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Bird’s-eye view of the Daffodil Parade, Sumner, Washington, 1939
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| Title | Bird's-eye view of the Daffodil Parade, Sumner, Washington, 1939 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1939 |
| Caption | In the mid 1920s, Puyallup Valley farmers began planting daffodils as bulb crops to replace the dying hops industry. In the spring of 1926, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Orton of Sumner, Washington, opened their home for a garden party so their guests could admire the daffodils in bloom around their estate. Each spring, interest in the daffodil fields grew, eventually causing gridlock in the towns of Puyallup, Sumner and Orting. Eventually it was suggested that the blooms, which were discarded or used as fertilizer, be used instead as decoration for a parade. The idea was embraced, and the Grand Floral Street Parade, or Daffodil Festival Parade, was born. Traveling through the Pierce County towns of Puyallup, Orting, Sumner and Tacoma, there has been a parade every year since 1934, with the exception of the war years of 1943, 1944 and 1945. |
| Notes | Written on sleeve: Daffodil festival, Sumner, Wash.
Handwritten on image: Daffodil Parade Sumner<br
Caption information source: http://daffodilfestival.net/history.htm
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 20, 1939 |
| Subjects | Business districts—Washington (State)—Sumner
Crowds—Washington (State)—Sumner
Daffodils—Washington (State)—Sumner
Floats (Parades) —Washington (State)—Sumner
Parades—Washington (State)—Sumner |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)—Sumner |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.2011.1 |
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| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from film positive as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4. |
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