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Quileute Indians landing provisions at La Push, ca. 1900
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| Title | Quileute Indians landing provisions at La Push, ca. 1900 |
| Photographer | Nowell, F.H. (Frank H.) |
| Studio Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | ca. 1900 |
| Notes | The Quileute Indians, whose reservation on the west coast of Washington's Olympic Peninsula was distant from road or rail connections, obtained supplies by loading up their large sea-going canoes. In this photo, Indians unload large sacks at First Beach, which borders the village of La Push.
Caption on image: "Indians landing provisions at Mora, Washington"
Caption information from Jay Powell and Vickie Jensen, Quileute: An Introduction to the Indians of La Push, n.p. Nearby Mora is not directly on the beach.
Photographer Frank Nowell was active in Alaska in the 1890s and early 1900s and in Seattle from 1903 until his retirement in the late 1940s. He was the official photographer for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. (Charles T. Hommel, A Guide to Historical Photograph Collections in Seattle, p. 36-38.) |
| Subjects | Quileute Indians--Transportation; Quileute Indians--Subsistence activities; Canoes--Quileute Indians; Canoes--Washington (State)--La Push; Beaches--Washington (State)--La Push |
| Location Depicted | Washington (State)--La Push |
| Object Type | Silver gelatin prints |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin print |
| Negative Number | SHS 7, 914 |
| Digital Collection | American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
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| Collection | Seattle Historical Society 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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| Restrictions | http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html |
| Transmission Data | Image/JPEG |
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