File:Edwin G Ames with unidentified man in hunting apparel holding guns accompanied by a dog, Washington, circa 1885 (PORTRAITS 640) (cropped).jpg

Printed on verso: W.T. Worthington. Traveling Photographer. Puget Sound. Washington Territory.

Handwritten on verso: E.G. Ames (right)

William T. Worthington was active in the Puget Sound region of Washington including Tacoma, LaConner and Port Townsend between 1883-1890. He died on December 21, 1912 in Bellingham, Washington. Edwin Gardner Ames, lumber company executive, banker, and political activist, was manager of the Pope & Talbot interests in the Puget Sound region and a leading figure in the Seattle business community of the early twentieth century. Ames was born in East Machias, Maine, on July 2, 1856. He was a cousin of Captain William Talbot, co-owner of the Pope & Talbot companies. Ames went to work for Pope & Talbot’s subsidiary, the Puget Mill Company at Port Gamble, Washington, in 1881. Soon afterwards, he was promoted to business manager. In 1888 he married Maud Walker, the niece of Edwin’s superior, Cyrus Walker, general manager of the Puget Mill Company and a Pope & Talbot stockholder. Upon Cyrus Walker’s death in 1914, Ames took his position as general manager. When Maud’s mother, Emma Walker, died in 1919, the couple inherited a fortune, which was administered as the Walker-Ames Company with Edwin Ames as president.

• Subjects (LCSH): Ames, Edwin Gardner, 1856-1935; Hunters--Clothing--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region; Hunting rifles--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region; Men--Washington (State); Dogs--Washington (State)