Totem Pole in Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington, circa 1905
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This memorial pole was erected in Seattle's Pioneer Square in 1899, near the end of the Klondike gold rush, when thousands of hopeful miners departed the city for Northwestern Canada and Alaska. Seattle businessmen had taken the pole from Tongass, a Tlingit village in southeastern Alaska, and were later fined for theft. Though controversial, it became a city landmark.
This memorial pole was erected in Seattle's Pioneer Square in 1899, near the end of the Klondike gold rush, when thousands of hopeful miners departed the city for Northwestern Canada and Alaska. Seattle businessmen had taken the pole from Tongass, a Tlingit village in southeastern Alaska, and were later fined for theft. Though controversial, it became a city landmark.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1900
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.3916
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in
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