Looking Back’s theme for 2025 features Thurston County area photographers, artists, and their subjects. John Vivian Yantis was the son of early settler Benjamin F. Yantis. He operated a photograph studio near the corner of Fourth Avenue and Main Street (Capitol Way) in the mid-1860s, and served in the Territorial Legislature. He is pictured here with his wife Margaret Hume Yantis, in this photograph taken by L. Wilson Clark. Photograph selected and captioned by Deborah Ross on behalf of the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum, https://olympiahistory.org.\
Clark Photo, mid-1800s, Courtesy State Capital Museum Collection, Washington State Historical Society