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| Title | Henry Van Asselt, Seattle, ca. 1890 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1890 |
| Caption | Henry Van Asselt was born in Holland in 1817. In 1851, he and several others settled in the Duwamish River valley, where Boeing now stands. Van Asselt's land claim is slightly older than that of the Denny Party, making him one of the Seattle area's earliest white settlers. Van Asselt was a successful farmer and furniture maker. In 1862, he married Catherine Elizabeth Jane Maple, and the couple had one son and three daughters. |
| Notes | Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Pioneers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Farmers--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Van Asselt, Henry |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1967.4236.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Museum of History & Industry Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 charcoal drawing: b&w; 17 x 14 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
