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BOX 4 of 4
Glacier Peak Area, 1929
Inner Box: wood box with peeling fabric cover
103 lantern slides depicting the Glacier Peak region in the North Cascades, generally between Indian Pass and Glacier Peak (south of the volcano). Scenes include Indian Pass, White Pass, White and Red Mountain, Johnson Peak, Indian Head Peak, Lake Byrne, Kennedy Hot Springs, Reflection Lake, Whitechuck Glacier, and Glacier Peak. Most of the images are scenery alone, but some include people, horses, campsites, backcountry cabins, and a ranger station. One slide depicts Fred W. Cleator of the US Forest Service on horseback.
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Physical notes: Most slides are in color. Some slides have the Asahel Curtis, commercial photographer label. One slide is broken and a few are cracked. Most slides are dirty (speckled) and some have what appears to be mold growth (a translucent repetitive pattern) between the glass plates.
Box 4 enclosures:
Letter from Daniel Mondschein, Art Dealer, 2337 – 42nd SW, Seattle WA, 98116
[Undated]
To whom it may concern,
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All information provided with the slides came with them including the pictorial article, purported to be one of many stemming from the original venture that produced these photos.
Letter from Daniel Mondschein, Art Dealer, 2337 – 42nd SW, Seattle WA, 98116
December 1, 1984
To whom it may concern,
Ms. M. Keenan is empowered by possession of this [illegible] to transact business and receive funds in my name. –Daniel Mondschein
Letter on Mountaineers stationery from Melissa Kennan
December 14, 1984
I hereby certify that I have received a check for $500.00 made payable to Daniel Mondschein, art dealer, as payment in full for the group of photographic slides produced by J. Boyd Ellis and Asahel Curtis. The subject matter is primarily an outing to Glacier Peak in 1929 in consideration of proposing it for a National Park. –Melissa Keenan
Untitled Loose Sheet
This fine collection of slightly more than 100 lantern slides were photographed and produced by well-known Northwest photographers, Boyd Ellis of Arlington and Asahael Curtis of Seattle. They were two of about 20 persons brought together by the Everett Chamber of Commerce, back in 1929, for a trip into the North Cascades-Glacier Peak area for the purpose of gathering photographs, information, etc., thus attempting to interest the United States Government in developing the area as a National Park.
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