Pioneer Square totem pole, Seattle, ca. 1899

• 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

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...