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| Title | Golden Potlatch spectators standing on train along Railroad Avenue, Seattle, July 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 photo shows people standing atop railroad cars, buildings and bridges to gain a better view of Potlatch events happening at the waterfront, perhaps one of the daily airplane exhibition flights. |
| Notes | The photographer identification is based on the resemblance of the numbering system and handwriting to attributed photos in the collection. |
| Subjects | Buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Golden Potlatch Festival (1911: Seattle, Wash.); Railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2011.79.1.5 |
| 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; 7.5 x 9.5 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 |
