<p>A number of Native American families earned money by selling baskets to Seattle's tourists and residents. In this postcard, several women and a boy sit by their baskets on Second Avenue, outside the Frederick &amp; Nelson department store. This style of twined basket is still made by the Makah people of Neah Bay and the Nootkan people of Vancouver Island.</p>
<p>Sign in image: Frederick &amp; Nelson Inc. - Womens Costumes, Suits, Furs, Etc. - Complete [...] Furnishers.

Caption on image: Indian Basket Sellers, Seattle.

Caption on verso: From the writing room of Frederick &amp; Nelson, Seattle.

Postmarked April 8, 1912, from Seattle; one-cent stamp.

Handwritten on verso: Isn't this a typical scene? Have been down taking lunch with Millie and have just put her on the car. Aren't you dying for school to start? I am not. Heaps [of Love?] Rowena.
Addressed to Mrs. A.D. Foster in Quincy, Wash.

Caption by MOHAI staff.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Seattle; Baskets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Department stores--Washington (State)--Seattle; Frederick &amp; Nelson</li></ul><hr>
Quite likely this postcard is a pastiche rather then being based on an actual photograph. Compare (for example) <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seattle_-_selling_Indian_baskets_in_front_of_F%26N_-_1912.jpg" title="File:Seattle - selling Indian baskets in front of F&amp;N - 1912.jpg">File:Seattle - selling Indian baskets in front of F&amp;N - 1912.jpg</a> and the images linked from there.
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