115 results for: Seafair
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Seafair royalty posing with their escorts, Seattle, July 23, 1951
Lilyan Mar, Miss Chinatown 1951 and Seafair Princess, standing third from the left in the front row, poses with a large group of unidentified Seattle Seafair royalty and their escorts before entering the International Queens Ball at the Civic Auditorium. Caption information source: Seattle Daily Times, July 23, 1951.
ID Number:2014.49.014.025.0055
Date:1951
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Seafair Princess with others after crowning, Seattle, July 23, 1951
Lilyan Mar, Miss Chinatown 1951, sits in a chair after being crowned Seafair Princess by Mayor William Devin, left, and Seafair's King Neptune II , William O. McKay. Standing behind her are the three other international festival queens, identified from left as, Rosemary Blancas, Miss Filipino; Elaine Sakai, Miss Japan; and JoAnne Squires, Mardi Gras Queen. Caption information source: Seattle…
ID Number:2014.49.014.025.0056
Date:1951
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Contestants for Mardi Gras Queen, Seattle, July 30, 1950
Twelve young women in formal dress are competing for Queen of the Central Area Mardi Gras. From left to right: unidentified, Royleen Washington, Beverly (Washington) Kelly, unidentified, Francis Jefferson, Gloria (Jenkins) Bowman, Ruth Johnetta (Weber) Latcholia, Leanella Lombard, Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples, Theresa "Willa" (Miller) Frank, unidentified, and Vivian (Meade) Caver.
ID Number:2014.49.018.016.0030
Date:1950
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Contestants for Mardi Gras Queen, Seattle, July 30, 1950
Five young women stand onstage holding bouquets. The one wearing a tiara has been crowned Queen of the 1950 Central Area Mardi Gras. From left to right: Announcer Robert Braxton, Queen Theresa (Willa) Miller Frank, Leanella Lombard, Vivian (Meade) Caver, Beverly (Washington) Kelly, and Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples.
ID Number:2014.49.018.016.0033
Date:1950
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Contestants for Mardi Gras Queen, Seattle, July 30, 1950
These five young woman were finalists for the 1950 Central Area Mardi Gras Queen. From left to right: Beverly (Washington) Kelly, Vivian (Meade) Caver, Queen Theresa (Willa) Miller Frank, Leanella Lombard, and Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples.
ID Number:2014.49.018.017.0034
Date:1950
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Young women on staircase, Seattle, July 30, 1950
Eight young women in formal attire pose on a staircase. Some were contestants for the Central Area Mardi Gras Queen. From left to right: Leanella Lombard, Theresa (Willa) Miller Frank , Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples, two unidentified, Gloria (Jenkins) Bowman, and Beverly (Washington) Kelly, and unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.018.017.0035
Date:1950
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Contestants for Mardi Gras Queen, Seattle, July 30, 1950
Contestants for the 1950 Central Area Mardi Gras Queen pose on a staircase. From left to right are: unidentified, Theresa (Willa) Miller Frank, two unidentified, Gloria (Jenkins) Bowman, and Beverly (Washington) Kelly.
ID Number:2014.49.018.017.0036
Date:1950
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Event during the Central Area Mardi Gras pageant, Seattle, July 30, 1950
Here, fourteen young women stand onstage with a male announcer. This was apparently part of the Queen Central Area Mardi Gras pageant. From left to right are: unidentified, Beverly (Washington) Kelly, Gloria (Jenkins) Bowman, Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples, Robert Braxton, and Vivian (Meade) Caver, Leanella Lombard, Ruth Johnetta Weber Latcholia, Royleen Washington, three unidentified, Theresa (Willa) Miller Frank, and two unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.018.017.0037
Date:1950
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Claude Norris, Royal Brougham, and Bruce Rowell, Seattle, circa 1946
This photo shows Claude Norris (left), Royal Brougham (center), and Bruce Rowell standing together, with Brougham holding a trophy. The nature of the event is unknown, though it was presumably sports-related, as Brougham was the long-time sports editor for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and at the time, Norris and Rowell headed the Seattle franchise of the minor-league West Coast Negro Baseball…
ID Number:2014.49.018.044.0096
Date:Circa 1946
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Mardi Gras parade float, Seattle, circa 1955
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. Here, a group of…
ID Number:2014.49.29.01.13
Date:Circa 1955