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Collection Name	Jack Allman Papers, 1935-1959. ASL-MS-220
Identifier	ASL-MS220-01-04-04
Title	Totem poles in park.
Description	Text: In the foreground… totem carved by the S. E. Alaska Indians of WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD "sitting on his suitcase"… (extreme right). Original Lincoln to[t]em at the left. Note he Has his hand extended "holding the emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves." The Indians At that time were many in slavery here in Alaska and hailed Lincoln as the big white Chief to free the slaves.
Subject.TGM	Totem poles
Subject.LCSH	Tlingit sculpture
Location	Saxman (Alaska)
Region	Southeast Alaska
Type	Image (Photographs)
Related Materials	CCL catalog: http://www.ccl.lib.ak.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/x/0/5?searchdata1=ocn135600960
Ordering & Use	http://library.state.ak.us/vilda_rights.html
Holding Institution	Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571; mailto:asl.historical@alaska.gov