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Indian encampment on Ballast Island at the Seattle waterfront, ca. 1900
Title
Indian
encampment
on
Ballast
Island
at the
Seattle
waterfront
,
ca.
1900
Photographer
Wilse
,
Anders
B.
Studio Location
United
States--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Date
ca. 1900
Notes
Indian
families
came
by
canoe
to the
Seattle
waterfront
,
where
they
camped
on their
way
to
work
in the
hopfields
upriver.
They were
allowed
to
stay
on a
bleak
parcel
of
land
created
by the
ballast
dumped
from
ships
that
took
on
cargoes
of
grain
or
lumber.
The
coastal
Indians
adopted
canvas
tents
in
place
of their
native
cattail
mat
shelters
for
traveling.
Caption
on
image:
"Indian
camp
on
Ballast
Island."
Norwegian-born
Anders
Wilse
moved
to
Seattle
in
1890
to
work
as a
surveyor
and
engineer.
After
photographing
the
building
of the
Great
Northern
Railway
through
the
Cascades
and
working
as a
cartographer
,
Wilse
turned
to
commercial
photography
in
1897.
In
1900
,
Wilse
left
for a
visit
to
Norway
and
never
returned.
(Carolyn
J.
Marr
,
"Anders
Beer
Wilse:
Photographer
of the
Pacific
Northwest
and
Norway."
Columbia
8
,
no.
4
(Summer
1994):
24-29.)
Subjects
Camping--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Dwellings--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Indian
encampments--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Indians
of
North
America--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Indians
of
North
America--Structures;
Railroad
cars--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Railroad
tracks--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Tents--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Waterfronts--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Location Depicted
Washington
(State)--Seattle
Object Type
Silver
gelatin
prints
Physical Description
Silver
gelatin
print
Negative Number
MOHAI
90.45.14
Digital Collection
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
Collection
Wilse
Collection
Repository
Museum of History and Industry, Seattle
Ordering Information
To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions see:
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/ordering.php
Acquisition
Gift
of the
heirs
of
George
and
Louisa
Frye
,
1990;
acc.
no.
90.45.14
Restrictions
http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html
Transmission Data
Image/JPEG
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