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Observers awaiting the arrival of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense ships to Seattle in time for the city's Seafair celebrations, ca. 1956
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| Title | Observers awaiting the arrival of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense ships to Seattle in time for the city's Seafair celebrations, ca. 1956 |
| Photographer | Ogawa, Elmer, 1906-1970 |
| Date | ca. 1956 |
| Notes | Ogawa 12-33-18 |
| Contextual Notes | The Seafair festival was designed to attract tourists and stress marine events in keeping with Seattle's boast as the "boating capital of the world." The first Seafair featured parades, boat races on Green Lake, amateur athletic events, royalty, community festivals like West Seattle Hi-Yu Days, Rainier District Pow-wow, Wallingford Pirate Days, the University District Kid's Parade, and the Ballard Festival, and were highlighted by the nightly Aqua Follies performances. Seafair was deemed a success and the festival would grow the next summer with the addition of the unlimited hydroplane racing class on Lake Washington.
In 1954, the Coastal Safety Force was separated, and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force was formally created as the naval branch of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, following the passage of the 1954 Self-Defense Forces Law. The first ships in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force were former US Navy destroyers, transferred to Japanese control in 1954. In 1956, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force received its first domestically produced destroyer since World War II, the Harukaze. Due to the Cold War threat posed by the Soviet Navy's sizable and powerful submarine fleet, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force was primarily tasked with an anti-submarine role. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Warships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Festivals--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Seafair |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Society and Culture Collection
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| Order Number | SOC3712
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Repository Collection | Elmer Ogawa Collection. PH Coll 178 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanner in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2012 |
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