233. Two little girls waiting outside the long house at the salmon feast, Celilo., circa 1953-1955

The collection includes photographs of Native Americans throughout Washington State and Oregon with many taken on local reservations. They feature images of the Chehalis, Chinook, Colville, Kalispel, Lummi, Makah, Nez Perce, Quileute, Quinault, Swinomish, Tulalip Indians, Umatilla and Yakama tribes. One photo of the Duwamish Tribe is also included. The photographs depict scenes of daily life, festivals and rodeos, arts and crafts traditions including basket weaving and totem pole carving, and fishing scenes at Celilo Falls just prior to the construction of the Dalles Dam in 1957.

Thompson maintained notes for each image identifying the scene and people depicted within it which he used to create an index of the full set of photographs he sold. The collection inventory found later in the finding aid includes a direct transcription of each photograph’s description as included in Thompson’s index. Thompson’s full set of photographs included 382 images of Native Americans. The Seattle Public Library purchased 268 of these so there are some gaps within the collection. The index that accompanies the collection (included in Box 1) includes descriptions of all photos in Thompson’s original set, including the photos not purchased by the Library. The prints included in the library’s collection are: 1-111, 113-114, 116-123, 125-126, 129-133, 135-137, 142-143, 145, 147-148, 150-151, 153-165, 167-168, 170, 173-174, 176, 178-181, 183, 185, 187, 192, 195-196, 198, 201-203, 205, 207-209, 214-217, 221, 223-229, 232-233, 237-239, 247, 250-252, 257, 266, 271-275, 287, 292, 294, 299, 303, 305-310, 313-316, 318, 321-330, 332-337, 339-349, 351, 353-357, 359-364, 367, 369, 371, 374-376, 378, 380.

These images include the following individuals who are listed alphabetically:
Arcasa, Louise
Balch, Mrs.
Barber, Mrs.
Barker, Nora
Beaver, Harry
Bill, Bernice
Bill, Phillip
Billy, Agnes
Billy, Louise
Billy, Oscar
Billy, Oscar, Mrs.
Bruce, Al
Bob, Tommy
Burke, Clarence
Burke, Florine
Burke, William, Mrs.
Catli, Donald, Mrs.
Catli, Marcelina
Charles, Al
Charles, Mary
Colwash, Lavina
Cornoyer, Josephine
Covington, John
Charles, Thomas
Charley, Job
Cox, Etta
Cox, Inez
Cox, Wilhelm
Crow, Louis
Daniels, Paulette
Dick, Ned, Mrs.
Dick, Sally
Dick, Wanda
Dover, Harriet Shelton
George, Aluina
George, Ann
George, Elsie
George, Elvina
George, Harry
George, Isabel
George, Jack
George, Juanita
George, Kelly
George, Richard
Gibson, George
Green, Mary
Harknet, John
Harrison, Dolores
Harry, Annie May
Harry, Rosalie
Heck, Rena
Heck, Tommy
Hillaire, Joseph (Joe)
Hillaire, Lena
Hillaire, Lewis
Hunter, Carol
Ideas, Celia
Howiattle, Mattie
Jimmicum, Emma
Joe, Joseph
Johnson, Annie
Johnson, Tom
Jones, William, Mrs.
Jim, Maggie
Kamiakin, Cleveland
Kamiakin, Harry
Kowoosh, Peter
La Chester, Ralph
Looney, Eagle
Looney, Eva
Looney, Jim
Markishtum family
Martin, Paul
McKay, Diana
Meninick, Calvin
Meninick, Johnson
Meninick, Vivian
Miller, Helen
Millholland, Rita
Minthorn, Sylvester, Mrs.
Mitchel, Alice Marie
Mitchell, Romagene
Moore, Clara
Moses, Harvey
Musmusto, Yvonne
Nanamkin, George
Nenema, Christine
Nenema, Darlene
Nenema, Mary
Nenema, Susan
Onepennee, Ellen
Onepennee, Flora
Onepennee, Gilbert
Onepennee, Joan
Onepennee, Nellie
Onepennee, Nelson
Owhi, Harry
Parr, Melissa
Penn, Agnes
Penn, Steve
Penn, William
Phillips, Pauline
Phillips, Rosalie
Pickernell, Bessie
Pistilhead, Elsie
Quaempts, Loretta
Saluskin, Alex
Sampson, Donnie
Sampson, Jerry
Sampson, Linnea
Sanchez, Annette
Sanchez, Charles
Scott, Doris
Scott, Yvonne
Scneke, Marilyn
Seelatsee, Eagle
Shelton, John, Mrs.
Sivonen, Bobby
Sivonen, Nick, Mrs.
Sloway, Ida
Smartlowet, Issac
Smith, Eileen
Sohappy, George
Solomon, Mrs.
Speedis, Charley
Spencer, Rosa
Stevens, Frank
Stevens, Pat
Strom, Larry
Strom, Leon
Strom, Lillian
Strom, Sheila
Strom, Ted
Strom, Ted, Jr.
Sulatsee, Alex
Sulatsee, Mary Ann
Swan, Charley
Swan, Ruth
Telekist, Charles
Thomas, Sean
Thompson, Cynthia
Thompson, Flora
Thompson, Tommy
Totus, Anita
Totus, Celia
Totus, Watson
Underwood, Bob
Underwood, Dave
Underwood, Hazel
Wachawitt, Lee
Wahsise, Pauline
Watlamet, Antoine
Waters, Mrs.
Waters, Willie
Weaseltaile, Jim
Weaseltaile, Louise
Wesley, Arlene
Wesley, Jeanette
Wesley, Jennie
Wesley, Mrs.
Wesley, Ray
Wilbur, Tandy
Williams, Albert
Williams, Elija
Williams, Mary
Williams, Taft
Woodruff, Sharon
Wynookie, Wysookie
Yellow Wolf, Minnie