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Image of Dancers at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, 1935
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Dancers at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, 1935

During the summer of 1932, Seattle's first Bon Odori festival was held by the Seattle Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple). Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese style of dancing performed during Obon, a Buddhist memorial service. The joyful dance celebrates selfless giving and expresses gratitude to departed family members and ancestors. Over the years, the annual open-to-all event has…
ID Number:PI22449
Date:1935
Image of Taiko drummer and children at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, 1935
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Taiko drummer and children at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, 1935

During the summer of 1932, Seattle's first Bon Odori festival was held by the Seattle Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple). Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese style of dancing performed during Obon, a Buddhist memorial service. The joyful dance celebrates selfless giving and expresses gratitude to departed family members and ancestors. Over the years, the annual open-to-all event has…
ID Number:PI22450
Date:1935
Image of Children dancing at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, 1936
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Children dancing at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, 1936

During the summer of 1932, the Seattle Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) held the city's first Bon Odori festival. Bon Odori is a Japanese dance which is part of the observance of Obon, a Buddhist memorial service. The joyful dance, which celebrates the Buddhist tradition of selfless giving, expresses gratitude to departed family members and ancestors. Over the years,…
ID Number:PI22451
Date:1936
Image of Three women singing at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, 1937
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Three women singing at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, 1937

During the summer of 1932, Seattle's first Bon Odori festival was held by the Seattle Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple). Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese style of dancing performed during Obon, a Buddhist memorial service. The joyful dance celebrates selfless giving and expresses gratitude to departed family members and ancestors. Over the years, the annual open-to-all event has…
ID Number:PI22454
Date:1937
Image of Dancers at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, circa 1935
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Dancers at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, circa 1935

During the summer of 1932, Seattle's first Bon Odori festival was held by the Seattle Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple). Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese style of dancing performed during Obon, a Buddhist memorial service. The joyful dance celebrates selfless giving and expresses gratitude to departed family members and ancestors. Over the years, the annual open-to-all event has…
ID Number:PI22458
Date:Circa 1935
Image of Chinese community marchers in Potlatch parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, 1938
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Chinese community marchers in Potlatch parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, 1938

Seattle's Potlatch of Progress opened July 28, 1938. During its four sunny days of events, Seattleites and visitors enjoyed several parades, a Native American canoe race, a swim carnival, horseracing, fishing contests, fireworks at Green Lake and the dedication of Alaskan Way.This photo shows a group from Seattle's Chinese community marching in a parade on Second Avenue. Note the streetcar…
ID Number:PI22612
Date:1938
Image of Independence Day parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, July 4, 1938
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Independence Day parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, July 4, 1938

Over 6,000 people marched in Seattle's 1938 Independence Day parade. Military units and civic groups marched down Second Avenue to Yesler Way, then up to Fourth Avenue and back to Virginia Street. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer estimated that tens of thousands of spectators crowded the downtown area, standing 10 to 20 deep along the parade route.Here, American flags hang from the…
ID Number:PI23277
Date:1938
Image of Children watching Independence Day parade, July 4, 1947
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Children watching Independence Day parade, July 4, 1947

Seattle's 1947 July 4th holiday began with a military parade and a flyover of B-29 bombers and naval planes. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer estimated that the crowd of spectators numbered in the tens of thousands as the parade wound its way south along Second Avenue and north again on Third Avenue. The 1947 holiday also celebrated the new independence of the…
ID Number:PI23314
Date:1947
Image of Labor Day Parade on Fourth Avenue, September 2, 1940
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Labor Day Parade on Fourth Avenue, September 2, 1940

On September 2, 1940, bands, floats and marching union members joined in Seattle's Labor Day parade. A 40-piece band and more than 1,000 members of the International Longshoremen & Warehousemen's Union Local 1-19 led the parade, followed by groups representing printers, airplane mechanics, fishermen, shingle weavers, post office clerks and many other workers.In this photo, taken during the 1940 Labor…
ID Number:PI23358
Date:1940
Image of Swinomish drummer and singer at the Treaty Day observance, January 22, 1939
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Swinomish drummer and singer at the Treaty Day observance, January 22, 1939

The Swinomish are a Coast Salish group whose historic lands were in the Skagit and Samish River valleys as well as Whidbey, Camano, Fidalgo Islands, and the San Juan Islands. They lived in large permanent villages during the winter, then spread out in spring and summer to gather resources – salmon from the rivers, shellfish from the coastline, cedar wood…
ID Number:PI23822
Date:1939
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