Individual Photographer’s Collections

• Darius Kinsey,
  famous for his documentation of old growth trees and early logging practices.
  Take the Kinsey virtual tour
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  J. Wilbur Sandison,
  focusing on a variety of local businesses, groups and panoramic views.
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  Leslie Corbett,
  who captured Whatcom County vistas and ocean views.
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  Henry Brown,
  who took portraits and homesteading scenes of people living in Whatcom County and Montana.
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  The Moran Brothers,
  who focused on activities in and around their Orcas Island home, the Seattle shipyard, and collected "Antelope Doc" Alaska gold rush images.
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  Galen Biery,
  who’s enthusiastic and active collecting from the 1940s through the 1990s saved thousands of historic images and brought them together into a single collection.
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  Jack Carver,
  Bellingham Herald photographer since 1945.
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  Bert Huntoon,
  an amateur photographer who took many scenic pictures of Mt. Baker, Mt. Shuksan, Chuckanut Drive and other parts of Western Washington State.

Collections from a Variety of Artists:

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  Beck’s Theater Collection
  Numerous vaudeville images
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  Vintage Photograph Collection
  that includes images from other area photographers such as Clyde Banks, Asahel Curtis, Edward Curtis, Beverly Dobbs, O. E. Garland, J. B. Hann, E. A. and P. L. Hegg, Fred and Henry Jukes, H. R. Stenton and Webster & Pierce.
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  Whatcom Memories
  a five year effort to copy old photographs and record family histories throughout Whatcom County, Washington.

Other Collections:

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  Essence of Bellingham Photo Competition 2006
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  Mt. Baker Scrapbook
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  Will Hudson Collection
  of early news film.
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  H.C. Hanson Naval Architecture Collection
  of vessel drawings, photographs, and related materials.
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  Vertical, Reference & Ephemera files
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  Edson & Irish Ephemera
  of historic flyers and advertisements.
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  Regional Maps
• Extensive Postcard Collection