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| Title | Japanese Chamber of Commerce float in Potlatch parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, 1939 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1939 |
| Caption | Seattle's 1939 Potlatch Festival opened July 25 and ran for five days. Its Golden Jubilee theme celebrated Washington's 50 years of statehood. Events included a Western horse show, an original play on the history of Seattle, visiting warships, a beauty contest and three parades. On the last day of the festival, an estimated 300, 000 people lined the streets and watched from windows during the main street parade. |
| Notes | Signs in image read: State of Washington Golden Jubilee - Welcome. Gold Fish. Ex-Lax. 2nd Ave Drug Co. Visit our fountain. Hotel St. Regis.
Handwritten on image: Seattle Potlatch, 39.
Handwritten on sleeve: Potlatch - Seattle - 1939 (parade). |
| Subjects | Floats (Parades)--Washington (State)--Seattle; Parades & processions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Japanese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle; Festivals--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lampposts--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI22619 |
| 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; dichroic fog |
| 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. |
