George Ritchey Photographs of Pullman 1897-1910
PC 13

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Title
George Ritchey Photographs of Pullman
ID
PC 13
Date [inclusive]
1896-1910
Extent
1 container, 0.5 linear feet, Approximate 62 items
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
A collection of 62 glass negatives (1896-1910) taken by George Ritchey of his family and home. Included in the collection are Pullman and campus views with images of nearby towns and scenery.

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Biographical Note:

George Elmer Ritchey (1870-1957) lived in Pullman at least as early as 1896, in a house on Windus Street on Military Hill. He apparently worked in a Pullman grain elevator in the 1890s. By 1910, he was a house painter, sharing his home with his wife, Carlotta, and children Helen and Elaine. His father, William, a carpenter, boarded with him, according to the city directory.

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Scope and Content

The Ritchey glass negatives are of 4x5 and 5x7 size and have been divided into the two groups. They are primarily of the Ritchey family and home, with Pullman and campus views and other views of nearby towns and scenery. Upon receipt prints were made, the negatives numbered and somewhat identified, and a container list compiled. The Lloyd Robbins collection (PC 14) includes photos of George Ritchey at work in a grain elevator in Pullman.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Acquisition Information

The George Ritchey collection of glass negatives was donated to the Washington State University Library ca. 1971.

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Related Materials

Related Material

To view images from this collection online, visit the George Ritchey Image Collection

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Names and Subjects

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Detailed Description of Collection

Folders 4 x 5  

folder

House, Warren, Idaho?  

1

Warren, Idaho  

2

Pierce, Idaho  

3

Pierce, Idaho  

4

Placer Mine  

5

Upper Palouse Falls  

6

Shell of Ferry Hall after it burned  

7

Campus from hill -- George Ritchey and wife -- Military Hill  

8

College burned 11-23?-97, Ferry Hall  

9

Ritchey home -- George and wife -- William  

10

Ritchey home -- wagon and houses -- William Ritchey  

11

Ritchey family -- Mrs. George Ritchey  

12

Ritchey family  

13

Men along roadside eating -- George Ritchey  

14

Child on sled  

15

Child in wagon  

16

Child in stroller  

17

Lady and two children  

18

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Folders 5 x 7  

folder

Ritchey family  

19

Ritchey family -- log cabin in forest  

20

Ritchey family home  

21

Ritchey family home, in winter  

22

Ritchey family, interior  

23

Ritchey family -- William Ritchey  

24

Ritchey family  

25

Ritchey home interior  

26

Ritchey family  

27

Ritchey family -- north from Military Hill -- George and William  

28

Ritchey family  

29

Campus from College Hill -- Reaney Park  

30

Round Barn, Colfax Highway  circa 1897-1910 

31

Pierce, Idaho  

32

Pierce, Idaho?  

33

(view of bridge, houses and river)  

34

(train on bridge over river)  

35

Sacred Heart Mission  circa 1897-1900 

Cataldo, Idaho

36

Elk Creek Falls  

37

Camas Prairie RR on Clearwater River  circa 1900 

38

Upper Palouse Falls  

39

Elk Creek Falls?  

40

Wallowa Lake  

41

Hydraulic Mining  

42

Chinese in Pullman  

43

Campus from Military Hill  

44

Campus  

45

George Colgate Grave, d. 1893  1904 

46

Elk Creek Falls  

47

Lake or River?  

48

River?  

49

Train wreck  

50

Sawmill -- stud  

51

Horse and buggy  

52

Horse and buggy  

53

Town and river?  

54

House - Pullman  

55

House  

56

House  

57

House  

58

Girl and toys -- on sled  

59

Children -- Garments (42 stars on flag)  

60

Girl and her toys  

61

Children (boys) garments  

62

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