Unveiling the totem pole at Pioneer Square, Seattle, 1899

• Main Author: Wilse, Anders B.
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Tlingit Indians > Arts & Crafts; Crowds > Washington (State) > Seattle; Dedications > Washington (State) > Seattle; Totem poles > Alaska > Tongass; Totem poles > Washington (State) > Seattle; Marr; Norway; Pacific; tlingit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/85; http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROOT=/loc&CISOPTR=85

The totem pole in Pioneer Square has been a Seattle landmark since 1899. That year, a group of Seattle businessmen visited Tongass, a Tlingit village in southeastern Alaska. They thought the village was deserted and removed a 50-foot tall totem pole as a souvenir. The men brought the pole back to Se...