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Poster for Golden Potlatch celebration, 1911
The Seattle Potlatch was an annual event to celebrate Seattle's prosperity after the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition held in 1909. The name "Golden Potlatch" appropriates a Chinook Jargon word describing a Native ceremony celebration and gift giving. It also reflects the importance of the Klondike Gold Rush to Seattle's growth. Many organizers and participants in the Golden Potlatch dressed in stereotyped imitations…
ID Number:Lib.SHS.18157
Date:1911
Ticket books with black leather case from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in Seattle, 1909
These tickets allowed entry into the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) held in Seattle in 1909. It was a major national event for the young but fast growing city, and celebrated the emerging development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington.
ID Number:Lib1996.13
Date:1909