Josef Scaylea

I collect old postcards and just found one of skiers at Stevens Pass ski resort unloading ski gear from their automobiles with beautiful mountain scenery in background. Picture taken by Josef Scaylea. I enjoyed a multitude of his amazing Pacific NW photos printed by the Seattle Times. How fortunate we were. Thanks for sharing Josef

I will always remember the picture, of myself, taken by Mr Scaylea while "working" in my father's (McGrew Kidd) camera/radio repair shop on Howell Street, which appeared in The Seattle Times in about 1953. I was about three years old at the time.

I have a fond memory of Mr Scaylea.
In 1979 I purchased one of his photos. I was working of Washington Mutual at the time and the Wedgewood branch had some small prints of Mr Scaylea's displayed.
One day Mr. Scaylea came into the branch and I asked him in fun if he still had the negative for one of the prints. He said he did and that the print on display did not do justice to the original. I told him I would love to have an enlargement. About three weeks later he presented me...