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| Title | Mason County Forest Festival parade, Shelton, May 1953 |
| Photographer | Forde Photographers |
| Date | 1953 |
| Caption | The Mason County Forest Festival began in the mid-1940s in Shelton, Washington, to celebrate the logging industry. The festival featured loggers' competitions, a parade and other activities.
In this photo, a drum majorette and band march down the parade route. Signs for Shelton Hardware and Parker's Men's Shop are visible along the street. |
| Notes | Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 16, 1953 |
| Subjects | Drum majorettes--Washington (State)--Shelton; Events--Washington (State)--Shelton; Marching bands; Parades & processions--Washington (State)--Shelton; Spectators--Washington (State)--Shelton |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)--Shelton |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.5447.2 |
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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. |
