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| Title | Henry and Sarah Yesler in front of their home, Seattle, n.d. |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | n.d. |
| Caption | Henry Yesler arrived in Seattle in 1852 looking for a waterfront sawmill location. Other settlers moved the boundaries of their land claims to accommodate space for the mill, its pier, and a skid road, now Yesler Way. Yesler's sawmill, the first steam-powered mill on Puget Sound, started operation in the spring of 1853. In addition to his mill, Yesler owned and sold real estate and managed rental space in buildings and warehouses. He built this home at First and Jefferson in downtown Seattle.
Sarah Burgert married Henry Yesler in Ohio. Once he was settled in Seattle, she traveled out to join him. Sarah Yesler was active in many civic groups including the Ladies' Relief Society, which helped the needy, and the Ladies' Library Board, which founded Seattle's public library in the home of one of the members. Mrs. Yesler was Seattle's first librarian. After she died in the late 1880s, her husband gave their home to the city to use as a library. |
| Subjects | Houses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Pioneers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Festive decorations--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Yesler, Henry L. (Henry Leiter), 1810-1892
Yesler, Sarah, 1822-1887 |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2002.3.486 |
| 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 | Lantern Slide Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 lantern slide: color; 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.; cracked |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original lantern slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
