File:Golden Potlatch Carnival March and Two Step (MOHAI 11288).jpg
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editEnglish: Golden Potlatch Carnival March and Two Step
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Photographer |
English: Martin Greenwald |
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Title |
English: Golden Potlatch Carnival March and Two Step |
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Description |
English: The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held in July organized by civic boosters hoping to capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. The event continued for each of the next three summers before being suspended during wartime, and then was started up again as the Potlatch Festival from 1934 to 1941.
The name “Golden Potlatch” appropriates a Chinook Jargon word describing a Native ceremony of celebration and gift giving. It also reflects the importance of the Klondike gold rush to Seattle’s growth. Many organizers and participants in the Golden Potlatch dressed in stereotyped imitations of traditional Native attire, as part of a created Potlatch myth. The appropriation of Native culture in order to market products or events was one common example of discrimination and marginalization faced by Native peoples in the United States. "Golden Potlatch," a march and two-step for piano, composed by Martin Greenwald, was but one of the songs written to promote the 1912 festival. The sheet music cover shows a woman dancing at Pioneer Square, while costumed carnival-goers dance around a totem pole. "Golden Potlatch" was published by Leo Feist of New York. Ads for eight additional pieces from the same publisher are found inside the front cover and on the back cover.
The picture does not appear to represent an actual place in Seattle, although it does portray the totem pole and pergola in Pioneer Square Park. |
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Depicted place |
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
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Date |
1912 date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
English: 1 score (6 p." |
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Dimensions |
height: 10.7 in (27.3 cm); width: 13.7 in (34.9 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,10.75U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,13.75U218593 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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Source |
English: Museum of History and Industry |
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Publisher InfoField | Leo. Feist, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit Line InfoField | MOHAI, Northwest Sheet Music Collection, 1980.7097A.1 |
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