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Children watching Independence Day parade, July 4, 1947
Order an ImageSeattle's 1947 July 4th holiday began with a military parade and a flyover of B-29 bombers and naval planes. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer estimated that the crowd of spectators numbered in the tens of thousands as the parade wound its way south along Second Avenue and north again on Third Avenue. The 1947 holiday also celebrated the new independence of the Philippines from the United States.
This 1947 photo shows a group of children, including three girls holding American flags, quietly watching Seattle's July 4th parade.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: July 7, 1947
Caption information source: "2-mile Parade Highlights Old-Fashioned Fourth" by Lucille Cohen, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 5, 1947, p. 1
This 1947 photo shows a group of children, including three girls holding American flags, quietly watching Seattle's July 4th parade.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: July 7, 1947
Caption information source: "2-mile Parade Highlights Old-Fashioned Fourth" by Lucille Cohen, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 5, 1947, p. 1
ID Number: PI23314
Date: 1947
Physical Description: 1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, PI23314
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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Celebrations
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