Looking Back’s theme for 2025 features Thurston County area photographers, artists, and their subjects. Frank L. Camp (sometimes spelled Camps) established his Olympia studio in about 1891. He specialized in ambrotype portraiture. Pictured here is Clark Savidge as a young mail carrier. Frank Camp later moved to Ashland, Oregon. Clark Savidge entered public service, eventually becoming Commissioner of Public Lands. Image selected and captioned by Deborah Ross on behalf of the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum, https://olympiahistory.org.
Frank Camp photo, about 1891, courtesy of State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society