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| Title | Indians on the beach at Port Townsend, September 2, 1899 |
| Photographer | Wilcox, William Holmes |
| Studio Location | United States--Washington (State)--Port Townsend |
| Date | 1899 |
| Notes | Port Townsend, site of a Klallam village prior to the arrival of settlers in 1850, became an important trading center by the end of the 19th century. Native peoples from Canada and the tribes of Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula gathered along the shores of Port Townsend Bay to trade and socialize. Many also stopped here on their way to the hop fields or fishing grounds. In this photograph, canoes line the beach and tents are pitched above the high tide line. The people carried their cooking utensils and other everyday items from place to place.
William Holmes Wilcox became interested in photography soon after settling in Tacoma in 1890. He moved to Port Townsend, on the Olympic Peninsula, in 1897, where he worked for the customs service and frequently went on photographic trips with local banker/photographer James McCurdy. Wilcox moved to California in 1916 but returned to the Pacific Northwest in 1924. He died in 1940. (Bob Cole, "William Holmes Wilcox: Amateur Photographer as Artist." Portage 2, no. 1 (Fall/Winter 1980-81):4-9.) |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Port Townsend--Women; Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Port Townsend--Structures; Clothing & dress--Washington (State)--Port Townsend; Dwellings--Washington (State)--Port Townsend; Beaches--Washington (State)--Port Townsend; Tents--Washington (State)--Port Townsend; Canoes--Indians of North America; Canoes--Washington (State)--Port Townsend; Women--Washington (State)--Port Townsend |
| Location Depicted | Washington (State)--Port Townsend |
| Object Type | Silver gelatin prints |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin print |
| Negative Number | Wilcox 5099 |
| Digital Collection | American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
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| Collection | Wilcox Collection |
| Repository | Museum of History and Industry, Seattle
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions see:
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/ordering.php
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| Acquisition | Gift of the Wilcox Family, 1993; acc. no. 93.1 |
| Restrictions | http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html |
| Transmission Data | Image/JPEG |
