Looking Back’s theme for 2025 features Thurston County area photographers, artists, and their subjects. Robert Esterly was an early owner of a shingle mill at Tumwater Falls. He was also a talented photographer. In this photo from the late 1800s, said to be in part a self-portrait, he and his companions proudly show the result of a successful bear hunt. Photograph selected and captioned by Deborah Ross on behalf of the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum, https://olympiahistory.org.