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Image of Crowd watching Pow Wow event in Seward Park, Seattle, August 7, 1949
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Crowd watching Pow Wow event in Seward Park, Seattle, August 7, 1949

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:2000.107.185.01.01
Date:1949
Image of Women in husband-calling contest at Rainier District Pow Wow, Seattle, August 7, 1949
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Women in husband-calling contest at Rainier District Pow Wow, Seattle, August 7, 1949

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:2000.107.185.01.02
Date:1949
Image of Mothers holding Baby Beauty Contest winners, Seattle, August 7, 1949
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Mothers holding Baby Beauty Contest winners, Seattle, August 7, 1949

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:2000.107.185.01.03
Date:1949
Image of Toddlers in Pow Wow baby beauty contest, Seattle, August 9, 1954
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Toddlers in Pow Wow baby beauty contest, Seattle, August 9, 1954

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:2000.107.185.02.01
Date:1954
Image of Manager at door of Ivar's Indian Salmon House, Seattle, October 21, 1986
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Manager at door of Ivar's Indian Salmon House, Seattle, October 21, 1986

Ivar's Indian Salmon House is one of 31 fish bars and full service-restaurants founded by beloved Seattle showman and restaurateur Ivar Haglund (1905-1985). Mr. Haglund commissioned Seattle architect John W. Adams (1919-2002) to create the Salmon House's interior and exterior, loosely based on a Tlingit longhouse. The restaurant opened in 1969 on NE Northlake Way at the north end of…
ID Number:2000.107.185.21.04
Date:1986
Image of Interior of Trader Vic's restaurant at Washington Plaza Hotel, Seattle, July 6, 1969
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Interior of Trader Vic's restaurant at Washington Plaza Hotel, Seattle, July 6, 1969

Trader Vic's was a Polynesian-themed chain restaurant founded in 1934 by Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. (1902-1984) in California. The first franchised Trader Vic's opened in Seattle in 1940, and the chain expanded quickly during the Tiki culture fad of the 1950s and 1960s. The Seattle branch moved to the Washington Plaza Hotel (now the Westin) in 1969, however it closed…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.01
Date:1969
Image of Kayla Skinner and Harry Wong at Trader Vic's restaurant, June 20, 1991
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Kayla Skinner and Harry Wong at Trader Vic's restaurant, June 20, 1991

Trader Vic's was a Polynesian-themed chain restaurant founded in 1934 by Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. (1902-1984) in California. The first franchised Trader Vic's opened in Seattle in 1949, and the chain expanded quickly during the Tiki culture fad of the 1950s and 1960s. The Seattle restaurant moved to the Washington Plaza Hotel (now the Westin) in 1969, and closed in…
ID Number:2000.107.232.27.02
Date:1991
Image of James Fitzgerald and Lloyd Lovegren working on the East Tunnel Portal models for the Lake Washington Floating Bridge, May 9, 1940
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James Fitzgerald and Lloyd Lovegren working on the East Tunnel Portal models for the Lake Washington Floating Bridge, May 9, 1940

Architect Lloyd Lovegren and artist James Fitzgerald designed the East Tunnel Portals, basing a set of sculptural panels on Northwest Coast Native American motifs. Here, Fitzgerald (left) works on a model for one of the panels while Lovegren (right) works with the overall design. Caption on photo: Unit 2. Modeling for precast concrete slabs of east tunnel portal.Photographer's Reference Number:…
ID Number:2003.30.151
Date:1940
Image of East tunnel portals on the Lake Washington Floating Bridge, June 21, 1940
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East tunnel portals on the Lake Washington Floating Bridge, June 21, 1940

A decorative concrete facade marked the eastern entrance of the twin-bore tunnel that connected Seattle to the Lake Washington Floating Bridge. Architect Lloyd Lovegren and artist James Fitzgerald designed the portals, basing their sculptural panels on Northwest Coast Native American motifs. In this June 1940 image, two of the three panels have been installed. Caption on photo: Unit 2. East…
ID Number:2003.30.159
Date:1940
Image of The Igloo menu, circa 1950
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The Igloo menu, circa 1950

The Igloo was located at the southeast corner of 6th Ave. and Denny Way in Seattle. Its vernacular roadside architecture consisted of two igloos with an ice tunnel door between them. When it opened in 1940, motorists used Denny Way to enter onto Aurora Avenue, the city's main north to south highway. The Igloo closed in the mid-1950s after the…
ID Number:2014.3.1.12
Date:Circa 1950
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