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| Title | Family on the porch of a mill house at Port Blakely, 1909 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1909 |
| Caption | The Port Blakely Mill Company had a large lumber mill and company town on Bainbridge Island, across from Seattle. In the early 1880s, the company built a row of almost-identical clapboard cottages for its workers. An 1882 photo shows plain light-colored houses without covered porches or plantings. In photos taken around 1900, the houses have porches with gingerbread millwork. The clapboard is still light but now has darker trim. Picket fences border the yards, and residents have added plants and other personal touches.
This photo, taken around 1909, shows one of the mill houses with a family standing on the steps. Climbing roses shelter the porch of the house and a vine grows over the entryway. From notes on the back of the photo, a family named Simpson may have lived in this house. |
| Notes | Written on verso: Violet Simpson gave this photo to me, June 21, 1909 - Port Blakely. |
| Subjects | Labor housing; Families; Porches; Clothing & dress; Port Blakely Mill Company |
| Places | Port Blakely (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1977.6486.65 |
| 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 | Ziegler and Rankin Families Photographs and Other Material, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Ziegler and Rankin Families Photographs and Other Material |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: gelatin, b&w; 13 x 18 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
