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Gordon Bradbury in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947
Order an ImageThe 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 to mid-1950s, and so on. Eventually, the pow wow became part of Seattle’s Seafair.
In this image a judge observes and the crowd laughs as Gordon Bradbury, center, competes with about 25 other boys to eat from pie tins without using their hands. Other events that day included a bicycle derby, a bathing-beauty contest, a baby beauty contest, and a husband-calling contest.
Caption information source: "Rainier District Pow Wow (1934-1992)," by Cassandra Tate, HistoryLink.org Essay 9526.
Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, July 25, 1947, p. 13.
In this image a judge observes and the crowd laughs as Gordon Bradbury, center, competes with about 25 other boys to eat from pie tins without using their hands. Other events that day included a bicycle derby, a bathing-beauty contest, a baby beauty contest, and a husband-calling contest.
Caption information source: "Rainier District Pow Wow (1934-1992)," by Cassandra Tate, HistoryLink.org Essay 9526.
Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, July 25, 1947, p. 13.
ID Number: 1986.5.11290.2
Date: 1947
Creator(s):
Davis, Harvey, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.11290.2, photo by Harvey Davis
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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