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Thomas Drumheller Jr.
Photographs of Sheep, 1909-1960


Photographs from the family business

The original prints of the Drumheller collection were loaned to the Washington State University Library and copied during the winter of 1977-1978. They were arranged and processed by David Smestad in March, 1978.

 

Number of Containers: 1
Linear Feet of Shelf Space Occupied: .25
Approximate Number of Item:s 65

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

The year 1964 ended 105 years and three generations of sheep raising for the Drumhellers beginning with Jesse, who started the business in southeastern Washington in 1859. His son, Tom, Sr. (T.J.) took over in 1900 and in 1906 purchased the Lord Blythe cattle ranch near Ephrata and moved the sheep operation westward. Tom, Jr. took over the operation in 1948 and continued until 1964.

The collection consists of 4x5 copy prints plus seven copy negatives. The negatives prepared by the library to copy the original prints are filed in the visual file.

DESCRIPTION AND ARRANGEMENT

Folder Descriptions Items

 1
  Drumheller family members

 17

2
 Aspects of the Drumheller sheep business

41

3
 Old cars

7

4
 Hotel Field on Lake Chelan

1