Tlingit totem poles in front of Chief Shake's house, Wrangell, Alaska, June 1899.

From album entitled: A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, May - August, 1899. Volume 1, New York to Cook Inlet, leaf 20. Man and blackfish hat, pole to left; Bear and tracks, pole to right. Caption on image: Chief Shake's house-- Wrangell Words: Indian, Native American. Photograph taken by Edward S. Curtis, official photographer, member of the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition. *Subjects (LCTGM): Shakes family--Homes & haunts; Tlingit Indians--Structures--Alaska--Wrangell; Totem poles--Alaska--Wrangell; Wooden buildings--Alaska--Wrangell *Subjects (LCSH): Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Tlingit Indians--Kings and rulers--Dwellings--Alaska--Wrangell; Tlingit sculpture--Alaska--Wrangell; Tlingit wood-carving--Alaska--Wrangell; Wrangell (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Date

1899-06-01

Archive

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Type

photograph

Original size

538 × 510 pixels

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