Visit E.H. Pearson’s personal website here… This blog is an on going archive of my family’s history documented through photographs, maps, postcards, stories and ephemera. Artifacts range from late 19th Century to mid 20th century. Many of the B/W photographs were taken by my Grandfather, Erik Holger Pearson (Hal) who was born October 5, 1901 in Ostersund, Sweden. His father Erik Andreas Pearson emigrated to the United States in 1903, settling in Longview, Washington working as a carpenter. In 1910 Hal reunited with his father in Longview. The family lived in logging camps together until 1923 after buying a home near downtown Seattle. Hal graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in electrical engineering and began taking trips to the nearby Cascades and Olympic mountain ranges. Hal was an active mountaineer and carried his large format Graflex camera everywhere. If you are interested in finding out more about the collection, or have additional information about the photographs, please contact us using the link below. Visit E.H. Pearson’s personal website here… var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3336207-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @nwmountaineering)http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmjvjpdsbw1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Carbon Glacier, North Slope of Mt. Rainier, WA. Photo by E.H. Pearson.</p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/6369985015http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/6369985015Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:16:37 -0400Carbon GlacierMt. Rainier<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmg941wYkk1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Above a sea of clouds on Mt. St. Helens Summit. Photo by E.H. Pearson. Side note: <em>I remember riding my tricycle, when an ash cloud on May 18, 1980 turned day to night. “The deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States.”</em></p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/6306415262http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/6306415262Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:19:14 -0400St. HelenssummitMountaineeringclimbing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm78c5nZko1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mt. Baker campsite, 1931. Photo by E.H. Pearson.</p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/6133934739http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/6133934739Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:24:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm783wvuj81qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mt. Baker, 1941. Photo by E.H. Pearson.</p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/6133834864http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/6133834864Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:19:09 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm77vj4uTX1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mt. Adams, circa. 1938. Photo by E. H. Pearson.</p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/6133731688http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/6133731688Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:14:00 -0400mountainsmt adamswashingtonvalcano<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm77qaO1bb1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mary Pearson (Grandmother), Mt. Rainier National Park. Photo by E.H. Pearson.</p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/6133665951http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/6133665951Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:10:58 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh6w3zhxan1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh6w3zhxan1qdjekao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh6w3zhxan1qdjekao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Cover and excerpt from Sierra Club’s Belaying the Leader, by Richard M. Leonard, circa. 1947</p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/3507579855http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/3507579855Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:11:59 -0500Mountaineeringsierra clubrichard m. leonardclimbing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfv5v4Jxrl1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Eric Pearson’s climbing partner with team of horses on Mt. Adams, circ. 1938. Photo: <a href="http://www.nwmountaineering.com">E.H. Pearson</a></p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/3022534800http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/3022534800Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:37:00 -0500Mountaineeringmt adamsclimbinghorses<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfo81z4DL51qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Little Tahoma, Mt. Rainer National Park. Photo: <a href="http://www.nwmountaineering.com">E.H. Pearson</a></p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/2955076707http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/2955076707Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:41:00 -0500mountainMountaineeringtahomarainier<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcysroGEGI1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="accent">Climbing party viewing Little Tahoma from Camp Sherman, Mt. Rainier National Park. Photo: <a href="http://www.nwmountaineering.com">E.H. Pearson</a><br/></span></p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/2108554693http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/2108554693Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:04:00 -0500Mt. RainierMt. TahomaClimbing<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9jpu4oHQb1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9jpu4oHQb1qdjekao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Pioneer Square Totem birthday post-card to father shortly after the family re-located to Seattle, circa 1920-30. This totem still stands in the heart of Seattle’s Pioneer Square.</p> <p>Historic description about the totemic artwork on reverse side.</p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1214330443http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1214330443Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:56:28 -0400pioneer square seattletotemtongass islandalaskapost card<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9jp8gAyGo1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9jp8gAyGo1qdjekao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Post-card addressed to family in Sweden written atop the Empire State Building, September 1947.</p> <p>Like the stamp upper-right “Save The Easy Way Buy US Bonds On Payroll Savings.”</p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1214281795http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1214281795Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:43:28 -0400empire state buildingsweden1947post cardnew york<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9jokrSld21qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9jokrSld21qdjekao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A post-card addressed to Erik Andreas Pearson in Oak Point, WA, circa 1908-9. Presumably the ship my family loaded and crossed the Atlantic in, eventually landing in New York City.</p> <p>A poor translation of the message says something about each boat looks alike and asking if there has been letters sent from anyone else.</p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1214227550http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1214227550Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:29:15 -0400S.IS. Frederik VIIIKobenhavnNew Yorkswedish immigration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9j5u731vR1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Giant old-growth Pseudotsuga, Cascade Mountains, WA. Photo: <a href="http://www.nwmountaineering.com">E.H. Pearson</a></p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1212645332http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1212645332Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:44:00 -0400old-growthdouglas firPseudotsugacascades<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l96qzvXIQL1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Douglas County Fair Float & Parade, July 4, 1920. Designed and conducted by L.T. Helbig, Waterville, WA.</p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1171641086http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1171641086Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:52:43 -0400douglas countyl.t. helbigwatervillewashingtonparade<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l96qbaLpG51qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l96qbaLpG51qdjekao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l96qbaLpG51qdjekao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l96qbaLpG51qdjekao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l96qbaLpG51qdjekao5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l96qbaLpG51qdjekao6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l96qbaLpG51qdjekao7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l96qbaLpG51qdjekao8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l96qbaLpG51qdjekao9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l96qbaLpG51qdjekao10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Selected images from a nineteen page accordion style postcard booklet purchased by Erik A. Pearson in 1905, upon arriving in the Pacific Northwest.</p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1171592320http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1171592320Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:37:58 -0400oregonmt. hoodantique postcardcascadesmountaineering<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l96jzpmCir1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>View from summit of Table Mountain, 1930. Photo: <a href="http://www.nwmountaineering.com">Eric H. Pearson</a></p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1170984848http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1170984848Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:21:00 -0400mountainmountaineeringseattletable mountainphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l926p5vwgu1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Climber ascending Pinnacle Peak near Mt. Rainer National Park. Photo: <a href="http://www.nwmountaineering.com">Eric H. Pearson</a></p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1156923714http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1156923714Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:43:00 -0400mountaineeringclimbingphotographyrainiercascades<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l926coCKBV1qdjekao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hal’s father Erik Andreas Pearson pictured bottom left. Hal was around 12 years old when he took this photograph near Longview, WA in 1912. Photo: <a href="http://www.nwmountaineering.com">Eric H. Pearson</a></p>http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1156896100http://nwmountaineering.tumblr.com/post/1156896100Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:36:00 -0400loggingenvironmentalcascadesseattlemountains