Name/Title
Tim Burgman of Woodlawn Gardens, 1974Entry/Object ID
2007-012.E324PDescription
Tim Burgman of Woodlawn Gardens, 1974. These four black and white contact print strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. These images show five men in individual and group portraits at Woodlawn Gardens (also known as the Pioneer Cemeter) in Lacey, Washington. Image 6 shows Tim Burgman and the four other men (Bill Adams, Stan Bostrom, Mickey Murphy, and Harold Larsen) standing at the gate entrance to the Pioneer Cemetery. Tim Burgman is at the right-hand side of the image with his right hand on the cemetery gate. The four other men are at the left-hand side of the image (from left to right: Mickey Murpy, Harold Larsen, Stan Bostrom and Bill Adams). The sign along the top of the gate reads "1852," "Pioneer Cemetery" and "1916" (the 1916 is outside of the image frame in this image, but can be seen in other images). All of them men other than Mr. Burgman have their arms down at their sides. Image 7 is very similar to the previous image, but the photographer has moved further away from the men. The man second from the left is gesturing with his right hand toward Mr. Burgman. Image 8 is very similar to the previous image, but the man furthest to the right is reaching toward his right shoulder with his left hand. Image 9 shows Mr. Burgman and the four other men conversing to the left-hand side of the gate. Mr. Burgman is reaching out toward one of the two plaques on the left-hand side of the gate. One of the four men is almost completely obscured behind Mr. Murphy. Image 10 is very similar to the previous image, and all of the men are in very similar poses to those shown in image 9. The photographer has moved to their right and closer to the gate. Of the text above the gate, only the "1852" is completely within the image frame. Image 11 is similar to the previous image, but here Mr. Burgman is bending forward slightly and gesturing toward the bottom of the plaque. Image 12 shows Stan Bostrom posing individually for a portrait-style photo. He is wearing a plaid suit jacket and a patterned tie. His shirt has a pattern which resembles many small sailing ship's wheels. His head and body are oriented toward the right-hand side of the image frame, and he is smiling. Image 13 is similar to the previous image, but here Mr. Bostrom's head and body are oriented toward the left-hand side of the image frame. Image 14 shows Mickey Murphy posing for a portrait-style photo. He is wearing a suit jacket with a subtle zig-zagging pattern, a shirt with a dot pattern and a tie with a pattern made up of elements which resemble leaves with hooked leaf stalks. His head and body are oriented toward the right-hand side of the image frame. Image 15 is similar to the previous image, but here Mr. Murphy's head and body are oriented toward the left-hand side of the image frame. Image 16 shows Bill Adams posing for a portrait-style photo. He is wearing glasses, a suit jacket and a tie with a pattern which resembles many small sailing ship's wheels. His head and body are oriented toward the left-hand side of the image frame. Image 17 is very similar to the previous image, but here Mr. Adams' head and body are oriented toward the right-hand side of the image frame. Image 18 shows Harold Larsen posing for a portrait-style photo. He is wearing glasses, a suit jacket with ribs similar to corduroy and a tie with an unusual pattern of stripes overlaid with organic, leaf-like shapes. Mr. Larsen's head and body are oriented toward the right-hand side of the image frame. Image 19 is very similar to the previous image, but here Mr. Larsen's head and body are oriented toward the left-hand side of the image frame. Image 20 shows Stan Bostrom posing for a portrait-style photo. This image is very similar to image 12, but here the man is not smiling. Image 21 shows Tim Burgman posing for a portrait-style photo. His head and body are oriented toward the right-hand side of the image frame. He is wearing a plaid tie. Image 22 is very similar to the previous image, but here Mr. Burgman's head and body are oriented toward the left-hand side of the image frame. Mr Burgman is smiling slightly. Image 23 is very similar to image 22, but here Mr. Burgman appears to be speaking. Image 24 shows the five men posing for a group photo. Mr. Burgman is at the center, and two of the other men are standing on each side of him. A portion of the entrance gate is visible in the background on the left-hand side of the image. Image 25 also shows the five men posing for a group photo, but here the photographer has moved nearer to the man at the far right. All of the men are looking toward their left toward the camera. Image 26 is very similar to the previous image, but here the photographer has panned downward slightly. In this image, the man second closest to the camera's hands are visible clasped in front of him. Image 27 is very similar to image 26, but the photographer has moved slightly further away from the five men.
These images were created for inclusion with an article in the Lacey Leader newspaper concerning a planned expansion of the Pioneer Cemetery property. (Lacey Leader, 6/19/1974, pg.3)
The following excerpts come from the Woodlawn Funeral Home website (http://woodlawn-funeralhome.com/history/): "The Burgman family business began in 1935 when Uncle John Kalin opened a Funeral Home on Broadway in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood. His wife, Lucy, a registered nurse, received her embalmer’s license in 1937-a true woman pioneer in the field. After 15 years of successfully caring for Seattle’s families, Uncle John passed away in 1950. At that time Lucy Kalin and three of her sisters, all professional women ahead of their time, managed the funeral home. The youngest sister, Madge Burgman, a registered nurse and natural business woman, worked alongside her sisters and her son, Tim, who began working there as a teenager.
"In 1964 the business was sold to Seattle University. Tim Burgman, along with his mother, Madge, Aunt Lucy and young family, moved to Lacey, WA in 1965, where they opened a new funeral home located on Pacific Avenue.
"In 1967, the Burgmans purchased the historic Ruddell Pioneer Cemetery and adjacent property. Development began on the new portion in 1975, and in 1994 construction began on the current building, which was opened in the spring of 2002."
The Ruddell Pioneer Cemetery is named for Stephen Duley Ruddell, an early white settler and farmer in what became Thurston County who played an important role in the creation of the Washington Territory. Ruddell was also very active in local and territorial politics through the 1870's. He passed away in 1891.Made/Created
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Date: 06-19-1974
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