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| Title | Grape Harvest Parade, Kennewick, October 1946 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1946 |
| Caption | Grapefest is the oldest festival in the Tri-Cities area. In the early 1900s, Kennewick was home to the largest Concord grape harvest in the world. In celebration of the harvest, Grapefest was born in 1911. Eventually Grapefest became the County Fair, and has continued in various incarnations over the years.
This photo shows the parade in Kennewick for the 1946 Grape Festival, a three-day event held October 3 - 5. A decorated automobile heads the parade. |
| Notes | Caption information source: http://historickennewick.org/2011-grapefest-centennial-celebration/
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): October 23, 1946 |
| Subjects | Grape industry--Washington (State)--Kennewick; Parades & processions--Washington (State)--Kennewick |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)--Kennewick |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.4682.1 |
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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 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from film positive using Epson Expression 10000XL 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, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
