Friends and Neighbors

In addition to family photos, the Bigelow family collected dozens of photographs of friends and neighbors in the form of “cartes de visite,” a type of photographic calling card popular in the 19th century. This page shows a few of these, all Olympia area residents. Each image provides a link to the page of our Who Are We? feature where you can find out more about the person in the photo.

Mary O'Neill, early Olympia teacher (https://olympiahistory.org/o/)

Ralph (or Rolph) Oregon Dunbar and brother (https://olympiahistory.org/o/)

Fred Finch, son of Duncan and Eunice Finch (https://olympiahistory.org/f/)

Captain Duncan B Finch (https://olympiahistory.org/f/)

Carrie Ayers, daughter of William and Sarah Ayers (https://olympiahistory.org/a/)

Walter Ayers, son of William and Sarah Ayers, age 17 (https://olympiahistory.org/a/)

John Ayers, son of William and Sarah Ayers, age 19 (https://olympiahistory.org/a/)

Sarah Ann Sanborn Ayers, wife of William Ayers (https://olympiahistory.org/s/)

William Norton Ayers (https://olympiahistory.org/a/)

Mary Thomson Beatty, wife of Daniel Beatty (https://olympiahistory.org/t/)

Daniel Beatty (https://olympiahistory.org/b/)

Eunice Finch, wife of Captain Duncan Finch (https://olympiahistory.org/f/)

Eliza Henry, wife of Francis Henry (https://olympiahistory.org/h/)

Howard Ayers, son of William and Sarah, age 14 (https://olympiahistory.org/a/)

Digitization and posting of these images from the Bigelow House Collection funded through the Pendleton & Elisabeth Carey Miller Charitable Foundation.