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| Title | John O'Brien and John Merrill with Rainier District Powwow royalty, Seattle, ca. 1973 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1973 |
| Caption | John O'Brien and John Merrill with the the Powwow royalty: Princess Grace Boscolo, Queen Cara Okoren, and Princess Gail Lincicome. The Rainier District Powwow was first held in 1934 and continued through 1990. It attracted thousands of people to Seward Park for races, beauty contests, and games. State representative John O'Brien was the first chairman of the event and served as chair for many years. John Merrill, insurance business owner, was also actively involved for many years. |
| Notes | Sashes read: Princess Grace, Queen Cara, Princess Gail.
Handwritten on verso: John O'Brien & John Merrill. |
| Subjects | Beauty contestants--Washington (State)--Seattle
Festivals--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Seward Park (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Rainier Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection |
| Accession Number | 97.078.005L |
| Ordering Information | To order a copy of this photograph, please email Rvhsoffice@aol.com and mention the Accession Number. |
| Repository | Rainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle |
| Repository Collection | Morby Collection |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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. |
