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| Title | Captain Robert Dollar, Seattle, ca. 1927 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | ca 1927 |
| Caption | "The grand old man of the Pacific, " "the dean of American shipping, " and "self-made shipping magnate" are a few of the phrases often used in reference to Captain Robert Dollar. Having left school at age twelve, he truly was a self-made man who rose through the ranks of the lumber industry to ownership, and later, found success in the shipping industry as well. Owning numerous shipping lines, Dollar Steamship Lines and American Mail Lines among them, Dollar was known for his early establishing of routes in the Far East as well as around-the-world service. Dollar attributed much of his success to both his wife and Christian practices and lived in good health until two years before his 1932 death at age 88.
This photo of Dollar in his later years with an unidentified man looking is likely near the waterfront in Seattle during the late 1920s. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Robt Dollar.
Caption information sources: Articles on May 16, 1932 from The San Francisco Chronicle, The Seattle Daily Times, and the Marine Digest. |
| Subjects | Business people--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lumber industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Shipping--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Dollar, Robert, 1844-1932 |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5G.497.1 |
| 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 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative 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. |
