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| Title | Police and Shriners trying to move an elephant in front of a streetcar on Pine Street in downtown Seattle, 1939 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1939 |
| Notes | Sign in image: Pine St.
On hats in image: 'Nile' and 'Nile Potentate.'
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America also known as Shriners, Shrine of North America, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, A.A.O.N.M.S., AAONMS, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Freemasonry for North and South America, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North and South America, A.A.O.N. of the M.S., AAON of the MS 410, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine North America South America, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America, Ancient Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Khawiyah Qad-im `Arab-i Ishr-af al-Masj-id Sirr-i li-Ajli Am-ir-ik-a Sham-al-i [note from the Library of Congress Authority File].
Handwritten on sleeve: Elephants, Betty Hilton.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 21, 1939. |
| Subjects | Elephants--Washington (State)--Seattle; Railroad cars--Washington (State)--Seattle; Street railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Police--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fraternal organizations--Washington (State)--Seattle; Crowds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.2442.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
