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Image of Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, August 30 - September 2, 1991
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Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, August 30 - September 2, 1991

Begun as "Festival '71" in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot has become one of North America's largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.The poster pictured here was designed by Ken Turner and Frank Zepponi, and printed by Impression Northwest. Printed on poster: Poster by Ken Turner and Frank ZepponiCaption information source: "Bumbershoot," by Paul Dorpat,…
ID Number:2011.49.21
Date:1991
Image of Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, September 4-7, 1992
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Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, September 4-7, 1992

Begun as "Festival '71" in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot has become one of North America's largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.This poster features artwork by Joan Ross Blaedel (b. 1942), "Carnival IV," that was commissioned for Bumbershoot through the City of Seattle's 1% for Art Program. The poster was designed by Kris Ekstrand…
ID Number:2011.49.22
Date:1992
Image of Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, September 3-6, 1993
Poster

Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, September 3-6, 1993

Begun as "Festival '71" in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot has become one of North America's largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.This poster features artwork by Laura Castellanos that was commissioned for Bumbershoot through the City of Seattle's 1% for Art Program. The poster was designed by Ole Thompson, Volcanic. Printed on poster: Artwork…
ID Number:2011.49.23
Date:1993
Image of Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, September 2-5, 1994
Poster

Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, September 2-5, 1994

Begun as "Festival '71" in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot has become one of North America's largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.The poster pictured here features artwork and design by Frank Zepponi of Burning Bush Studio. Printed on poster: Poster artwork and design by Frank Zepponi, Burning Bush StudioCaption information source: "Bumbershoot," by Paul…
ID Number:2011.49.24
Date:1994
Image of San Juan Fishing and Packing employees, circa 1935
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San Juan Fishing and Packing employees, circa 1935

The San Juan Fish Company opened for business in 1898 along Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way) on the Seattle waterfront. Later renamed the San Juan Fishing & Packing Company, it was one of Seattle's largest and most successful canneries with production facilities in several Alaska cities. The business was acquired by New England Fish Company in 1965 and is listed…
ID Number:2011.76.1
Date:Circa 1935
Image of San Juan Fishing and Packing employees, circa 1935
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San Juan Fishing and Packing employees, circa 1935

The San Juan Fish Company opened for business in 1898 along Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way) on the Seattle waterfront. Later renamed the San Juan Fishing & Packing Company, it was one of Seattle's largest and most successful canneries with production facilities in several Alaskan cities. The business was acquired by New England Fish Company in 1965 and is listed…
ID Number:2011.76.2
Date:Circa 1935
Image of Electric cars in the Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, July 1911
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Electric cars in the Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, July 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:2011.79.1.150
Date:1911
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"Afro-Americans" float in Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, July 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:2011.79.1.104
Date:1911
Image of Woman on horseback dressed as Joan of Arc at Seattle's Independence Day celebration, July 5, 1920
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Woman on horseback dressed as Joan of Arc at Seattle's Independence Day celebration, July 5, 1920

A "Pageant of Democracy," celebrating the history and promise of democracy across the globe, was performed in Woodland Park as part of Seattle's 1920 Fourth of July celebrations held on Monday, July 5. The event was one of several put on by the Central Labor Council in Woodland Park that day. Nearly all of those taking part in the "Pageant…
ID Number:2011.82.1
Date:1920
Image of Performers on horseback dressed as Uncle Sam and Joan of Arc for Independence Day celebration, Woodland Park, Seattle, July 5, 1920
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Performers on horseback dressed as Uncle Sam and Joan of Arc for Independence Day celebration, Woodland Park, Seattle, July 5, 1920

Seattle celebrated Independence Day in 1920 with a full day of events, opening in the morning with a parade down Second Avenue. With flags waving and bands playing, the column covered fifteen city blocks, and featured patriotic, civic, fraternal and labor organizations, as well as veterans and military groups. Organizations of the Central Labor Council occupied nearly half of the…
ID Number:2011.82.15
Date:1920
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