Float with George Vancouver's ship the HMS Discovery in Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, July 19, 1911

• Main Author: Nowell & Rognon
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Buildings > Washington (State) > Seattle; Floats (Parades) > Washington (State) > Seattle; Golden Potlatch Festival (1911: Seattle; Wash.); Historical pageants > Washington (State) > Seattle; Parades & processions > Washington (State) > Seattle; Spectators > Washington (State) > Seattle; Streets > Washington (State) > Seattle; Vancouver; George; 1757-1798; Yukon; Pacific; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5586

Seattle’s first Golden Potlatch festival opened on July 17, 1911. The city-wide summer celebration was conceived by civic groups to celebrate the Klondike gold rush and capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. The week-long festival included concerts, parades, aircraft and boat demonstrations. Seattle’s annual Seafair celebrations each July continue the Potlatch tradition. The festival's historical pageant and parade took place on Wednesday, July 17. Proceeding in chronological order, the parade opened with a float depicting British Admiral George Vancouver on his ship Discovery, which sailed into the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 1792, the first Euorpean expedition to explore Puget Sound. The parade continued with twenty floats depicting the leading events of Northwest history, concluding with a float entitled "Seattle 1920." The photographer identification is based on the resemblance of the numbering system and handwriting to attributed photos in the collection. Caption information source: HistoryLink.org and The Seattle Daily Times, July 20, 1911. 1 photographic print: b&w; 7.5 x 9.5 in.