Looking Back’s theme for 2025 featured Thurston County area photographers, artists, and their subjects. Alonzo Bixby Woodard was a member of an early settler family. He practiced dentistry and photography; his home still exists on West Bay Drive. This photograph by Woodard is a portrait of his brother Adelbert’s wife, Josie Clark Woodard, who was also a member of an early settler family.
Photograph about 1870, Courtesy Washington State Historical Society, State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C2017.0.55
Text © The Olympian and Deborah Ross 2025