William Harris photo album,

William Harris photo album

William Harris photo album

Harris, William J., 1859-1942
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Photographs from an album belonging to William J. Harris, of Spokane. Most of the photographs are portraits with some identification, including photographs of Rita Bellinger, Mrs. Crosby, Alfred DeVoto, Louise Harris, Wilfrid Laurier, and Louis Merkel. The collection includes one photograph of polo playing, presumably in Spokane. Also present is one photograph of two men with their dog team in Seward, Alaska. Several pictures of Spokane Indian women are also present.

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Barcode Status Material Type CallNumber
37413311840211 Restricted Northwest Room Closed Stack NWC-008
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, William J., 1859-1942
Format: Image
Language:English
Subjects:
Harris, Louise, > 1883-1904 > Photographs.
Laurier, Wilfrid, > Sir, > 1841-1919 > Photographs.
Merkel, Louis > Photographs.
Harris, William J., > 1859-1942. > Photographs.
Bellinger, Rita > Photographs.
DeVoto, Alfred > Photographs.
Polo players > Photographs.
Sled dogs > Alaska.
Photographs.

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100 1 |a Harris, William J.,  |d 1859-1942. 
245 1 0 |a William Harris photo album,  |f 1890-1911. 
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520 0 |a Photographs from an album belonging to William J. Harris, of Spokane. Most of the photographs are portraits with some identification, including photographs of Rita Bellinger, Mrs. Crosby, Alfred DeVoto, Louise Harris, Wilfrid Laurier, and Louis Merkel. The collection includes one photograph of polo playing, presumably in Spokane. Also present is one photograph of two men with their dog team in Seward, Alaska. Several pictures of Spokane Indian women are also present. 
506 |a Archival, non-circulating item. To view, contact the Inland Northwest Special Collections at 509-444-5338 or INSC@spokanelibrary.org. 
545 0 |a William J. Harris, mine and hotel owner, and was on the board of directors of the Le Roi Gold Mining Company. He was born in Canada in 1859 and came to the United States when he was twelve. In the fall of 1884, he followed the silver strike to Coeur d'Alene and spent several years mining. He came to Spokane in 1889 and got into the hotel and restaurant business, as well as maintaining mining interests. He was married in 1882 to Caroline Hanson and they had one daughter, Louise, who was born in 1883. Louise Harris died in 1904 when the steamer, the Clallam, was wrecked in the straits of San Juan de Fuca, near Victoria and all fifty-four passengers died. His first wife died in 1912, and he married Rosemary Cunningham in 1913 and had two more daughters. 
555 0 |a Print version of finding aid available in library. 
600 1 0 |a Harris, Louise,  |d 1883-1904  |v Photographs. 
600 1 0 |a Laurier, Wilfrid,  |c Sir,  |d 1841-1919  |v Photographs. 
650 0 |a Polo players  |v Photographs. 
650 0 |a Sled dogs  |z Alaska. 
600 1 0 |a Merkel, Louis  |v Photographs. 
600 1 0 |a Harris, William J.,  |d 1859-1942.  |v Photographs. 
600 1 0 |a Bellinger, Rita  |v Photographs. 
600 1 0 |a DeVoto, Alfred  |v Photographs. 
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