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| Title | Naval parade at Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, July 21, 1911 |
| Photographer | Nowell & Rognon |
| Date | 1911 |
| Caption | Seattle's first Golden Potlatch festival opened on July 17, 1911. The city-wide summer celebration was conceived by civic groups to celebrate the Klondike gold rush and capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. The week-long festival included concerts, parades, aircraft and boat demonstrations. Seattle's annual Seafair celebrations each July continue the Potlatch tradition.
This photograph shows part of a military and naval pageant that took place on July 21, 1911, as part of the Golden Potlatch festival. Men in uniform march north along First Avenue as spectators look on. The 50-foot totem pole, seen on the right, has been a landmark in Pioneer Square since 1899. |
| Notes | The photographer identification is based on the resemblance of the numbering system and handwriting to attributed photos in the collection.
Caption information source: HistoryLink.org. |
| Subjects | Buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; First Avenue (Seattle, Wash.); Golden Potlatch Festival (1911: Seattle, Wash.); Naval parades & ceremonies--Washington (State)--Seattle; Parades & processions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Spectators--Washington (State)--Seattle; Totem poles--Washington (State)--Seattle; United States. Navy. |
| Places | Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.); United States--Washington (State)--Seattle; |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2011.79.1.27 |
| 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 Potlatch Photograph Albums, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Potlatch Photograph Albums |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 9.75 x 7.75 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 8279 |
