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| Title | Indian family at Port Townsend, August 30, 1899 |
| Photographer | Wilcox, William Holmes |
| Studio Location | United States--Washington (State)--Port Townsend |
| Date | 1899 |
| Notes | In this scene, a woman weaves a basket amid the hustle and bustle of a crowded camp. In the background, a non-Indian man and boy examine a small box, perhaps intending to buy or trade. Baskets were among the top trade items for the Makah and other Indians of the Olympic Peninsula region.
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--Structures; Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Port Townsend--Women; Dwellings--Washington (State)--Port Townsend; Clothing & dress--Washington (State)--Port Townsend; Families--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 5089 |
| 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 |
