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1907 · 64217 — Seattle WA: William Lee Waters 1907. Oblong 4to. 11 x 7.25 in. 104 pp unpaginated. on thick black paper stock. With 132 silver gelatin photos mounted on the pages sized from 2 x 2 in. up to 7 x 9 in. with majority sized approx. 3 x 4 in. varying between matte finish and glossy photo stock most w/ white ink MS annotations identifying locations & subjects a couple laid-in over 25 printed photo clippings from contemporary Seattle souvenir travel brochures 2 colour-printed postcards. Contemporary flexible textured calf flexible cover binding rebacked white manuscript lettering on front cover some scuffing edgewear occasional over-exposure to about 7 photos still a VG- exemplar. This well-arranged photo album opens with a colour plate of Northwest Coast Native Americans canoeing along the sound with Mount Rainier in the background followed by several images of Native Americans basketry totem pole in downtown Seattle and outdoor adventures and scenery in Washington. Over 25 of the photographs focus on William Waters and Larrebee Waters canoeing traveling and building a cabin near Copalis Beach WA. Also featured are several photographs of Quinault Indians on the nearby reservation including group shots in front of the post office with large dog canoeing across Grays Harbor Quinault children and mother next to their beach tent and others. Other photos capture William Waters with his law office staff including 1 Japanese-American in front of the 610 Pioneer Building William next to Pioneer Square and a very nice photograph of the “Judge’s Office.†Still more photographs document a visit to the 1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition including a visit to the giant timber Forestry Building along with swimming & baseball at Brown’s Camp.Several photographs depict the fabulous salmon fishing and cooking at Colman’s Camp on Orcas Island in the Summer 1904 before the YMCA of Greater Seattle set up their famed Camp Orkila nearby in 1906. These photos show the canvas cabins excursion rowboats Mrs. Colman chaperoning the mixed bathing of young men & women and the beached steamship Mabel on the picnic beach. Summer 1905 found Waters and friends camping on Lake Washington canoeing splitting wood and even listening to the phonograph. Also featured along with a large contemporary photo of William Waters’ alma mater Harvard Law School are several photos of “Mamie†Harriet May Norton 1883-1965 whom he married in 1906. Along with photo of nicely appointed room and prominent placement of Harvard blanket and Northwest Coast Indian peaked hat hanging on the wall two of the photos capture Tsunezo Sawada b. 1885 their Japanese-American servant and cook including one view with the young couple in front of their canvas tent cabin from Seattle Tent & Awning Co. Sawada had emigrated from Japan by 1805 and would later move his family including his wife Mamoyo Sawada a medical nurse to Sacramento CA where he became a bean cake salesman supplying Japanese-American and Chinese-American restaurants cafes and hotels. Waters 1872-1956 was born in Lakeville New Brunswick Canada and later emigrated with his family to the Washington Territory in 1884. He later attended Harvard Law School and practiced law in Seattle WA until the end of the Roaring 20’s including a short stint in Yakima WA for the Northern Pacific. By 1930 he was living with his youngest son in Fullerton CA while Harriet Waters had moved in with their oldest daughter before returning to Seattle. William Lee Waters, unknown