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Image of Women riding in East Madison Seafair parade, Seattle, circa 1953
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Women riding in East Madison Seafair parade, Seattle, circa 1953

Five unidentified young women of Filipino descent wear formal dresses as they ride in a parade car marked "Filipino Community of Seattle" passing in front of the Seattle Japanese Methodist Church at 1236 S. Washington Street.
ID Number:2014.49.010.053.0108
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Women riding in East Union Seafair parade, Seattle, circa 1953
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Women riding in East Union Seafair parade, Seattle, circa 1953

Five unidentified young women of Chinese descent wear traditional attire as they sit in a parade car marked "Miss Chinatown."
ID Number:2014.49.010.053.0109
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Black community Queen and princesses  riding in Seafair International Parade, Seattle, circa 1953
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Black community Queen and princesses riding in Seafair International Parade, Seattle, circa 1953

In the early 1950s, Seattle’s annual Seafair celebration included an International Festival. Seattle's Filipino, Black, Chinese and Japanese communities each selected a royal court to represent them for the festival, and floats would carry the Queen and her princesses in the International Parade.Here, the Queen and four princesses representing Seattle Black community sit in a parade car during an International…
ID Number:2014.49.010.053.0110
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Festival queen waving from car during parade, Seattle, circa 1950
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Festival queen waving from car during parade, Seattle, circa 1950

Jessie Grimes, the International Festival Queen, waves to the crowd on Jackson Street from a Cadillac sponsored by Royal Esquires Club, a private club which still exists in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood. In the early 1950s, Seattle’s Filipino, Black, Chinese and Japanese communities selected a royal court to represent them for the festival. The African American community festival would later…
ID Number:2014.49.010.054.0111
Date:Circa 1950
Image of Men waving on Elks parade float, Seattle, April  9, 1950
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Men waving on Elks parade float, Seattle, April 9, 1950

This photo shows a parade float for the "Black Elks" Lodge 109 in Seattle. The flatbed truck has a sign reading "Elks I.B.P.O.E of W. Puget Sound Lodge #109 and Auxiliary." One man drives the truck and two others stand on the back with a taxidermy elk, waving to the crowd.
ID Number:2014.49.010.055.0114
Date:1950
Image of Men around table at Wiseman party, Seattle, circa 1953
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Men around table at Wiseman party, Seattle, circa 1953

Twelve men pose together in a dining room, surrounding a table laden with a cake, punch bowl, and silver tea service. E. E. Spearman and Al Hall are on the far left. Henry Johnson, Sr., and John Copeland are on the far right. The others are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.010.061.0121
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Seafair’s International Court, Seattle, August 1952
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Seafair’s International Court, Seattle, August 1952

Seattle’s 1952 Seafair, which celebrated the Centennial of the city’s founding, included an International Festival, sponsored by the International Improvement Association. Four queens, representing parts of the community, were named to the International Court.In this image, the four queens stand with their unidentified escorts. From left to right, Adelia Avery, Mardi Gras Queen; Sumi Mitsui, Japanese Queen; Foon Woo, Chinese…
ID Number:2014.49.11.03.14
Date:1952
Image of Hiram Gale saluting parade, Seattle, April 3, 1948
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Hiram Gale saluting parade, Seattle, April 3, 1948

Hiram Gale, Seattle's last living Civil War veteran, salutes a passing parade from the front of a bunting-decorated viewing stand. He is joined by several other unidentified dignitaries to watch the Heritage Week kickoff parade in front of the U. S. Post Office on Third Avenue near Union Street.
ID Number:2014.49.014.014.0019
Date:1948
Image of Couple posing at a party, Seattle, circa 1953
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Couple posing at a party, Seattle, circa 1953

Here, Bill Conley and Betty Cox pose on the porch as an unidentified friend looks on during a party at a fourplex house located at 19th Avenue E. and E. John Street.
ID Number:2014.49.014.019.0035
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Group around table at club party, Seattle, circa 1953
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Group around table at club party, Seattle, circa 1953

Here, a group sits at a table set for food and drink. The party may be at Faurot's Ballroom at 1214 E. Pike Street or The Trianon at 218 Wall Street. The guests are, left to right: unidentified man, Ruth (Beck) Davis of Tacoma, unidentified man, Betty Cox, Mr. Davis (Ruth Davis' husband), Dorothy Walton, and Frank Walton.
ID Number:2014.49.014.020.0038
Date:Circa 1953
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