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Tlingit totem pole in Pioneer Square seen from Yesler Street, Seattle, Washington
Tlingit totem pole in Pioneer Square seen from Yesler Street, Seattle, Washington
TitleTlingit totem pole in Pioneer Square seen from Yesler Street, Seattle, Washington
PhotographerWarner, Arthur Churchill, 1864-1943
NotesTotem pole set in triangular median; small wrought iron fence around pole and shrubs. Olympic Hotel (with Northern Pacific ticket office) visible behind it. Horse drawn buggy and truck seen along 1st Avenue South behind pole. Taken pre-1906, as the Pioneer Square Pergola has not been built. Also in NA1509, cur3963, cur47020, UW8571

Caption on image: The totem pole. 204.

Note from Museum of History and Industry: The totem pole at Pioneer Square has been a Seattle landmark since 1899. That year, a group of Seattle businessmen visited a Tlingit village in Alaska. They thought the village was deserted and removed a 50-foot tall totem pole as a souvenir. The men brought the pole back to Seattle and had it set up in Pioneer Square. They were later fined for the theft of the pole. After being damaged by fire in 1938, it was replaced by a duplicate pole carved by Tlingit craftsmen.
SubjectsTotem poles--Washington (State)--Seattle ; Tlingit Indians--Arts & crafts; Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.); Seattle (Wash.)
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Object TypePhotographs
Negative NumberWarner [3017]
Digital CollectionAmerican Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
CollectionArthur Churchill Warner Collection no. 273
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Ordering InformationTo order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
Restrictionshttp://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html
Transmission DataImage/JPEG
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