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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 Japanese Baby Drill Team marching at Pow Wow, Seattle, August 12, 1951
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Japanese Baby Drill Team marching at Pow Wow, Seattle, August 12, 1951

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:2000.107.185.02.02
Date:1951
Image of Surfside 9 listing on Lake Union, Seattle, July 23, 1966
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Surfside 9 listing on Lake Union, Seattle, July 23, 1966

Seattle's floating restaurant Surfside 9 opened about 1960 on a converted ferry originally built in 1900 as the steamer City of Everett, a member of Puget Sound's Mosquito Fleet. Docked at the south end of Lake Union from about 1950, the restaurant was initially known as the Four Winds, famous as the headquarters of the Seafair Pirates. This image of…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.03
Date:1966
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"Spacie" mascot and Century 21 baby at Seattle Center, April 21, 1983

When Jamie Williams was born one second past midnight on the opening day of Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer named her “Seattle’s Century 21 Baby.” On April 21, 1983, Jamie’s 21st birthday, Seattle Center invited her back for a gala birthday dinner at the Space Needle restaurant. She and her mother also toured the Seattle Center grounds with…
ID Number:2000.107.187.32.01
Date:1983
Image of Spectators at Mardi Gras parade, July 25, 1993
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Spectators at Mardi Gras parade, July 25, 1993

For over 70 years, Seattle’s Black community has a held a summer festival that was part of Seattle's International Festival, now Seafair. The first, in 1952, was called the East Madison/East Union Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras later transformed into the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, and in 1997 it became the Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival.On July 25th, 1993, drill…
ID Number:2000.107.19930725.2.03
Date:1993
Image of Norm Rice waving from car at Mardi Gras parade, July 25, 1993
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Norm Rice waving from car at Mardi Gras parade, July 25, 1993

For over 70 years, Seattle’s Black community has a held a summer festival that was part of Seattle's International Festival, now Seafair. The first, in 1952, was called the East Madison/East Union Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras later transformed into the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, and in 1997 it became the Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival.On July 25th, 1993, drill…
ID Number:2000.107.19930725.2.13
Date:1993
Image of Seafair pirate talking to spectators at Mardi Gras parade, July 25, 1993
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Seafair pirate talking to spectators at Mardi Gras parade, July 25, 1993

For over 70 years, Seattle’s Black community has a held a summer festival that was part of Seattle's International Festival, now Seafair. The first, in 1952, was called the East Madison/East Union Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras later transformed into the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, and in 1997 it became the Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival.On July 25th, 1993, drill…
ID Number:2000.107.19930725.3.7a
Date:1993
Image of Freemasons float at Mardi Gras parade, July 25, 1993
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Freemasons float at Mardi Gras parade, July 25, 1993

For over 70 years, Seattle’s Black community has a held a summer festival that was part of Seattle's International Festival, now Seafair. The first, in 1952, was called the East Madison/East Union Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras later transformed into the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, and in 1997 it became the Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival.On the afternoon of July…
ID Number:2000.107.19930725.3.08
Date:1993
Image of Seafair pirate at Mardi Gras parade, July 25, 1993
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Seafair pirate at Mardi Gras parade, July 25, 1993

For over 70 years, Seattle’s Black community has a held a summer festival that was part of Seattle's International Festival, now Seafair. The first, in 1952, was called the East Madison/East Union Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras later transformed into the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, and in 1997 it became the Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival.On the afternoon of July…
ID Number:2000.107.19930725.3.09
Date:1993
Image of Smiling spectators at Mardi Gras parade, July 25, 1993
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Smiling spectators at Mardi Gras parade, July 25, 1993

For over 70 years, Seattle’s Black community has a held a summer festival that was part of Seattle's International Festival, now Seafair. The first, in 1952, was called the East Madison/East Union Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras later transformed into the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, and in 1997 it became the Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival.On July 25th, 1993, drill…
ID Number:2000.107.19930725.3.11
Date:1993
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