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| Title | Aqua Follies girls in Aqua Theatre, Seattle, 1961 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1961 |
| Caption | The Aqua Follies performed at the Aqua Theatre on the south end of Green Lake. Water ballets, diving exhibitions and clown acts took place in the pool and on the stage behind. Many of the Aqua Follies mermaids were recruited in Minneapolis before June 1, and began practicing before Seattle area college students finished their school term. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: AQUAFOLLIES, Cast at Aqua Theater, 1961.
Caption information from: The Aqua Theatre, by Sidney Berland, Columbia (Fall 1997), p.14-17.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 26, 1961. |
| Subjects | Entertainment--Washington (State)--Seattle; Swimmers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bathing suits--Washington (State)--Seattle; Open-air theaters--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Green Lake (Seattle, Wash.)
Green Lake (Seattle, Wash. : Park)
Green Lake (King County, Wash. : Lake) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.378.1 |
| 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 Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative 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. |
