Totem pole in Pioneer Square, Seattle, ca. 1911

• Main Author: Webster & Stevens
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Totem poles > Washington (State) > Seattle; Business districts > Washington (State) > Seattle; Commercial streets > Washington (State) > Seattle; Burlington; Mohai; Pacific; tlingit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/1595

The totem pole at Pioneer Square has been a Seattle landmark since 1899. In that year, a group of Seattle businessmen visited the Tlingit village of Tongass, in Alaska. They thought the village was deserted and removed the 50-foot tall pole as a souvenir. The village residents were away at work, how...