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| Advertisement | Chinook Jargon Dictionary (1909) |
| Publication Source | The week-end, Vol 4 (5), p. 2 |
| Publisher | Every Saturday Publishing Company |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Publication Date | January 30, 1909
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| Advertisement Text | Edited by George C. Shaw...Paper covers 50c. "Chinook Jargon." A genuine "international speech" of inestimable service, not only to commerce, but to science, to missionary efforts, and to the convenience of travelers...The pronunciation of 258 important words is clearly indicated...The Chinook-English part gives 320 important jargon words that are in common use, 175 archaic words in a supplement, and nearly 2,000 colloquial phrases in common use, written down as they were heard from the natives and others versed in the idiom. |
| Contextual Notes | The Chinook jargon was used for trading in North America. Possibly developed by the Hudson's Bay Company, the language is a hodgepodge of English, French and Chinook words.
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| Category | Native Americans
Publishing industry |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Encyclopedias & dictionaries; Books |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Chinook jargon |
| Geographic Coverage | United States
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0073 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. 979.743 WE |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from text at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008 |
