An interesting album showing the Raaberg family of Asotin County, WA, in the mid-1910s, notable for its numerous sensitive and uniformly well-composed photographs of the Washington School for the Deaf....
An interesting album showing the Raaberg family of Asotin County, WA, in the mid-1910s, notable for its numerous sensitive and uniformly well-composed photographs of the Washington School for the Deaf.
Images related to the Washington School for the Deaf, which was founded in 1886 and re-located in Vancouver, WA in 1889, include views of the Deaf Football Club, Chess Club, Reading Club, and other charming portraits. Many group shots of students include Raaberg family member Alfred (often identified in the album as "Alf"), a member of the 1915 graduating class.
There are also interesting views of the home and peach farm in Clarkston, WA, belonging to eldest son Julius Raaberg and other pastoral scenes of life in the Pacific Northwest.
Originally from Norway, the Raaberg family emigrated from Minnesota to Washington in 1899.