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| Title | Painting of Henry Yesler |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Date | 1815 |
| Notes | The portrait of Henry L. Yesler (1810-1892) was painted by James Carroll Beckwith and hung in the Old Carnegie Library for several decades.
Henry Yesler established Puget Sound's first steam-powered sawmill in 1853. At the mill, Yesler's work force was nearly 50% Native American, and he maintained good relations with local Native people. In fact, he began a second family in Seattle, fathering a daughter with Susan Suquardle, daughter of his mill foreman. Yesler also served as King County's first auditor; was elected mayor of Seattle and founded Seattle's first water system and ultimately made his fortune in real estate. This portrait honors Henry Yesler, a benefactor to Seattle's public library. |
| Personal Names | Yesler, Henry |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact The Seattle Public Library. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Public Library; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Seattle Public Library |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | Oil on canvas |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
