Photograph

Island County Historical Society

Name/Title

Photograph

Entry/Object ID

2017.042.021b

Description

Native American canoes and paddlers at the Coupeville Water Festival. There are at least 11 canoes and 11 paddlers in each canoe. There are steamships, sloops and other boats alongside the canoe; one is a Coast Guard vessel - CG-265. Written on the back: "Feb 1933 Nat'l Geographic" Caption headline: "Indigenous Peoples in dugout canoes, once war craft, race at Coupeville on the Fourth of July"

Collection

Penn Cove Water Festival

Made/Created

Date made

1933

Place

City

Coupeville, Washington

County

Island County

State/Province

Washington

Region

Cascades and Plateau, Whidbey Island

Continent

North America

Notes

Medium: Photographic Paper

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Relationships

Related Events

Event

Penn Cove Water Festival

Related Publications

Notes

RG 16 RG 30 RG 29