Return to: The Stolen Totem Pole - Vacationing businessmen from Alaska on the "P-I Excursion" asked their captain where they might procure a totem pole for the city of Seattle.
A series of photos by C.M. Archbold shows the pole leaving Saxman and being readied for transport on the deck of the S.S. Tanana on April 14, 1940. Copyright University of Washington.