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| Title | Chinese community marchers in Potlatch parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, 1938 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1938 |
| Caption | Seattle's Potlatch of Progress opened July 10, 1938. During its four sunny days of events, Seattleites and visitors enjoyed several parades, a Native American gathering, a swim carnival, horseracing, fishing contests, fireworks at Green Lake and the dedication of Alaskan Way. |
| Notes | Banner reads: Chinese Community Seattle Wn.
Signs on buildings read: [Second] Ave Garage. Thompson Display. DeChereny Co. Inc., Importers Exporters. M. Seller Co. - Importers - Wholesale Distributors. Markoff Upholstering Co. - Custom Built All[?] Style Furniture - Re-covering, Repairing, Slip Covers. Admiral Electrics[?]. Waffle King Minute Lunch. Commodore Hotel.
Handwritten on image: Potlatch.
Handwritten on sleeve: Potlatch - Seattle - 1938 (parade).
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 2, 1938. |
| Subjects | Parades & processions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Chinese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle; Festivals--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Street railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Spectators--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI22612 |
| 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 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made 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. |
