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"Official Invitation Seattle Golden Potlatch," 1912 (

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"Official Invitation Seattle Golden Potlatch," 1912

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Transcribed from front of postcard: "Chinook Jargon. Klosh mika chako kopa Seattle tenas alt-ki warm moon. Nesika-mamook-hyas-Potlatch pe hy-iu hee-hee. Nesika delate tikky mika chako pe mitlite knomoxt nesika. Klosh mika wah-way-kopa-konoway-huloyma-tilikum. Translation. It will be good for you to come to Seattle a little later in the summer. We are going to give a big Potlatch and have lots of fun. We very much want you to come and stay with us. Please pass the word along dear friend." Transcribed from back of postcard: "The word "Potlatch" is from the Chinook Jargon, the trade language of the North Pacific Coast Indians. It means a gift or to give. In a larger sense the Indians applied it to a great festival at which gifts were made. Seattle's Golden Potlatch will be a great festival in celebration of the gift of gold by Alaska to the world through this City, the gateway of the Northern Empire. It will be a week of carnival and jollity. The opening date, July 17th, is the anniversary of the arrival of the first treasure ship."

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1912

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Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

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DPLA identifier: 53b7a3567c73ab22d2f786498ac2c2d3
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_pc_36029

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