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| Title | Chief Sealth fountain, Seattle, ca. 1925 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1925 |
| Caption | In 1905 22-year-old Seattle sculptor James A. Wehn applied for and eventually won the commission of a local improvement fund to design a fountain and statue at the corner of Denny Way, Cedar Street and Fifth Avenue. His copper statue of Chief Sealth (Chief Seattle) at Tilikum Place was unveiled on Founders Day, November 13, 1912, by the Chief's great-great-granddaughter Myrtle Loughery. Atop a pedestal with bear heads spouting streams of water, the Chief stands with arm raised in greeting to the first white settlers that landed at Alki Point in 1851. Tilikum means "welcome" or "greetings" in Chinook. A bust of Chief Sealth, also by James A. Wehn, stands in Pioneer Square. |
| Notes | Signs in image: Fifth Avenue Transfer & Fuel Co. Laundry. Sun-Maid Raisins - Used by Quality Bakers [in Their] Holiday Cakes. Grocery - Ice Cream, Fruits, Candies, Soft Drinks, Cigars & Tobaccos - Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Fruits, Lunch Meats Pint Brick 25 Cents, Quart Brick 50 Cents - Maid O'Clover Ice Cream. Meat Market. Tilikum Place. [They] Satisfy - and [Don't] Mean Maybe! Chesterfield. Bakery - [Denny Way?] Electric Bakery. Ford - Style Comfort Convenience Value - Coupe $520 [for?] Detroit. Brake Service, Repairing - Chief Seattle Garage - Free Crank Case Service - Authorized Service, Chevrolet, Genuine Parts - Ford Authorized Service Station - Washing and Polishing - General Repairing. Prince Albert - No Other Tobacco is Like It!
Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle Monuments & Water Places. |
| Subjects | Sculpture--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fountains--Washington (State)--Seattle; Billboards--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Belltown (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.3080.5 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 300 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, levels balanced, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 113650 |
