<p>Sarah Burgert married Henry Yesler in Ohio. Once he was settled in Seattle, she traveled out to join him. Sarah Yesler was active in many civic groups including the Ladies' Relief Society, which helped the needy, and the Ladies' Library Board, which founded Seattle's public library in the home of one of the members. Mrs. Yesler was Seattle's first librarian. After she died in the late 1880s, her husband gave their home to the city to use as a library.</p>
<p>Caption on verso: Yosemite Art Gallery - I.W. Taber and T.H. Boyd, 26 Montgy St., San Francisco Cal. I.W. Taber &amp; Co.

Typed on verso: Mrs. Henry Yesler.

Caption by MOHAI staff.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Pioneers--Washington (State)--Seattle</li>
<li>People: Yesler, Sarah, 1822-1887</li></ul>
I.W. Taber &amp; Co.
circa 1880 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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