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Big Skookum,WA - c1890 - Ox Team and Residence Cabinet Card *Territory* :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Big Skookum,WA - c1890 - Ox Team and Residence Cabinet Card *Territory* :
Photograph captioned: "Ox Team and Residence of Newell Day, Big Skookum, W.T." Image is of loggers, women, and children posing outisde of a homestead. Measures 9" x 6 1/2", mounted on beige cardstock with ornate printed border measuring 11" x 9". Contrast is low, focus is good. Several waterspots, otherwise very good condition. "The Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company" printed vertically along the left border. While the photographer is not identified, this company had offices in Portland, OR, operated by R.H. Gardiner (1892); Crowell & Westervelt in Los Angeles, CA (1890); and R.H. Gardiner in Victoria or T.J. Fletcher in Nanaimo. The narrow inlet of Big Skookum, now known as Hammersley Inlet, was originally known as Sa-He-Wa-Mish in honor of the people who were living there. A small island, four and a half miles long and a half mile wide was named after the people of Case Inlet, and became known as Squaxin Island.