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English: Pioneer Square totem pole being cleaned, Seattle, ca. 1923   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Pioneer Square totem pole being cleaned, Seattle, ca. 1923
Description
English:

The totem pole at Pioneer Square has been a Seattle landmark since 1899. In that year, a group of Seattle businessmen visited the Tlingit village of Tongass, in Alaska. They thought the village was deserted and removed the 50-foot tall pole as a souvenir. The village residents were away at work, however, and the businessmen were later fined for the theft of the pole.

Sign in image: Clean Up! Visitors Coming - We'll Help You - Acme Window Cleaning Co. Handwritten on sleeve: Totem Pole Washing. Caption by MOHAI staff.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Totem poles--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Pergolas--Washington (State)--Seattle; Street railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.)
Date circa 1923
date QS:P571,+1923-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 5 in (12.7 cm); width: 7 in (17.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,7U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
2411
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Credit Line
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
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