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Skarstedt's wife, oldest daughter, and Mr. Onsdorff under the "big tree" and a herd of cattle at Mount Bell, Washington, July 1894
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| Title | Skarstedt's wife, oldest daughter, and Mr. Onsdorff under the "big tree" and a herd of cattle at Mount Bell, Washington, July 1894 |
| Photographer | Skarstedt, Ernest |
| Date | 1894 |
| Notes | PH Coll 533.9 |
| Contextual Notes | Ernst Skarstedt was born in Bohuslan, Sweden in 1857 and emigrated to the United States in 1878. His career as an editor and correspondent for Swedish-American newspapers took him to Chicago, San Francisco and New York City, as well as Portland, Oregon, where Skarstedt attempted to start a Swedish language paper, Demokraten, to educate the Swedish community on local politics. Skarstedt was also a prolific writer of prose and poetry, publishing a trilogy of books on life in the Pacific Northwest. Skarstedt spent many years in the Pacific Northwest, starting as a pioneer in Clark County, Washington from 1886-1888. He then moved frequently, residing in Cowlitz County, Washington from 1896-1901, Columbia City near Seattle from 1906-1912, and Orcas Island from 1912-1928. He died in Friday Harbor, Washington near Seattle in 1929.
Most of the photographs in this collection are assumed to be by Skarstedt.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Families--Washington (State); Trees--Washington (State); Cattle--Washington (State) |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State) |
| Digital Collection | Society and Culture Collection
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| Order Number | SOC3241 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Ernst Skarstedt photographs. PH Coll 533 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2011 |
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