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Pageant queen inviting mayor to Pow Wow, Seattle, July 21, 1948
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:1986.5.11294.1
Date:1948
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Woman in husband-calling contest, Seattle, August 20, 1950
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:1986.5.11297.1
Date:1950
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Chief Yellow Lark with little girl on lap at Pow Wow, Seattle, August 20, 1950
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:1986.5.11297.2
Date:1950
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Pageant queen and children on beach, Seattle, August 3, 1958
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:1986.5.11304.1
Date:1958
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Girl covering ears near band, Seattle, August 10, 1958
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:1986.5.11304.2
Date:1958
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Pageant queen with wooden "Chief Pow Wow," Seattle, July 31, 1961
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:1986.5.11308.1
Date:1961
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Pow Wow pageant queen and princesses, Seattle, June 5, 1963
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:1986.5.11309.1
Date:1963
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Daffodil princesses at Spring Festival of Fun, Seattle, March 14, 1964
Seattle's "Spring Festival of Fun" was held over nine days in March 1964, from March 13th -21st. Sponsored by the Central Association of Seattle, the festival was designed to promote the advantages of the downtown area. Daily events, such as art exhibits, performances, and retail events, were held in locations from the waterfront to First Hill, and from the central…
ID Number:1986.5.11906.1
Date:1964
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Battery Street Tunnel tenders at manhole, February 2, 1960
Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, are not native to Washington State, so on Groundhog Day in 1960, a reporter for the Seattle PI checked in with a different sort of subterranean creature. Shown here are Seattle Engineering Department employees George Gregory and Bruce Gordon, who briefly emerged from the underground control chamber in the Battery Street tunnel to speak to…
ID Number:1986.5.26496.2
Date:1960
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Hugh McElhenny receiving Post-Intelligencer Sportsman of the Year award, probably in Seattle, 1951
Handwritten on image: Hugh McElhenny (man of year).Handwritten on sleeve: McElhenny, Hugh.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): December 31, 1951.
ID Number:1986.5.35104.1
Date:1951