Forde Photographers (Seattle, Wash.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
East Madison-East Union Mardi Gras Parade photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: 2022-005
Abstract
Six photographs of the East Madison-East Union Mardi Gras parade in Seattle’s Central District.
Dates:
1952-1957
Kurtzer Flying Service and Seafair visiting beauty queen photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-008
Abstract
The collection includes 105 photographs (and 29 additional duplicates) depicting beauty queens from communities throughout the Pacific Northwest as they prepare for seaplane excursions with Kurtzer Flying Service between 1956 and 1968. The young women visited Seattle to participate in Seafair activities and these photographs were subsequently published in their hometown newspapers. The collection also includes some earlier views of Lana Kurtzer and Kurtzer Flying Services which he founded...
Dates:
circa 1930-1968
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- Subject
- African American women -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
- African Americans 1
- African Americans -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
- Beauty contestants -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
- Central District (Seattle, Wash.) 1
- Chinese American women -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
- Chinese Americans -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
- Parades -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
- Seaplanes -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
- Transportation 1
- Union, Lake (Wash.) 1
- Women 1
- Women -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1