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| Title | Golden Potlatch parade float, Seattle, July 1911 |
| Photographer | Nowell & Rognon |
| Date | 1911 |
| Caption | Seattle's first Golden Potlatch festival opened on July 17, 1911. The city-wide summer celebration was conceived by civic groups to celebrate the Klondike gold rush and capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. The week-long festival included concerts, parades, aircraft and boat demonstrations. Seattle's annual Seafair celebrations each July continue the Potlatch tradition.
This parade float represents early settlers in the Northwest region. A couple dressed in costume stand in front of a replica of a tree stump house. Men in white hooded robes accompany the float and one man holds a pole with a sign reading "Old Pioneers Home 4". |
| Notes | The photographer identification is based on the resemblance of the numbering system and handwriting to attributed photos in the collection.
Caption information source: HistoryLink.org. |
| Subjects | Floats (Parades)--Washington (State)--Seattle; Golden Potlatch Festival (1911: Seattle, Wash.); Horses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Parades & processions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Pioneers |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2011.79.1.8 |
| 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 Potlatch Photograph Albums, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Potlatch Photograph Albums |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 7.5 x 9.5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
