File:Claude C Ramsey, 1906 (PORTRAITS 1884).jpg

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Caption on image: Ramsey & Battle, Real Estate, Loans, and Fire Insurance.

Cartoons and Caricatures of Seattle Citizens (page 123).

Photographs from which these Pen and Ink Sketches were Produced have been furnished principally by James & Bushnell and E.S. Curtis. Engravings by the Art Engraving Company. Published by the Associated Cartoon Service. Artwork by Edwin F. Brotze.

Claudius "Claude" Clinton Ramsey (1865-1930) was born in North Carolina to an old and distinguished North Carolina family. His father was a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. He studied business at Eastman's Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York. He started his career as a clerk in a post office in Salisbury, North Carolina. He moved to Seattle in 1890, and in 1898 he entered upon an independent business career, opening an insurance office. In 1891 he organized the firm of Ramsay & Battle, with Edgar Battle as his partner. Some time later the firm name was changed to the Claude C. Ramsay Company, and the concern specialized in handling and developing its own properties. He was the builder and owner of Carolina Court apartments. He entered the Washington State Legislature as a Republican in 1907. He was married to Grace Eleanor Anderson.

• Subjects (LCSH): Ramsey, Claude C., 1865-1930--Caricatures and cartoons; Real estate agents--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portraits; Insurance agents--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portraits; Men--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portraits;