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Asahel Curtis (1874–1941) was an American photographer based in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. His career included documentation of the Klondike Gold Rush period in Seattle, natural landscapes in the Northwest, and infrastructure projects in Seattle.
A collection of 1,677 photographs documenting Seattle, Washington State, Alaska and the Klondike from the 1850s to 1940. The photographs were taken by Asahel Curtis and his staff, or copied from other sources, and show various aspects of Pacific Northwest activities and scenes.
The Seattle-based photographer Asahel Curtis made 60,000 photographic images over a 44-year career. They provide a remarkable visual record of the Pacific Northwest. He was the brother of the renowned photographer Edward Curtis; the brothers had a falling out when they were in their 20s, and never reconciled.
Aug 15, 2015 · PULLMAN, Wash.— Long overshadowed by his older brother Edward’s fame, Asahel Curtis (1874–1941) produced some 40,000 images chronicling a broad swath of early 2oth-century life in the Northwest.
Nov 17, 2023 · Asahel Curtis unapologetically recorded the exploitation of that environment — the loggers, the railroads, the heavy work of turning the wilderness into cities and ships. But he wasn’t just ...
Jan 4, 2024 · Asahel Curtis was an active photographer in the Pacific Northwest from the 1880s to 1941 and his collection is described as an “invaluable resource” by the Washington State Historical Society...
Jul 6, 2019 · Asahel Curtis described Mount Shuksan in the first Mountaineers annual as “a beautiful mass of igneous rock with cascade glaciers flowing outward on all sides, except the north.” He, along with W. Montelius Price, claimed the first ascent of the peak in 1906 (Shuksan’s Curtis and Price glaciers serve as namesakes to the climbers).
