Will Lowman, cannery owner with big King salmon, 1907.
Original Photo
The original photo used as reference for the mural was photographed by Lance Burdon in December of 1902.
William Alvin Lowman was born May 27, 1863 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana to Jacob Wasserman Lowman and Nancy Ann Shigley. Will Lowman had one brother: James Guy Lowman.
Lowman came to the west coast from Indiana in 1892.
Will Lowman was a leading figure in the salmon canning industry of Washington and British Columbia. He owned and operated canneries in Anacortes and in Steviston, B. C. As a Washington State Legislator elected in 1915, he was assigned to write the Fisheries Code of the State of Washington which was adopted unanimously by both houses, and to enter into the Fisheries Treaties between Oregon and Washington, which later was approved by the United States Congress and became a binding treaty between the two states.
He was long president of the Puget Sound Canners Association. During World War I he was a member of the State Council of Defense, appointed by Governor Lister.
Lowman was a 32nd degree York Rite Mason and a member of Nile Temple Ancient Arabic Order of Nobels of the Mystic Shrine of Seattle and also a life member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Besides being a life member of the Seattle Press Club and the Transportation Club he was a life visiting member of the Chicago Athletic Association, a life member of the Arctic Club of Seattle, as well as a member of the Friars Club of New York.
Will married Beatrice Victoria Baer on August 7, 1889, and they had seven children: Raymond Baer Lowman, Ella Baer Lowman, Beatrice Baer Lowman, Guy Baer Lowman, Willa Baer Lowman, Nina Baer Lowman, Lucile Baer Lowman, Eugene Baer Lowman.
Will passed away on January 5, 1943 in Bellingham, Washington.
