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Image of Sourdough Club on ship
Photograph

Sourdough Club on ship "Portland" during Golden Potlatch, Seattle, July 17, 1912

The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. The appropriation of culture in order to market products or events is a common example of discrimination and marginalization faced by Indigenous peoples in the United States. In…
ID Number:1954.776.1
Date:1912
Image of The Potlatch Bug: A Ragtime Song of the Golden Potlatch
Music, notated

The Potlatch Bug: A Ragtime Song of the Golden Potlatch

The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon;" Elttaes" is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:1963.3018.3
Date:1912
Image of Golden Potlatch ad, Seattle, 1911
Poster

Golden Potlatch ad, Seattle, 1911

The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; "Elttaes" is "Seattle" spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:1963.3018.4.1
Date:1911
Image of Suess Art Glass float for Potlatch parade, Seattle, circa 1920
Photograph

Suess Art Glass float for Potlatch parade, Seattle, circa 1920

In this image employees of the Suess Art Glass Company, dressed for a parade, pose in front of the company building at 764 Virginia Street in downtown Seattle. The company had begun in 1901, a few months after third-generation glazer and founder John Bernard Suess (1875-1930) moved to Seattle from Chicago with his wife, Bertha (Stumpf) Suess (1876-), and daughter…
ID Number:1971.5110.2
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Indigenous boat races on Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1912
Photograph

Indigenous boat races on Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1912

This image of Elliott Bay faces east with spectators lining the docks and streets of downtown Seattle visible in the background. Two Indigenous wooden dugout canoes with 11 men each are racing south along the shoreline in front of Belltown. The event likely took place during one of the Golden Potlatch celebrations staged in the summers of 1911, 1912, and…
ID Number:1971.5202.73
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Poor Unappreciated Dad
Music, notated

Poor Unappreciated Dad

The nation’s first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington, on June 19, 1910. Its founder hoped to start a national celebration for fathers similar to Mother’s Day. In 1913, Seattle businessman Herbert A. Schoenfeld formed a Dad’s Day Association, with a similar purpose. The city’s Dad’s Day took place on July 19, 1913. Its official song and two-step, “Poor…
ID Number:1971.5283.1
Date:1913
Image of Café Olympus New Year's booklet, 1912
Ephemera

Café Olympus New Year's booklet, 1912

The Olympus Café opened about 1898 at 112 1st Avenue South, "Situated right in the business district of Seattle ... Just South of the Totem Pole." This small booklet, printed with New Year's greetings, includes promotional text and a photo of the cafe's "Venetian Room."On each left-hand page is the emblem of the Golden Potlatch "Bug," which advertised the summer…
ID Number:1976.6296.7
Date:1912
Image of Portrait of Potlatch King Edgar L. Webster, Seattle, 1911
Photograph

Portrait of Potlatch King Edgar L. Webster, Seattle, 1911

The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen who used imagery common to local Indigenous Peoples to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a…
ID Number:1977.6531.2
Date:1911
Image of Golden Potlatch Carnival March and Two Step
Music, notated

Golden Potlatch Carnival March and Two Step

The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:1980.7097A.1
Date:1912
Image of The Potlatch Tickle
Music, notated

The Potlatch Tickle

The music for "The Potlatch Tickle (A Seattle Rag)" was composed by Donald A. Robertson, arranged by Carl A. Weber, and published by the Empire Music Publishing Company of Seattle. A native of Germany, Carl Alfred Weber (1863-1929) came to Seattle about 1910 and opened a music studio where he taught and arranged music. Donald Alexander Robertson (1888-1934) was a…
ID Number:1980.7097A.28
Date:1911
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