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| Title | Boat show, Seattle, February 21, 1948 |
| Photographer | Rote, Clarence J.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1948 |
| Caption | On February 21, 1948, the annual Pacific Northwest Boat Show & Marine Exposition opened at the Seattle Armory. Promoters boasted that this boat show was the largest in the United States. Over 100 exhibitors showcased their vessels, electronics, engines, hardware and fishing equipment. Visitors could enter a model boat contest or an art contest and could buy chances to win a Lightning sailboat.
This photo shows the 1948 boat show at the Seattle Armory, now known as The Center House at Seattle Center. A Grandy Boat Co. cabin cruiser is in the foreground. |
| Notes | Handwritten on negative: Boat Show - 2-21-48.
Handwritten on sleeve: Boat Shows - Seattle - 1948.
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): February 26, 1948. |
| Subjects | Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Boats--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI26241 |
| 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 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. |
