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Sternwheelers club members square dancing, Seattle, August 12, 1955
In this image the Sternwheelers, members of the Seattle Indoor Sports Club, present their wheelchair square dance to an enthusiastic crowd during the American Legion's Cavalcade of Music and Drill at Memorial Stadium as part of the Legion's state convention. The Legion invited the Sternwheelers to perform after a performance scheduled at the Seafair Fiesta of Floats was canceled on…
ID Number:1986.5.8531.1
Date:1955
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Sternwheelers club members lined up on dance floor, Seattle, August 12, 1955
In this image the Sternwheelers, members of the Seattle Indoor Sports Club, pose together before performing a wheelchair square dance during the American Legion's Cavalcade of Music and Drill at Memorial Stadium as part of the Legion's state convention. The Legion invited the Sternwheelers to perform after a performance scheduled at the Seafair Fiesta of Floats was canceled on the…
ID Number:1986.5.8531.2
Date:1955
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Men playing cards at Inglewood Golf Club, Kenmore, October 8, 1942
Lake Washington's exclusive Inglewood Country Club was largely converted to housing during World War II, serving as a rooming house for shipyard workers and enlisted men of the U.S. Navy. Use of the club had declined due to war rationing and because many of Inglewood's members were in active service, so the club was able to create sleeping quarters for…
ID Number:1986.5.8538.2
Date:1942
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Seattle Center Coliseum during renovation, March 1964
The Washington State Pavilion was built by the state to house the World of Tomorrow exhibit for the 1962 World's Fair (also Century 21 Exposition). After the fair closed, the city of Seattle bought the Pavilion, renamed it the Seattle Coliseum, and converted it into a convention, sports, and entertainment facility. After an extensive remodel in 1995, the building was…
ID Number:1986.5.8802.1
Date:1964
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Seattle Center Coliseum during renovation, April 1964
The Washington State Pavilion was built by the state to house the World of Tomorrow exhibit for the 1962 World's Fair (also Century 21 Exposition). After the fair closed, the city of Seattle bought the Pavilion, renamed it the Seattle Coliseum, and converted it into a convention, sports, and entertainment facility. After an extensive remodel in 1995, the building was…
ID Number:1986.5.8803.1
Date:1964
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Boys participating in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.1
Date:1947
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Gordon Bradbury in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.2
Date:1947
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Winners of pie eating contest with judges, Seattle, August 3, 1947
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.3
Date:1947
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Pageant queen inviting mayor to Pow Wow, Seattle, July 21, 1948
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11294.1
Date:1948
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Woman in husband-calling contest, Seattle, August 20, 1950
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11297.1
Date:1950