3.-Stolen-Totem-dedication-unveiled-by-WilseWEB August 31, 2013 1000 × 1353 3.-Stolen-Totem-dedication-unveiled-by-WilseWEB The “Stolen Totem” at its 1899 Pioneer Place dedication. A. Wilse took the photo, and the Seattle Good Willl Committee while on its cruise to and back from Alaska during the gold rush, took the totem pole off of Tongass Island.