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| Title | Independence Day fireworks over Green Lake, Seattle, July 4, 1947 |
| Photographer | Miller, John M. (Hack)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1947 |
| Caption | Seattle's 1947 July 4th celebration ended at 9:00 pm with several hours of fireworks at Green Lake. It took the Seattle police an hour or more to unsnarl the traffic jam of 50, 000 cars filled with spectators.
This photo, taken by Seattle Post-Intelligencer photographer John M. "Hack" Miller, shows the 1947 fireworks display at Green Lake. Miller exposed the same photographic plate several times to get the image. |
| Notes | Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 7, 1947. |
| Subjects | Fourth of July celebrations--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fireworks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Green Lake (Seattle, Wash.)
Green Lake (King County, Wash. : Lake) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI23315 |
| 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 safety film negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made 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. |
