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| Title | Men holding banners spelling "Welcome to Our City" during the Golden Potlatch, Seattle, ca. 1913 |
| Photographer | Nowell, Frank H. |
| Date | ca. 1913 |
| Caption | The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held in July, organized by civic boosters hoping to capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The first Golden Potlatch opened in July 1911; the event continued for each of the next three summers before being suspended during wartime. The name reflects the importance of the Klondike gold rush to Seattle and borrows a Chinook jargon term for a gift-giving ceremony. The boosters also used Chinook jargon to call themselves the Tillikums (friend) of Elttaes, (Seattle spelled backward). Thousands of people enjoyed the week-long carnival of parades, aircraft demonstrations and concerts.
This photo shows a long line of men in white suits and hats, each holding a letter of the phrase "Welcome to Our City." |
| Notes | Embossed on front of print: Frank H. Nowell, U.S.A.
Photo from album with "Tillikums of Elttaes" embossed on the cover.
Caption information source: HistoryLink.org |
| Subjects | Banners; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Potlatch (Festival) (Seattle, Wash.); Suits (Clothing) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2011.79.2.9 |
| 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 1/2 x 7 5/8 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 | 13785 |
