Racecar at The Meadows race track during the Golden Potlatch, Seattle, 1914

• Main Author: Nowell, Frank H.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Automobile racing > Washington (State) > Seattle; Automobiles > Washington (State) > Seattle; Potlatch (Festival) (Seattle; Wash.); Racetracks (Automobile racing) > Washington (State) > Seattle; Yukon; Pacific; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5638

The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held in July, organized by civic boosters hoping to capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The first Golden Potlatch opened in July 1911; the event continued for each of the next three summers before being suspended during wartime. The name reflects the importance of the Klondike gold rush to Seattle and borrows a Chinook jargon term for a gift-giving ceremony. s. This photo shows one of the automobile races held at The Meadows race track (now Boeing Field) on July 18 and 19, 1914. The driver is Earl Cooper, well-known on the national racing circuit, and his car is a Stutz, which he also drove in the Indianapolis 500 earlier that year. Embossed on front of print: Frank H. Nowell, U.S.A. Photo from album with "Tillikums of Elttaes" embossed on the cover. 1 photographic print: b&w; 9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.