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| Title | Mayor William Devin lighting candles on Lucia bride's crown, Seattle, 1949 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1949 |
| Caption | Santa Lucia is a traditional Swedish festival where a girl dresses in a white gown and wears a crown of candles as a reminder that the dark days of winter will soon turn to spring. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: William Deven [sic], Lorraine Olson.
Handwritten on sleeve: Lucia Bride - Seattle - 1949.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): November 23, 1949. |
| Subjects | Mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle; Festivals--Washington (State)--Seattle; Swedish Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle; Candles--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Devin, William F. (William Franklin), 1898-
Olson, Lorraine |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI22498 |
| 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 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
