118 results for: Seafair
Ephemera
30th Annual Black Community Festival poster, 1982
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.This poster advertises the 30th…
ID Number:2002.23.8.1.3
Date:1982
Poster
Queen City Cruise poster, Seattle, August 6, 1983
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the gay and lesbian community. Three popular annual events were the Queen City Cruise, an "unofficial Seafair" event on Elliott Bay and beloved by many;…
ID Number:2007.9.23
Date:1983
Poster
The Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, May 27, 1984
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the gay and lesbian community. Three popular annual events were the Queen City Cruise, an "unofficial Seafair" event on Elliott Bay and beloved by many;…
ID Number:2007.9.25
Date:1984
Poster
Things That Go Bump in the Night poster, Seattle, 1985
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the gay and lesbian community. Three popular annual events were the Queen City Cruise, an "unofficial Seafair" event on Elliott Bay and beloved by many;…
ID Number:2007.9.26
Date:1985
Photograph
Adlai Stevenson, Don Magnuson, Al Rossellini, Henry Jackson, and Max Antin seated in a Lincoln during a parade, Seattle, circa 1955
This photograph shows Adlai Stevenson, Don Magnuson, Al Rossellini, Henry Jackson, and Max Antin seated in a Lincoln, with four policemen looking on, about 1955.The photograph may have been taken during the Seafair Torchlight Parade, held annually in Seattle since 1949. The Lincoln was likely loaned for the occasion by William O. McKay, whose dealership sold Lincoln cars for over…
ID Number:2007.11.9
Date:Circa 1955
Poster
Greenwood Seafair Parade poster, Seattle, 1989
Seafair, Seattle’s annual summer festival, is marked with parades, boat races, and many other events and activities. This poster advertises the Greenwood neighborhood's parade, one of 13 Seafair parades throughout the city that summer. The poster also references Washington State's centennial in 1989. Additional text on poster: Chairman: Lorraine Mintz Welch; Judging: Roger Aase; Grandstand: Jim Coates; Applications Nancy Goodno;…
ID Number:2007.25.35
Date:1989
Ephemera
Aqua Follies program, August 1-13, 1956
Aqua Follies, produced by Greater Seattle, Inc., was an annual summertime production performed at the Aqua Theatre, an open air stadium on the south shore of Green Lake. Debuting in 1950, Aqua Follies was one of the opening attractions of Seafair; sellout crowds came to see water ballet, comedy, dancers, singers, high divers, and a fireworks finale. The decline of…
ID Number:2007.64.1
Date:1956
Photograph
Festival queen riding in parade, Seattle, circa 1953
Mardi Gras was a Seafair parade held by the Black community in Seattle's Central District. Here, the queen of another festival waves from the back of her convertible during the Central District Mardi Gras Parade as spectators watch from porches and the sidewalk.
ID Number:2014.49.006.006.0014
Date:1955
Photograph
Festival royalty riding in parade, Seattle, circa 1953
Mardi Gras was a Seafair parade held by the Black community in Seattle's Central District. Here, the Mardi Gras Queen and her attendants wave from a float during the Central District Mardi Gras Parade. Spectators watch from the sidewalks.
ID Number:2014.49.006.006.0015
Date:1955
Photograph
Crane lifting Miss Cadillac out of water, Seattle, circa 1953
Here, a crane lifts the Detroit hydroplane "Miss Cadillac" out of the water at the Seward Park hydro pits during the city's annual Seafair hydroplane races.
ID Number:2014.49.006.006.0016
Date:Circa 1953