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| Title | Man on an aquaplane at Potlatch Festival, 1913 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1913 |
| Caption | Seattle's 1913 Golden Potlatch, the distant ancestor of the Seafair festival, opened on July 16. For the next several days, Seattle residents and visitors were treated to parades, an air show, a battleship spotlight drill, water sports and numerous other events. This 1913 Potlatch festival photo, taken on Lake Washington, shows a man riding an aquaplane pulled by a motorboat. Aquaplanes were an early type of water ski. |
| Subjects | Potlatch (Festival) (1913 : Seattle, Wash.); Water skiers; Festivals |
| Places | Washington, Lake (Wash.); Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1998.9.4 |
| 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 | Potlatch Photograph Album, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Potlatch Photograph Album |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print mounted on linen : gelatin, b&w; 19 x 25 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
