The 34th Annual Seattle Pride Parade
came downtown after being held for a number of years on Capitol Hill.
Three hours of parade, thousands of spectators… and
three paragraphs from the Seattle Times. I suppose nekkid bikers will always be more newsworthy.
So let’s turn our attention toward another parade with a different emphasis (though both were no doubt heavy on sailor outfits). This handsome hand-tinted Asahel Curtis photo comes from a parade on Second Ave greeting the Atlantic Squadron, 100 years ago. Give it a click.
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| On Second Avenue. A section of the parade which greeted the Atlantic Squadron at Seattle. The Argus, A.Y.P. Edition. Price 50 cents. February 20, 1909. Vol. 16, No. 3. Published by H.A. Chadwick. Photograph by Asahel Curtis. |
I was at the Pride Parade. It was so much fun. It was largest Pride Parade I’ve ever been to – probably had lots to do with the weather.
What’s really amusing is that this postcard is obviously promotional material for champagne distributor Joseph Goldie. Why? Because in original photo, the painted ad on the right was for MJB coffee
Check it out
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/curtis&CISOPTR=273
The Pride Parade doesn’t have naked bikers the Solstice Parade does.
This is a great site! Keep it up!
I hadn’t noticed that the ad was changed! How funny. There’s another version of this card online that identifies it as “The Naval Parade at Seattle, Washington, May 26 1908″ – it’s in conjunction with the visit of “The Great White Fleet”.
See it here:
http://www.greatwhitefleet.info/Parade-Seattle_jpg_view.htm
EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPH, I WISH TI RECEIVE SIMILAR 100 YEAR DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPH , IF YOU CAN. MY HOBBY TO COLLECT OLD PHOTOGRAPHS