Tlingit totem poles in front of Chief Shake's house, Wrangell, Alaska, June 1899., Taken on 1 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: Taken on 1 June 1899. Medium: silver. Depicted Place: Wrangell, Alaska. Collection: University of Washington.