Totem pole at Pioneer Square, 1915
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...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/5424 2023-05-15T18:33:19+02:00 Totem pole at Pioneer Square, 1915 Webster & Stevens Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.); Seattle (Wash.) Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5424 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1983.10.10030.1 W&S 43,861 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5424 PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection Totem poles image; photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:55:38Z 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, however, and the businessmen were later fined for the theft of the pole. The pole was originally created as a memorial to a woman of the Raven Clan. After being damaged by fire in 1938, it was replaced by a duplicate pole carved by Tlingit craftsmen. In this photo, men are seated on benches around the totem pole waiting for the streetcar. 1 negative: glass, b&w; 8 x 10 in. Other/Unknown Material tlingit Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections |
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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, however, and the businessmen were later fined for the theft of the pole. The pole was originally created as a memorial to a woman of the Raven Clan. After being damaged by fire in 1938, it was replaced by a duplicate pole carved by Tlingit craftsmen. In this photo, men are seated on benches around the totem pole waiting for the streetcar. 1 negative: glass, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
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Totem pole at Pioneer Square, 1915 |
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Totem pole at Pioneer Square, 1915 |
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Totem pole at Pioneer Square, 1915 |
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Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.); Seattle (Wash.) |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
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Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1983.10.10030.1 W&S 43,861 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5424 |
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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