Fred Boynton's 1911 American Underslung.
Original Photo
The original photo used as reference for the mural was photographed by an unknown photographer circa 1911.
Little is known about Frederick H. Boynton, but he has secured his place in Anacortes history as the co-founder (with Douglass Allmond) of the Anacortes American in 1890.
One of the few biographical bits found about him appeared in the American on June 26, 1890 -- reprinted from the Whatcom Reveille: "Mr. Boynton has for many years represented the Minnesota Type Foundry on the road, and is a brother of the proprietor of the Tacoma Globe."
The Allmond and Boynton partnership dissolved in August 1892, after the railroad boom burst. He returned to type sales, as noted in the Appleton Crescent, Appleton, Wisc., on April 22, 1893: "Fred H. Boynton, an Appleton printer 20 years ago, now with the reliable Barnhart Bros. & Spindler type foundry, of Chicago, called on the newspaper men." He worked as manager of Pacific Printer's supply in Seattle, and by 1910 was manager of a type foundry in Spokane. There the trail goes cold.
