Tilikums of Eltteas and Tilikum Drum Corps on courthouse steps, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1912

• Main Author: Nowell, Frank H.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Buildings > British Columbia > Vancouver; Drums > British Columbia > Vancouver; Potlatch (Festival) (1912: Seattle; Wash.); Publicity; Yukon; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5640

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 warti...