Creator Record
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Name |
Kinsey, Darius |
Dates & places of birth and death |
Birth: Jul 1868 - Missouri Moved to Snoqualmie at the age of 20 in 1889. Married 1896 to Tabitha May Pritts 1897- Moved to Sedro-Wooley 1900 Sedro-Woolley, Skagit, Washington 1906- Moved to Seattle 1910 Seattle Ward 3, King, Washington Died on 13 May 1945 |
Notes |
n 1896 he married Tabitha May Pritts and a year later started a studio in Sedro-Wooley. He depended on portraiture to earn a living, but also continued to photograph scenic views. Tabitha served as her husband's assistant, working in a darkroom at home, processing negatives received from the field and sending the finished photographic prints back to the logging sites. According to the History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties Illustrated: "Darius Kinsey, the popular photographer of Sedro-Wooley, learned the art before the Skagit county communities had developed sufficiently to warrant the establishment of a gallery, but as soon as the population increased enough to make it profitable, he entered the business which he and Mrs. Kinsey have successfully conducted ever since... Mrs. Kinsey is also a photographer and takes charge of the office. Mr. Kinsey's camera is said to be the largest in the state of Washington and he is especially skillful in scenic work. He is in great demand for outside photography, while at the same time he and Mrs. Kinsey have the reputation of conducting one of the best galleries north of Seattle." At the end of 1906, he decided to move his studio to Seattle to focus exclusively on logging documentation. In 1940, he broke several ribs in a fall from a stump which ended his photographic career. He died five years later in 1945. |
Role |
Photographer |
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619.222 - Stereoscope card. Snoqualmie Falls. Darius Kinsey. 385 Kinsey's View Publishing House
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PO.075.0151 - Indian Doc Haywich in his home. Old Doc was a medicine man in the Snoqualmie Tribe. He lived on the Raging River in a tiny cabin. He reported to be 100 years old here. He sits on corner of his bed with joints stiff from rheumatism.
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PO.076.0046 - The Snoqualmie Falls. Stereoptican photo. Kinsey. Sedro Wooley, Wash. Snoqualmie Falls as it hits the water at bottom of canyon. Large rock at crest of falls with steep cliffs on banks beside the falls.
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