Select Images by Wallie V. Funk
Funk photographed a diverse and eclectic range of subjects in the course of his career, including several U.S. Presidents, the Beatles’ and Rolling Stones’ concerts in Seattle, the 1970 Penn Cove whale capture, community members and events, and military activities on Whidbey Island.
Click on the links above or below to enjoy a sample of images from the larger collection of papers, prints and negatives donated by Wallie V. Funk to Western Washington University's Center for Pacific Northwest Studies in June 2003.
Puget Sound Orcas and the Penn Cove Whale Capture
Community and "Local" Reporting
A detailed guide to the 50,000 plus prints and negatives in Funk's collection at WWU is available online here: http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv37969. Additional collections of photographic and textual materials from Wallie V. Funk are located at the Anacortes Museum in Anacortes, Washington, the Island County Historical Museum in Coupeville, Washington, and the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Washington.