LitSite Alaska

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.

Gallery Thumbnails

Side view of the Raven Pole after arrival in Seattle

Negative No. NA3840

Anthropologist and author Viola Edmundson Garfield photographed a side view of the Raven pole following its arrival in Seattle, June 1940. The lines of the freshly carved pole reflect the expert skills of its carvers. Copyright University of Washington.