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Bailey Gatzert School students salute flag, Seattle, May 18, 1943
Order an ImageYoungsters at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School salute the flag as part of a city-wide "I Am An American" Day celebration. The student body at this school represented many races and backgrounds at a time when wartime patriotism ran strong. A major component of the celebration was the granting of citizenship to 46 men who recently donned uniforms for the U.S. armed forces.
Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - schools - Gatzert, Bailey (saluting the flag).
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 18, 1943.
Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - schools - Gatzert, Bailey (saluting the flag).
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 18, 1943.
ID Number: PI25526
Date: 1943
Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, PI25526
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects:
World War II, 1941-1945 (WWII)
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