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| Title | Arlington float in Kla How Ya Festival parade, Kirkland, July 11, 1959 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1959 |
| Caption | Kirkland's 1959 Kla How Ya Festival opened with a big parade. Following the parade, visitors had their choice of a horse show, a frogman demonstration, street dancing, a salmon barbecue and a fireworks display. Kla How Ya means "Greetings" in the Chinook trade jargon commonly used in the area during the 19th century.
This July 11, 1959 photo shows a peacock float, representing Arlington, Washington, in Kirkland's Kla How Ya Festival parade. Some 40 floats, bands and other groups marched along the parade route that year. |
| Notes | Signs in image: GE Appliances. Lake Shore Appliances. RCA & GE Television. Nite TV Service. Freezer Specials. Complete Kitchens. 17 Cu Ft Freezer $194. "Kla-How-Ya" Sat July 11. Sears. Puget Power.
KIRKLAND, Wash., Water carnival, parade, 1959.
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 11, 1959. |
| Subjects | Parades & processions--Washington (State)--Kirkland; Floats (Parades)--Washington (State)--Kirkland; Festivals--Washington (State)--Kirkland; Business districts--Washington (State)--Kirkland; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Kirkland; Spectators--Washington (State)--Kirkland |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Kirkland |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.4959.2 |
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| 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. |
