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| Title | Tlingit totem poles on either side of stairs leading to home, Wrangell, Alaska, ca. 1904 |
| Photographer | Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950 |
| Date | ca. 1904 |
| Notes | Two unpainted Tlingit totem poles flanking the stairs leading up to a large two-story home at Wrangell, Alaska. Same poles may be seen in NA2092, NA2181, NA2541, NA2527, NA2177
On verso of image: Chief Kadashan's [Katashan] House
Filed in Native Alaska--Dwellings |
| Contextual Notes | The following is a quote from the Alaskan, a Sitka newspaper, dated July 23, 1887: "An Indian named Kadashan is having built a two-story residence on the site of his old house, with two sets of bay windows above and below. The building is a frame one covered with rustic with building paper under it. It will be finished inside with lumber and looks as if it will be one of the nicest in the country. Beat that if you can."
This was the new home of Chief Kadashan, whose totem poles until recently stood on Wrangell's main street, where they had been placed after removal from their original site on the beach near the sawmill. Duplicates of these poles are now standing on Shakes Island. [Source: Monuments in Cedar web site: http://www.alaskool.org/projects/traditionalife/MonumentsInCedar/MIC_two.htm] |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Totem poles--Alaska--Wrangell; Tlingit Indians--Arts & crafts--Alaska--Wrangell; Tlingit Indians--Structures--Alaska--Wrangell; Wooden buildings--Alaska--Wrangell |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Tlingit sculpture--Alaska--Wrangell; Tlingit wood-carving--Alaska--Wrangell; Wrangell (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc. |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Wrangell |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC0879
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Alaska Photograph Collection |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. |
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