LC control no. | n 83132202 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941 |
See also | Member of: Mountaineers (Society) |
Associated country | United States |
Associated place | Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.) |
Located | Saint Paul (Minn.) Seattle (Wash.) Cordova (Minn.) |
Birth date | 1874 |
Death date | 1941 |
Place of birth | Minnesota |
Field of activity | Photography |
Affiliation | Washington Irrigation Association Washington State Good Roads Association Seattle Chamber of Commerce Seattle-Tacoma Rainier National Park Committee |
Profession or occupation | Photographers |
Found in | Frederick, R. Asahel Curtis, 1983: t.p. (Asahel Curtis) LC data base, 11-16-83 (hdg.: Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941) Wikipedia, 19 July 2012 (Asahel Curtis; b. in 1874 in Minnesota; grew up in Cordova, Minnesota; family moved to Washington Territory in 1888 when Asahel was a teenager; in 1885 became an apprentice photographer in St. Paul, Minnesota; moved to Seattle in 1894 to work for his brother who had opened a phtography studio in Seattle; established his own photography studio in Seattle in 1911; primarily photographer of the Puget Sound Region in Washington; member of the Mountaineers, a mountain-climbing group at Mt. Rainier National Park; member and chair (1912-1936) of the Seattle-Tacoma Rainier National Park Committee; photographer for the Seattle Chamber of Commerce; owned an orchard in Ellensburg, Washington; president of the Washington Irrigation Association in the 1920's; President of the Washington State Good Roads Association, 1932-1933; Curtis Glacier of Mount Shuksan was named for him; d. 1941) |
Associated language | eng |