100 results for: Rites and Ceremonies
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Military funeral, Seattle, 1949
Onlookers watch as a military funeral procession accompanies a flag-draped coffin as it leaves an unidentified Seattle church or funeral home. Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and active military members are present.
ID Number:2014.49.018.046.0102
Date:1949
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Wedding party, Seattle, 1957
In addition to his jazz club images, photographer Al Smith took many photos of family, friends and other local people in their everyday lives. Here, Smith takes an informal photo of an unidentified wedding party. Stamped on verso: 6/1/57
ID Number:2014.49.052.072
Date:1957
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Crowning of Miss International Center, July 23, 1952
Seafair Royalty have been a part of Seattle's annual ten-day-long celebration since the festival's beginnings in 1950. Young women are chosen for the court to represent their neighborhood and/or ethnic community and are awarded academic scholarships. Throughout the summer, Seafair Royalty participate in festival events and perform knighting ceremonies recognizing outsltanding citizens in the Seattle area.The Chinatown - International District…
ID Number:2014.49.092.017.02
Date:1952
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Flower Vigil at the International Fountain, Seattle Center, September 15, 2001
Many gatherings and vigils took place in Seattle after the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York’s World Trade Center. The September 15 Flower Vigil at the Seattle Center was one of the largest. People were invited to bring cut flowers to the International Fountain, and by the end of the following day, the fountain had been filled with flowers…
ID Number:2018.64.12
Date:2001
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Spanish-American War veterans in Memorial Day parade, Seattle, May 30, 1940
On May 30, 1940, Seattle area veterans of the Civil War, Spanish American War, and World War I held ceremonies of remembrance and marched in the Memorial Day parade. They gathered on Second Avenue at Virginia Street, moved down Second Avenue to Yesler Way and then marched back north on Fourth Avenue. National guard units, cadet corps, patriotic groups, Red…
ID Number:PI23376
Date:1940
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Indigenous group in ceremonial dress, Seattle, 1931
This image shows a group of Indigenous people dressed in elaborate ceremonial dress in the summer of 1931. It is possibly in connection with a display of Northwest Indigenous culture at the Seattle Exposition and Outdoor Show, which included a war dance demonstration every evening. The two men on the right wear feather headgear typical of Coast Salish spirit dancers.…
ID Number:PI23790
Date:1931
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Naturalization ceremony at Woodland Park, Seattle, July 4, 1939
Assembled in Woodland Park, a group of foreign-born residents of Seattle received citizenship papers as part of a Fourth of July ceremony arranged by Seattle Post No. 1 of the American Legion. John S. Robinson, associate justice of the State Supreme Court, gave the main address; a parade and elaborate nighttime fireworks show over Green Lake were also part of…
ID Number:PI24518
Date:1939
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Group taking oath of citizenship, Seattle, September 23, 1940
On September 23, 1940, 207 individuals took their citizenship oaths in one of the largest naturalization classes that year. Oaths had not been administered for several weeks due to a law prohibiting immigrants from becoming citizens within 30 days of an election.In this image, a large group of people raise their right hands as the clerk of the court administers…
ID Number:PI24523
Date:1940
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Group taking oath of citizenship, Seattle, July 31, 1944
On July 31, 1944, 61 people took the oath of citizenship before Judge Lloyd L. Black at the U.S. District Court building in Seattle.This photo shows the naturalization ceremony in the courtroom, with the court clerk administering the oath as the new citizens raise their right hands. Handwritten on negative: Naturalization group 1944Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer…
ID Number:PI24525
Date:1944
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Naturalization ceremony at Woodland Park, Seattle, July 4, 1946
In this photo, a group of foreign-born residents of Seattle are administered the oath of citizenship in front of a large crowd in a naturalization ceremony at Woodland park, a part of the city's annual Fourth of July celebration. The program's main address was given by U. S. Navy Fleet Admiral William Frederick "Bull" Halsey, Jr. (1882-1959), who earlier in…
ID Number:PI24526
Date:1946