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| Title | Old woman with hop basket, ca. 1900 |
| Photographer | Wilse, Anders B. |
| Studio Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | ca. 1900 |
| Notes | Hops were picked in the early autumn and sold to brewery suppliers. Workers gathered the cone-like fruit into handmade Indian baskets, as shown in the photograph. Indians used split cedar or spruce root to make this type of open-weave storage basket, traditionally used to store dried foods and household goods in the longhouses.
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 | Baskets; Harvesting--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region; Hops--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region; Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region; Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Employment; Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Clothing & dress |
| Location Depicted | Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region |
| Object Type | Glass negatives |
| Physical Description | Glass negative; edges taped, emulsion sulfiding |
| Negative Number | MOHAI 88.33.139 |
| Digital Collection | American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
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| Collection | Wilse 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; acc. no. 88.33.139 |
| Restrictions | http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html |
| Transmission Data | Image/JPEG |
