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Indian family selling baskets in downtown Seattle, ca. 1912
Indian family selling baskets in downtown Seattle, ca. 1912
TitleIndian family selling baskets in downtown Seattle, ca. 1912
Studio NameWebster & Stevens
Studio LocationUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Dateca. 1912
NotesA number of Native American families earned money by selling baskets to Seattle residents and visitors. In this photo, two women and a boy sit by their baskets on Second Avenue, outside the Frederick & Nelson department store. This style of twined basket is still made by the Makah people of Neah Bay and the Nuu-cha-nulth (formerly called Nootka) people of Vancouver Island.BR>BR>Photographers Ira Webster and Nelson Stevens opened their Seattle studio in 1902. They were the official photographers for The Seattle Times for 23 years, beginning in 1906, and also did extensive commercial photography work in Seattle and King County. Webster retired in 1925 and died in 1942; and Stevens died around 1930. (Firm stationery; Charles T. Hommel, A Guide to Historical Photograph Collections in Seattle, p. 46.)
SubjectsFrederick & Nelson; Peddlers; Baskets; Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Seattle--Commerce
Location DepictedWashington (State)--Seattle
Object TypeSilver gelatin prints
Physical DescriptionSilver gelatin print
Negative NumberMOHAI 83.10.PA2.1
Digital CollectionAmerican Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
CollectionPEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection
RepositoryMuseum of History and Industry, Seattle
Ordering InformationTo order a reproduction or inquire about permissions see: http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/ordering.php
AcquisitionGift of PEMCO Financial Services, 1983; acc. no. 83.10.PA2.1
Restrictionshttp://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html
Transmission DataImage/JPEG
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