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| Title | Makah couple at Port Townsend, September 2, 1899 |
| Photographer | Wilcox, William Holmes |
| Studio Location | United States--Washington (State)--Port Townsend |
| Date | 1899 |
| Notes | A group of Makah from Neah Bay camped on the beach at Port Townsend in September 1899. Photographer William Wilcox took several candid pictures of the group which show us details of their everyday life. The young Makah woman wears a dress of cloth which was probably bought or traded for. Her earrings are probably native-made.
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 | Makah Indians--Structures; Makah Indians--Women; Dwellings--Washington (State)--Port Townsend; Clothing & dress--Washington (State)--Port Townsend; Couples--Washington (State)--Port Townsend; Tents--Washington (State)--Port Townsend |
| Location Depicted | Washington (State)--Port Townsend |
| Object Type | Glass negatives |
| Physical Description | Glass negative |
| Negative Number | Wilcox 5095 |
| 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 |
