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| Title | Rainier District Powwow Sockeye Salmon Derby, Seattle, ca. 1973 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1973 |
| Caption | The Rainier District Powwow was first held in 1934 and continued through 1990. It attracted thousands of people to Seward Park for races, beauty contests, and games. One of the most popular events was the annual Sockeye Salmon Derby that was coordinated with the annual sockeye run in the Lake. That run of sockeye came into the lake through the locks and the ship canal, then through Lake Union, the Montlake Cut, and into Lake Washington. The run then made its way south, past Seward Park and into the Cedar River at Renton. The "check in and weigh in" dock shown here is at the southern end of the Seward Park Peninsula. The winning fish weighed in at 9 1/2 pounds. The sockeye still show up every year, creating a bonanza for fishermen. |
| Notes | Signs in image read: Our Sockeye Salmon[?] Derby. July 25. 1973 Pinto.
Handwritten on verso: Pow Wow Sockeye Salmon Derby - So Side of Seward Park. |
| Subjects | Motorboats--Washington (State)--Seattle
Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle
Fishing--Washington (State)--Seattle
Festivals--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Seward Park (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Rainier Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection |
| Accession Number | 97.078.005I |
| Ordering Information | To order a copy of this photograph, please email Rvhsoffice@aol.com and mention the Accession Number. |
| Repository | Rainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle |
| Repository Collection | Morby Collection |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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. |
