George N. Moore
1844) was an early photographer in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The University of Washington libraries have 35 of his prints in their collection. Moore was born in Massachusetts ca. • Illustration — Moore's photo of the Seattle waterfront ca 1878 Moore opened a studio in Seattle in 1870 specializing in portraits and offered colored tinting with crayons and water colors.
George N. Moore
![Looking north from the New England Hotel, corner of S. Main St., toward Yesler Way. Original photograph by George Moore [5]; copied by Theodore Peiser. Shows Pony Saloon (J. McDonald, prop.) on the right. Subjects (LCTGM): Streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bars--Washington (State)--Seattle Subjects (LCSH): First Avenue (Seattle, Wash.); Pony Saloon (Seattle, Wash.)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/1st_Ave%2C_Seattle%2C_1874_%28CURTIS_65%29.jpeg/768px-1st_Ave%2C_Seattle%2C_1874_%28CURTIS_65%29.jpeg)
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- George N.
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- c. 1844
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- Massachusetts, U.S.
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1844) was an early photographer in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The University of Washington libraries have 35 of his prints in their collection. Moore was born in Massachusetts ca. • Illustration — Moore's photo of the Seattle waterfront ca 1878 Moore opened a studio in Seattle in 1870 specializing in portraits and offered colored tinting with crayons and water colors.
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He produced carte de visite and cabinet photographs. Thomas Prosch collected photos by Moore and other local photographers. • Illustration — Photograph of 4th Street from the roof of the University of Washington building, ca. 1874 He photographed several community leaders from the "pioneer days" of Seattle including Seattle Post-Intelligencer publisher Charles Prosch, Judge Thomas Burke, and Father Prefontaine. He also photographed Pat Kanim (a "Puget Sound Indian" who was Snoqualmie chief) and Erasmus M. He also photographed Roger Sherman Greene.
![Original photograph by George Moore [9]. Shows the Elephant Store at southeast corner of Columbia St. and 1st Ave. Subjects (LCTGM): Cities towns--Washington (State); Logs--Washington (State)--Seattle Subjects (LCSH): Seattle (Wash.)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Seattle_waterfront%2C_ca_1878_%28CURTIS_102%29.jpeg/768px-Seattle_waterfront%2C_ca_1878_%28CURTIS_102%29.jpeg)
Original photograph by George Moore [9]. Shows the Elephant Store at southeast corner of Columbia St. and 1st Ave. Subjects (LCTGM): Cities towns--Washington (State); Logs--Washington (State)--Seattle Subjects (LCSH): Seattle (Wash.)
George N. Moore · Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs
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• Name — George N. Moore • Born — c. 1844 • Birthplace — Massachusetts, U.S. • Occupation — Photographer • Illustration — View north on 1st Avenue in Seattle from the New England Hotel, 1874
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- 1.Archives West: George N. Moore photographs, circa 1870-1894. archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
- 2.Pat Kanim, Snoqualmie chief, ca. 1855 :: Museum of History and Industry. digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu.
- 3.Moore, George N. Erasmus M. Smithers: Renton settler. 12 October 2018. 40606482.
- 4.VanBurkleo, Sandra F. Gender Remade: Citizenship, Suffrage, and Public Power in the New Northwest, 1879–1912. Cambridge University Press. 18 December 2015. 9781107098022.
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