Pioneer Square totem pole, Seattle, ca. 1899

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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Main Author: Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Totem poles > Washington (State) > Seattle
Business districts > Washington (State) > Seattle
Commercial streets > Washington (State) > Seattle
Mohai
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/88
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/88 2023-05-15T18:33:21+02:00 Pioneer Square totem pole, Seattle, ca. 1899 Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.) Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/88 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1988.33.50 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/88 Anders B. Wilse Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Anders B. Wilse Collection Totem poles--Washington (State)--Seattle Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle image; photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:53:21Z 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. Caption by MOHAI staff. 1 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.; sulfiding Other/Unknown Material tlingit Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Mohai ENVELOPE(-60.483,-60.483,-62.967,-62.967)
institution Open Polar
collection University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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topic Totem poles--Washington (State)--Seattle
Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle
Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle
spellingShingle Totem poles--Washington (State)--Seattle
Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle
Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle
Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949
Pioneer Square totem pole, Seattle, ca. 1899
topic_facet Totem poles--Washington (State)--Seattle
Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle
Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle
description 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. Caption by MOHAI staff. 1 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.; sulfiding
format Other/Unknown Material
author Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949
author_facet Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949
author_sort Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949
title Pioneer Square totem pole, Seattle, ca. 1899
title_short Pioneer Square totem pole, Seattle, ca. 1899
title_full Pioneer Square totem pole, Seattle, ca. 1899
title_fullStr Pioneer Square totem pole, Seattle, ca. 1899
title_full_unstemmed Pioneer Square totem pole, Seattle, ca. 1899
title_sort pioneer square totem pole, seattle, ca. 1899
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/88
op_coverage United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-60.483,-60.483,-62.967,-62.967)
geographic Mohai
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genre tlingit
Alaska
genre_facet tlingit
Alaska
op_source Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Anders B. Wilse Collection
op_relation Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
1988.33.50
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/88
op_rights Anders B. Wilse Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
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