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Image of Jack Adams' racing canoe, Portage Bay, Seattle, 1909
SHS11726
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Jack Adams' racing canoe, Portage Bay, Seattle, 1909

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In 1909, Jack Adams (1853-1931), a member of the Suquamish Tribe, built a canoe for a canoe race at Seattle's Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Adams built the vessel from a single 48-foot log. On September 6, the canoes raced to the finish line at the foot of the fair's Pay Streak, in Portage Bay. In this photo, Adams and ten other men paddle the canoe on Portage Bay.

SHS category: Indians - Canoes
ID Number: SHS11726
Date: 1909
Physical Description: 1 negative : safety film, b&w ; 2 x 2.5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, SHS11726
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects: Indigenous Peoples, Northwest Coast Native Peoples, Coast Salish Peoples, Maritime, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE)

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