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Happy 4th From Vintage Seattle

July 4th, 2008 @ 12:40 am by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposureborder
It looks like the weather is going to shape up today and provide us with a nice 4th. Ready the grill, lemonade, and fireworks. And try not to lose a limb. I’ll leave you with a few snapshots from the 1936 July 4th celebration downtown. Enjoy!
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Fourth of July Parade. Jul 4, 1936. Courtesy Engineering Department Photographic Negatives, Seattle Municipal Archives.
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Fourth of July Parade. Jul 4, 1936. Courtesy Engineering Department Photographic Negatives, Seattle Municipal Archives.

2 Responses:

  1. RPH wrote:

    What sharp images! Amazing consensus fashions. It must’ve been on one of those especially cool Fourths, with all the hats and coats. Our society has surely devolved. Were we not men?

  2. Ben Lukoff wrote:

    Is that 3rd & Yesler? I see “Prefontaine Grocery” in the background.

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