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| Title | Portrait of Chief Seattle, painted from a photograph taken in 1865 |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Notes | Chief Seattle (Sealth) 1786-1866 was chosen chief by the Duwamish and Suquamish Indian tribes of Puget Sound. He was a successful military strategist and was helpful in negotiations between the Native Americans and the settlers. He signed the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855 ceding the area now known as Seattle to the United States. |
| Personal Names | Seattle, Chief; Sealth, Chief |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact The Pioneer Association of the State of Washington, 1642 43rd Ave East, Seattle, 98112, 206-328-2716 |
| Credit Line | Pioneer Association of the State of Washington; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Pioneer Association of the State of Washington |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
