Festivals, celebrations, and holidays
Sources of Japanese American community interaction included picnics, musicals, concerts, martial arts competitions, and festivals such as Bon Odori (annual Buddhist festival commemorating ancestors).
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Women in parade car (ddr-densho-35-265)
This parade was part of Seattle's Golden Potlatch festival.
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Burnside Hat Co. parade float (ddr-densho-35-272)
This parade was part of Seattle's Golden Potlatch festival.
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Parade floats (ddr-densho-35-277)
Spectators watch the floats pass by during Seattle's first Golden Potlatch parade.
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Parade float (ddr-densho-35-230)
Japanese American children aboard a replica of the Miike Maru steamship during Seattle's Golden Potlatch parade of 1911. The Miike Maru was the first ship to begin regular commercial service between Japan and North America.
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Golden Potlatch parade (ddr-densho-35-261)
This parade was part of Seattle's Golden Potlatch festival.
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Automobile race (ddr-densho-35-187)
This automobile is racing up Queen Anne Hill as part of Seattle's Golden Potlatch festival.
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Washington Portland Cement Co. parade float (ddr-densho-35-247)
Seattle residents watch as this float passes by during the city's first Golden Potlatch festival.
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Soldiers marching in parade (ddr-densho-35-249)
Seattle residents watch as soldiers march by during the city's first Golden Potlatch festival.
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Parade float (ddr-densho-35-217)
This parade was part of Seattle's Golden Potlatch festival of 1911.
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Girls preparing for a parade (ddr-densho-35-297)
This parade was part of Seattle's first Golden Potlatch festival held in July of 1911.
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Parade float (ddr-densho-35-218)
This parade was part of Seattle's Golden Potlatch festival of 1911.
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Golden Potlatch festival (ddr-densho-35-223)
This parade was part of Seattle's first Golden Potlatch festival that took place in July of 1911.
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Parade float (ddr-densho-35-211)
Japanese American children aboard a float in Seattle's Golden Potlatch Parade of 1911.
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Soldiers marching in parade (ddr-densho-35-250)
Seattle residents watch as soldiers march by during the Golden Potlatch parade.
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Parade floats (ddr-densho-35-280)
This parade was part of Seattle's first Golden Potlatch festival held in 1911.
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Boys marching in parade (ddr-densho-35-287)
This parade was part of Seattle's first Golden Potlatch festival held in July of 1911.
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Parade float (ddr-densho-35-221)
This parade was part of Seattle's first Golden Potlatch festival that took place in July of 1911.
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Parade floats (ddr-densho-35-276)
Spectators watch the floats pass by during Seattle's Golden Potlatch parade.
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Golden Potlatch parade (ddr-densho-35-262)
This parade was part of Seattle's Golden Potlatch festival.
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Golden Potlatch parade (ddr-densho-35-268)
This parade was part of Seattle's Golden Potlatch festival.
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Golden Potlatch parade (ddr-densho-35-256)
Spectators watching the parade, part of Seattle's Golden Potlatch festival.
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Children on parade float (ddr-densho-35-228)
This parade float was part of Seattle's Golden Potlatch festival of 1911.
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Parade (ddr-densho-35-190)
Automobiles line the streets in a parade during Seattle's Golden Potlatch festival.
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Parade float (ddr-densho-35-242)
This parade was part of Seattle's first Golden Potlatch festival that took place in July of 1911.