Old Kasaan Totem Pole, Steamship Spokane, Alaska August 25 1908 Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Anxious newcomers

Anxious newcomers

Artwork adapted from the original 1930s restaurant art

Domestic use of electricity was still limited at this time – only the wealthy had electricity in their homes

In an interview with the New York Times in 2004

who has fallen asleep and who has a glass of the popular beverage

Old Kasaan Totem Pole, Steamship Spokane, Alaska August 25 1908 Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Anxious newcomersIn the early 20th century, tourists to Alaska enjoyed luxury trips on board ships like the Pacific Coast Steamship companys Spokane. A popular destination was the one noted on this 1908 menu the village of Old Kasaan, a Haida Indian settlement about 30 miles west of Ketchikan in southeastern Alaska. Spread over 38 acres, the village had once been a thriving community, noted for its 69 totem poles. The most precious totems stood outside the home of the