Paul Dorpat Collection
Browse photographs from the Paul Dorpat Collection which documents the history of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. At this time, a small sampling of images has been digitized while the collection is actively being processed.
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Queen Anne High School, Seattle, ca. 1910s
Queen Anne High School opened in September 1909. The school was closed in 1981 and the building was repurposed into the Queen Anne Apartments in 1984. Published in Dorpat's Seattle Now & Then column "Queen Anne High" on October 12, 1997, and again in Dorpat's blog post "Queen Anne Addendum #1 - Queen Anne High" on October 13, 2010.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00118
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Indigenous woman with child on her back, ca. 1899
The identity of the woman and child are unknown. The photograph was likely taken in Alaska or Western Canada but the exact region is unknown. An illustration based on this photograph appeared in the June 1900 edition of McClure's Magazine.
Identifier: spl_ap_00170
Date: 1899
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Classroom with typewriters at the Hyatt-Fowells School, Seattle, ca. 1915-1919
Classroom with Remington typewriters on desks, likely at the Hyatt-Fowells School on the top floor of Pantages building on 3rd Ave and University St. Writing on the window can be seen, reading "A little better than seems necessary" and the number 1904, possibly the year the school was established.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00128
Date: 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Muir Glacier, ca. 1899
Identifier: spl_ap_00121
Date: 1899
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Tucker Hanford Company building, Seattle, ca. 1915-1919
Man standing at the entrance to the Tucker Hanford Company factory and office building at 703 Westlake Avenue, built in 1915.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00176
Date: 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Municipal News, v. 53, no. 7, Apr. 8, 1963
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_53_07
Date: 1963-04-08
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Wrecked car parked near homes, Seattle, ca. 1916
Unidentified car wreck with homes behind it along a residential street. Image is featured in Dorpat website post "Unintended effects - 5 wrecks," February 20, 2012 https://pauldorpat.com/2012/02/20/seattle-confidential-5-random-wrecks-1-r-i-p/. Location is presumed to be Seattle based on the photographer.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00104
Date: 1916
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"Australian" steamboat at Canyon City in Yukon Territory, ca. 1899
A similar photograph in the University of Washington’s Eric A. Hegg’s photographs identifies the location at Miles Canyon Landing, about 6 miles south of Whitehorse on the Yukon River. This location was used by the Canyon and White Horse Rapids Tramway Company between 1897 and 1900 to portage steamer cargo around Miles Canyon and the Whitehorse Rapids. Location information for Canyon City has been provided based on information from the National Park Service. The "Australian" was constructed by the Canadian Development Company in Bennett, British Columbia in 1899.
Identifier: spl_ap_00151
Date: 1899
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Gourmet's Notebook, v.9, no.9, Nov. 1981
Annie et Robert, pg. 65; Annie's, pg. 66; D' Andreas, pg. 70; Le Restaurant, pg. 68; Pasta & Company, pg. 69; Perino's, pg. 71; Skipper's Galley, pg. 67
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1981_09_09
Date: 1981-11
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Robert J. Block Interview, July 30, 1987
Robert Block (1922-1996) was a managing partner of the accounting firm Laventhal and Horvath and an active civic leader in Seattle. Block grew up in Chicago and attended the University of Illinois. He served in the Navy during World War II and was stationed in Seattle which was where he met and married his wife, Marian Friedman. Over the course of his accounting career, Block acted as president of the Washington State Board of Accountancy, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the Washington Society of CPA’s. Block was also active in his community, serving as president of Temple De Hirsh and vice president of the Seattle Opera.
Identifier: spl_ds_rblock_01
Date: 1987-07-30