"Afro-Americans" float in Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, July 1911

• Main Author: Nowell & Rognon
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: African Americans > Washington (State) > Seattle; Automobiles > Washington (State) > Seattle; Children > Washington (State) > Seattle; Floats (Parades) > Washington (State) > Seatttle; Parades & processions > Washington (State) > Seattle; Potlatch (Festival) (1911: Seattle; Wash.); Potlatch > Washington (State) > Seattle; Yukon; Pacific; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5590

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. In this photograph, a group of African American girls ride in a car decorated with ribbons and a banner reading "Afro-Americans" during the parade along First and Second Avenues in downtown Seattle. 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; 6 5/8 x 4 7/8 in.