These images are the earliest known Wernstedt photographs, and are his only known surviving glass-plate images. They were found recently by Skye Burn, Lage's granddaughter, during a move to a new home in Bellingham, WA. She passed them on to me, knowing my interest in Lage. At her recommendation, I contacted Elizabeth Joffrion, Archivist, at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies - http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/CPNWS/ - at Western Washington University, who agreed to accept the plates into the collection at CPNWS. She prepared these digital scans, and we hope that viewers will recognize and identify some of the unknown locations. Some of the images are familiar, such as Multnomah Falls, Mt. Hood, and the Columbia River. Others are unknown, however, and there is no written record to indicate when or where the photographs were taken. (There is a hand-written date on the inside cover of the box of plates, '1916', but no other information). We believe that the ~3x3" positive-image plates are possibly 'lantern slides' intended for public slide shows.

Note: I have attempted to group duplicates and 'reversals' together.

John Scurlock
June 26, 2006
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These image files are in the public domain.
Please cite: Lage Wernstedt, c. 1916, collection of the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies,
Western Washington University
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