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Parade float at Signal Station, Seattle, Summer 1937
Parade float at Signal Station, Seattle, Summer 1937
TitleParade float at Signal Station, Seattle, Summer 1937
PhotographerUnknown
Date1937
CaptionThe parade was in celebration of the long-awaited paving of the center of Rainier Avenue where the streetcar tracks had been removed. The parade route went all the way from Dearborn Street to Rainier Beach and back, with ribbon cuttings in every community.
NotesYork Grocery Co. is visible across the street.

Handwritten on border: Summer 1937.

Note from RVHS records: Waldon Street.
SubjectsParades & processions--Washington (State)--Seattle
Floats (Parades)--Washington (State)--Seattle
Automobile service stations--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Rainier Valley (Seattle, Wash.)
Digital CollectionRainier Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection
Accession Number95.026.23
Ordering InformationTo order a copy of this photograph, please email Rvhsoffice@aol.com and mention the Accession Number.
RepositoryRainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle
Repository CollectionEdwards Collection
Physical Description1 photographic print: b&w; 3 x 4 1/4 in.
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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.
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