Golden Potlatch ad, Seattle, 1911
The Golden Potlatch was a summer festival held in Seattle from 1911 through 1914. Organized by city boosters, it was designed to promote business interests and keep newly prosperous Seattle in the public eye after the gold rush and the success of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. This poster...
| Format: | Still Image |
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| Language: | unknown |
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1911
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| Online Access: | http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14550 |
| Summary: | The Golden Potlatch was a summer festival held in Seattle from 1911 through 1914. Organized by city boosters, it was designed to promote business interests and keep newly prosperous Seattle in the public eye after the gold rush and the success of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. This poster, by an artist with the surname Ewers, features a female harlequin with a golden hat. It promotes Seattle's first Golden Potlatch celebration. 1 poster: color; 11 x 14 in. |
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