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Item
Title
1024-1
Date(s)
- 1935 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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ca. 1935. The Tacoma Totem Pole, located on the grounds of the Tacoma Hotel. The Tacoma Hotel, opened in 1884, was the showplace of the city. It was designed by the Stanford White architecture firm of McKim, Mead & White. The Totem Pole was commissioned by W.F. Sheard and Chester Thorne and presented to the city in 1903. It was carved by two Alaskan carvers in the Haida tribal style. TPL-2387
Tacoma Totem Pole (Tacoma); Totem poles--Tacoma; Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma);