Glacier from White River Glacier
344Looking north from Summerland
345Narada Falls   View image
346Tatoosh Range
Sarvant trip to Mount Rainier
1/18347Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Post, Mrs. Gardner, and Mrs. Sarvant with automobile in woods July 6, 1910
348Automobile and mountains in the distance   View imageJuly 7, 1910
349Automobile on road in woods
350Mount Rainier from National Park InnJuly 6, 1910
351Glacier1911
352Hotel at FairfaxJuly 17, 1910
353Drinking water from stream   View image July 17, 1910
354-355Crater Lake (now Mowich Lake)July 18, 1910
356Meadow July 17, 1910
357Crater Lake (now Mowich Lake) and mountainJuly 17, 1910
358Spray ParkJuly 18, 1910
359P.V. Caesar and packer on trail from Crater Lake to Spray ParkJuly 18, 1910
360Crater Lake (now Mowich Lake)July 17, 1910
361North Mowich Glacier from Spray Park July 18, 1910
362Campsite at Spray ParkJuly 19, 1910
363Mount RainierJuly 18, 1910
364Spray Park at timberline July 19, 1910
1/19365Spray Park and Mount RainierJuly 18, 1910
366-368Ptarmigan grouse above Spray Park July 19, 1910
369Looking out across Spray Park July 19, 1910
370P.V. Caesar at Echo Rock   View imageJuly 19,1910
371Observation Point on northwest slopeJuly 19, 1910
372Mount Rainier, Mowich Glacier, Crater LakeJuly 19-23, 1910
Collage of seven photos.
373Ptarmigan RidgeJuly 19, 1910
374P.V. Caesar on northwest slope of Mount RainierJuly 20, 1910
375Sluskin MountainJuly 20, 1910
376Mountain valleyJuly 21, 1910
377WaterfallJuly 20, 1910
378Cataract Valley   View imageJuly 20, 1910
379Carbon Glacier July 20, 1910
380Carbon Glacier in Moraine Park July 21, 1910
1/20381GlacierJuly 21, 1910
382Three men on hillside with camping gear   View image July 21, 1910
383Three men on Carbon Glacier near Willis Wall   View imageJuly 20, 1910
384Glacier CrevasseJuly 21, 1910
385Little Tacoma "from Knapp Cabin" July 22, 1910
386Mine and cabin at fork of White River July 21, 1910
387Knapp Log cabin at inter fork of White River   View image July 22, 1910
388Log cabin in treesJuly 22, 1910
389-390White Glacier   View image July 22, 1910
391P.V. Caesar on White Glacier   View imageJuly 22, 1910
392Crevasse in White GlacierJuly 22, 1910
393-396Little Tacoma Peak July 22, 1910
397Summerland Mountain RangeJuly 22, 1910
398Mount Rainier and Fryingpan GlacierJuly 23, 1910
399-400Little Tacoma PeakJuly 22, 1910
1/21401Mount Rainier and Little Tacoma Peak July 23, 1910
402Campground at SummerlandJuly 23, 1910
403Three men in bedrolls at Summerland campground   View imageJuly 23, 1910
404-405Men on hillside   View image July 23, 1910
406Williwakas GlacierJuly 23, 1910
407Glacier   View imageJuly 24, 1910
408Cowlitz ParkJuly 24, 1910
409Bird's nestJuly 22, 1910
410Men setting up photography equipmentJuly 22, 1910
411Campsite July 24, 1910
412-413Glacier   View imageJuly 24, 1910
414[Missing photo]
415Williwakas Glacier July 24, 1910
416Group of four men at Reese's Camp   View imageJuly 25, 1910
417Bridge above Narada FallsJuly 25, 1910
418Men setting up surveyors equipment   View image
419Foot of Nisqually Glacier July 6, 1910
Miscellaneous photographs of Mount Rainier
1/22420People on horseback near building
421Grassy meadow and trees
422Mountain ridge and clouds
423Men resting next to surveyors equipment   View image
424Glacier
425Mountain in clouds
426-429Meadow and mountain range   View image
430Mount Rainier and campground   View image
431Glacier
432Glacier Aug. 17, 1912
433Foot of a glacier Aug. 17, 1912
434Foot of a glacierAug. 1913
435Large trees and automobile
Box Item
2/1436Mountain range and clouds    OVERSIZE
Oversize, see copy in box 1 / folder 22.
437[Empty album pages]    OVERSIZE

 
Box/Folder Item Date
Travels in Alaska and the Yukon
Trip to the Klondike
3/1438East from Wrangell Narrows Aug. 15, 1897
439Ships Willamette and Rosalie in Skagway harbor   View imageAug. 17, 1897
440Skagway from near steamboat wharf   View imageAug. 18, 1897
441Unloading ship at SkagwayAug. 18, 1897
442Encampment on Dyea River   View imageAug. 19, 1897
443Encampment on Dyea River   View imageAug. 26, 1897
444Looking up Dyea River, 25 miles below Dyea Canyon   View imageAug. 28, 1897
445Looking up left fork of Dyea RiverAug. 30, 1897
446Tents at mouth of Dyea Canyon (Canon City, Chilkoot Trail)   View imageAug. 30,1897
447Looking up Dyea Canyon   View imageAug. 31, 1897
3/2448Two miners and horse below Sheep Camp, Dyea Trail   View imageSept. 4, 1897
449Dyea River at Sheep Camp, with Chilkoot Pass on the right in distance   View imageSept. 4, 1897
450Tents at Sheep Camp   View image Sept. 4, 1897
451Tents at Stone House   View imageSept. 4, 1897
452Tents at Scales, below Chilkoot Pass   View imageSept. 4, 1897
453Looking south from summit of Chilkoot PassSept. 4, 1897
454Crater LakeSept. 4, 1897
455Camp on the north end of Crater Lake   View imageSept. 12, 1897
456Camp at Long Lake looking north   View imageSept. 18, 1897
457Two men whipsawing at Lake Lindeman   View imageSept. 26, 1897
3/3458Lake Lindeman from near Deep LakeSept. 22, 1897
459Boat building camp at head of Lake Lindeman   View imageSept. 26, 1897
460Boats crossing to Bennett across Lake LindemanSept. 26, 1897
461Portage between Lindeman and Bennett LakesSept. [31?], 1897
462Mountains northeast of Lake BennettOct. 2, 1897
463Looking north on Lake Bennett Oct. 2, 1897
464Boats moored at Canadian customs house, Tagish Oct. 7, 1897
465Tagish houses, Lake MarshOct. 7, 1897
Double exposure.
466Lewis River ten miles above Miles Canyon Oct. 8, 1897
467Central basin of Miles CanyonOct. 9, 1897
3/4468-470Lower end of Miles Canyon   View imageOct. 9, 1897
471Looking up White Horse rapids from near "foot" Oct. 9, 1897
472Foot of White Horse rapids Oct. 9, 1897
473Camp below Bonanza Creek (mining claims 4 and 5)1897
474Islands in Lake LeBarge Oct. 11, 1897
475Lewis River at Mouth of Big Salmon RiverOct. 14, 1897
476Tantulus Butte and Lewis River, twenty miles above Five Finger RapidsOct. 14, 1897
477Five Finger RapidsOct. 15, 1897
3/5478Fort Selkirk and Yukon RiverOct. 16, 1897
479Palisade at Mouth of Pelley RiverOct. 16, 1897
480Miners ("Chechacos") at mouth of Stewart River   View imageOct. 18, 1897
481Yukon River near Klondike River Oct. 20, 1897
482Dawson from bluff south of KlondikeOct. 23, 1897
483Camp below Bonanza Creek (mining claims 6, 7, 8)1897 or 1898
Mining in Bonanza Creek area
3/6484Camp below Bonanza Creek with timber cabins (mining claims 7, 8)1898
485High water flooding, mining claim 5 below Bonanza Creek1898
486Four men mining on mining claim 5 below Bonanza Creek   View image 1898
487Franz cabin at mining claim 3 below Bonanza   View image1898
488McCormack's Forks, upper Bonanza Creek[1898?]
489"The Forks" view of town at mouth of Eldorado Creek   View image 1898
490Graves of three Indians, Eldorado Creek 1898
491On the Dominion Trail near the Big Dome [ 1898?]
492On the Divide behind the Forks1898
493Man and roadhouse at head of Hunker Creek on divide with Big Dome on left[1898?]
494Looking up Adam's Creek with Adam's Hill on left, opposite mining claims 4, 5, 6 below Bonanza Creek   View image[1898?]
495Winter scene on mining claim 18, Adam's Creek at mouth of Stampede Gulch 1898
Klondike mining scenes
3/7496Six men (Wilson, Roper, Fairchild, and others) "mushing wood," Adam's Hill   View imageJan. 1899
497Ward Cabin, mining claim 4 below Bonanza   View image1899
498Cattle, horses, supplies on way to Dawson six miles above canyon (cyanotype)   View image 1899
499Dawson, West Dawson, ship S.S. Susie of the A.C. Co.   View image[Aug.?] 1899
500View of West Dawson along river   View imageSept. 1899
501Looking south from peak behind Dawson 1899
502Looking down Yukon River at cabins and ship   View image1899
503Suspension bridge over Klondike River; view of unnamed town   View image1899
504Wooden ferry and cable across the Klondike River   View image1899
505Trail to mines up Klondike River 1899
3/8506Bonanza Hotel1899
507Four miners and Yukon Goldfield Ltd. bunkers, Bonanza Creek   View image1899
508Road houses on mining claim 65 below Bonanza Creek   View image1899
509Mining claim 34 below Discovery   View image1899
510Magnet Road House   View image1899
511Man, boy, dog outside Slayden cabin, Adam's Hill   View image 1899
512Man, woman, boy, dog outside Slayden cabin, Adam's Hill   View image1899
513-514Miners "rocking," Adam's Hill   View image1899
515Man "rocking" Clayton claim, Adam's Hill,   View image1899
3/9516Four miners "rocking" on Sarvant claim, Adam's Hill   View image1899
Pictured: W.H. Wilson, J. Tillin, R.H. Roper, H.M. Sarvant.
517Tillin Cabin, Adam's Hill   View image1899
518-519Sarvant cabin, Adam's Hill   View image
520View of Gold Hill from Adam's Hill   View imageAug. 1899
521Brewett and Slacker cabin on Adam's Hill   View image1899
522Magaw and Andrews upper shaft, Chechaco Hill   View image[1899?]
523Four men at mouth of Magaw and Andrews tunnel, Chechaco Hill   View image1899
524Magaw and Andrews tram, Chechaco Hill   View image1899
525Foot of Magaw and Andrews tram, Chechaco Hill   View image1899
526Magaw and Andrews dumps on mining claim 1, Adams Hill   View image1900
527Magaw and Andrews tram, Chechaco Hill (cyanotype)   View image1900
528Three men in front of Wadsworth cabin, Big Skookum Gulch   View image
529Looking up Bonanza Creek from Little Skookum
530J.W. Slayden and family in front of log cabin, Stampede Gulch   View image1899
Hunker Creek area
3/10531Miners, mining camp, Hunker Creek   View image
532Two women, man, young girl at table in miner's tent, Hunker Creek   View image
533-534Six miners beside a flume, Hunker Creek   View image
535Seven miners, native woman, and child beside log cabin and flume, Hunker Creek   View image
536Eight miners atop stone wall and rubble pile, Hunker Creek   View image
537Miners working, eating within view of cabins and flumes, Hunker Creek   View image
538Four miners and dog sitting in front of log cabin, Hunker Creek   View image
3/11539Five miners working a flume, Hunker Creek   View image
540Four miners between piles of rubble, Hunker Creek   View image
541Miners, flume, cabins, Hunker Creek   View image
542-543Miners and flume, Hunker Creek   View image
544Three miners (two are African-American) beside flume, Hunker Creek   View image
545Mining camp, Hunker Creek
546Men and dog sleds in front of 54 Road House, Hunker Creek   View image
547View of Ketchikan from waterMar. 7, 1900
Chechaco Hill and Klondike vicinity
3/12548Man and horse-drawn sled freighting to Dawson over ice at mouth of Stewart River   View imageApr. 9, 1900
549View of mountains from peak behind DawsonMay 6, 1900
550Dawson, breaking of the ice   View image May 8, 1900
551Four men and dog in front of Roper cabin   View imageMay 13, 1900
552Miners in front of Magaw and Andrews' boiler house, [Chechaco Hill?]   View image May 21, 1900
553Mining claim 1 on Adam's Creek   View imageMay 22, 1900
554View of cabins, Gold Hill, Forks from Chechaco Hill   View imageMay 22, 1900
555"Joe-Joe" with wife, baby, and dog   View imageMay 22, 1900
556Looking down the Yukon River from peak behind Dawson   View image June 1900
557Miner beside Stafford-Williams, Clark shaft   View image1900
558-559Tents and cabins, Chechaco Hill   View image1900
Trip around the Klondike
3/14560Four men, one woman in front of Slayden cabin   View imageFeb. 24, 1901
3/13561Miner at "S and S" boiler house and shaft   View imageMar. 5, 1901
562Dog "Jacko" in snow   View imageMar. 5, 1901
563Five miners in front of cabin, "a parting shot"   View imageMar. 5, 1901
564Dog sleds beside Selkirk Hotel on Dawson Trail   View image Mar. 12, 1901
565"O.J. Brown's dog team" at Selkirk Hotel   View imageMar. 12,1901
566Men and women standing in front of Patterson Road House   View imageMar. 12, 1901
567Lewis River 15 miles above Selkirk   View imageMar. 12, 1901
568Men and horse drawn sled in front of "C.D. Post No. 5" between LeBarge and Tantalus   View imageMar. 14, 1901
569Mining claim 41 above Discovery (Simpson Claim)   View imageApr. 29, 1901
Ship to Ketchikan
3/14570"Alaskan scenery"Nov. 11, 1901
Shown are mountains, trees, and water.
571Two houses and totem pole, KetchikanNov. 14, 1901
572Totem by chief's grave, KetchikanNov. 14, 1901
573-574Prince of Wales Mining Co. camp, Kasaan BayNov. 17, 1901
575City of Seattle ship transferring mail from disabled ship Farralon   View imageNov. 21, 1901
576View of mountains from the ship Farralon Nov. 22, 1901
577Bow of ship Farralon, disabled off Kennedy Island   View imageNov. 21, 1901
Return trip along Alaska coast
3/15578View of Sitka harborNov. 1901
579View of a portion of Sitka, Alaska   View imageNov. 1901
580"Greek" (Russian Orthodox) church, Sitka, Alaska   View imageNov. 1901
581Interior of "Greek" (Russian Orthodox) church, Sitka, Alaska   View imageNov. 1901
582View of the [Millmore Hotel?] and Russian church, Sitka, Alaska (cyanotype)   View imageNov. 1901
583View of Sitka, Alaska   View imageNov. 1901
584Totem pole and houses, Ketchikan, AlaskaNov. 14, 1901
585Carved wooden bear at Indian graveyard, Ketchikan, AlaskaNov. 14, 1901
"By the grave of a woman that was killed by a bear. It has a piece of her dress and some of her hair in its mouth."
3/16586"Indian grave," Ketchikan, AlaskaNov. 14, 1901
587Totem pole between two houses, Ketchikan, AlaskaNov. 16, 1901
588Prospect Hole, Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Island Nov. 16, 1901
589View of Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Island   View imageNov. 16, 1901
590Views of two totem poles, Fort Wrangell (cyanotype)   View imageNov. 1901
591-592Views of Fort Wrangell (cyanotype)   View imageNov. 1901
593Totem pole in front of wooden building, Fort Wrangell, Alaska   View imageNov. 1901

Subject Terms

Personal Names:
Sarvant, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1860-1940--Photographs.
Waite, Alvin H., photographer.
Waite, Alvin H.
Subjects:
Camps--Washington (State)--Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--Photographs.
Glaciers--Washington (State)--Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--Photographs.
Gold mines and mining--Yukon--Klondike River Valley--Photographs.
Gold miners--Yukon--Klondike River Valley--Photographs.
Gold rushes--Alaska--Photographs.
Gold rushes--Yukon--Klondike River Valley--Photographs.
Mining camps--Alaska--Photographs.
Mining camps--Yukon--Klondike River Valley--Photographs.
Mountaineering--Washington (State)--Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--Photographs.
Mountaineers--Washington (State)--Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--Photographs.
Mountains--Washington (State)--Photographs.
Rivers--Washington (State)--Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--Photographs.
Totem poles--Alaska--Photographs.
Waterfalls--Washington (State)--Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--Photographs.
Geographic Names:
Alaska--Gold discoveries--Photographs.
Carbon Glacier (Wash.)--Photographs.
Carbon River (Wash.)--Photographs.
Chilkoot Pass--Photographs.
Dyea (Alaska)--Photographs.
Emmons Glacier (Wash.)--Photographs.
Ketchikan (Alaska)--Photographs.
Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries--Photographs.
Longmire Springs (Wash.)--Photographs.
Moraine Park (Wash.)--Photographs.
Narada Falls (Wash. : Waterfall)--Photographs.
Nisqually Glacier (Wash.)--Photographs.
Nisqually River (Wash.)--Photographs.
North Mowich Glacier (Wash.)--Photographs.
Paradise Valley (Wash.)--Photographs.
Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--Photographs.
Rainier, Mount, Region (Wash.)--Photographs.
Sitka (Alaska)--Photographs.
South Mowich Glacier (Wash.)--Photographs.
Spray Park (Wash.)--Photographs.
Yukon Territory--Gold discoveries--Photographs.
Genre Headings:
Cyanotypes.
Landscape photographs.
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