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Donald Weber, Tacoma, 1910
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| Title | Donald Weber, Tacoma, 1910 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1910 |
| Caption | Donald Wadsworth Weber was born in 1905 in Tacoma to Silas and Mamie Morrison Weber, who had moved to Tacoma from Chicago, Illinois. After Donald graduated from Stadium High School in Tacoma, he moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington. While in his third year of engineering studies, he met and married Ruth Virginia Williams, daughter of Eva and John Williams of Seattle. They had two daughters and six grandchildren. Don retired from the U.S. Postal Service in Seattle after 40 years; his final position there was Regional Director with the Post Office Motor Vehicles division. After a lengthy illness, Ruth Weber died in 1965. The following year Donald married Carrie Prim, widow of the late attorney John Prim. Donald died in Seattle in 1988. |
| Notes | Handwritten on verso: Donald Weber, Tacoma.
Stamped on verso: Oral History Program, Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington.
Handwritten on sleeve: Donald Weber at 5 years old - Dressed up in large hat, middy. Posing on a chair.
Caption information source: Donald Weber's daughter, Ruth Johnetta.
Courtesy of Department of Records & Archives, State of Washington. |
| Subjects | Children--Washington (State)--Tacoma
African Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Weber, Donald |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma |
| Digital Collection | Black Heritage Society Collection |
| Image Number | 1997.17.2.63 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions, contact: TheBoard@blackheritagewa.org. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Repository | The Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc. |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
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