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| Title | Henry Ziegler home at Port Blakely, ca. 1900 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1900 |
| 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, probably taken around 1900, shows the mill house occupied by Henry Ziegler and his family. Residents can lower a bamboo shade and a striped awning to shelter the porch. Boxes filled with geraniums, nasturtiums and other plants line the porch railings and a young maple tree will grow to shade the yard and house. |
| Subjects | Houses; Labor housing; Fences; Port Blakely Mill Company |
| Personal Names | Ziegler family |
| Places | Port Blakely (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1977.6486.66 |
| 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. |
