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Vintage. Asahel CURTIS Magic Lantern Glass Slide-Seattle WA Scene-Smith Tower
Vintage. Asahel CURTIS Magic Lantern Glass Slide-Seattle WA Scene-Smith Tower
Vintage. Asahel CURTIS Magic Lantern Glass Slide-Seattle WA Scene-Smith Tower
Vintage. Asahel CURTIS Magic Lantern Glass Slide-Seattle WA Scene-Smith Tower

Vintage. Asahel CURTIS Magic Lantern Glass Slide-Seattle WA Scene-Smith Tower

$ 7.91

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Good vintage condition.
  • Subject: Seattle Skyscraper
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1924
  • Region of Origin: USA
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
  • Date of Creation: 1910-1919
  • Signed: Yes
  • Size Type/Largest Dimension: ACEO, Art Card (2.5" x 3.5")
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Framing: Unframed
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Photo Type: Magic Lantern Slide
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Modified Item: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Vintage: Yes
  • Antique: Yes
  • Color: Color
  • Original/Reprint: Original Print

    Description

    Vintage Asahel Curtis Magic Lantern Glass Slide of Aerial Birdseye View of Seattle Washington, Smith Tower. This hand colored glass slide is in good condition.  It has a sticker on the side from Curtis's studio, it says: Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photography, 625 Colman Block, Seattle. The other side has the negative number.
    The slide is crisp & clear & beautifully hand tinted. The glass measures 4" x 3 1/4", the image is 3" x 2 1/2".
    The image is a birdseye aerial view of Seattle with the Smith Tower (L.C. Smith Building) in the foreground. The neoclassical skyscraper, Smith Tower is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle, it was completed in 1914 & located in the Pioneer Square neighborhood.   Asahel Curtis was born in Minnesota in 1874, the family moved to Puget Sound area of Washington State in 1888. His older brother Edward S. Curtis, opened a photo studio in Seattle in 1892, and Asahel began working there in 1895.  He went to the Klondike in 1897 to take photographs for the studio. Differences over credit for this work later led to a break with his brother. By 1901 Asahel Curtis had joined with scenic photographer William P. Romans to form Curtis & Romans Studio. After a brief period in San Francisco & Tacoma, working sometimes as a photoengraver, Curtis returned to Seattle as a newspaper photographer.  From 1907-1911, he worked for Romans Photographic Co. becoming president & manger of the firm. A partnership with Walter Miller as Curtis & Miller lasted for several years before Curtis returned to Romans.  In 1920, this became the Asahel Curtis Photo Co., under which name it operated until his death in 1941. Curtis was an active outdoorsman & mountaineer, an advocate of roads & highways & instrumental in the development of Mt. Rainier National Park, interests which are reflected in his photography.  His photographs provide one of the most valuable photographic records of Seattle, Washington State, Alaska and the Klondike, covering a period from the 1850's until 1940.  This is a stunning Curtis glass slide image for any Seattle, Washington or Magic Lantern glass slide collector.  Don't miss out on it.
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