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Before Seafair, There Was The Golden Potlatch

Flickr Photo/Seattle Municipal Archives (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Playground units in the Golden Potlatch Parade, 1911.

Ross Reynolds talks with Historylink’s Alan Stein about Seattle celebrations before Seafair, including the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo of 1909 and the Golden Potlatch. They discuss riots, gold and raffling off a baby.