Pullman Celebrates with the Largest American Flag in the World.
Title
Pullman Celebrates with the Largest American Flag in the World.
Subject
Washington (State)-- Seattle <br>Flags<br>Parades ----
Washington (State)-- Seattle
Washington (State)-- Seattle
Description
The largest flag in the world, carried in an Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition parade in Seattle, accompanied by 350 cadets. The flag flew that summer at the exposition atop a flagpole that was 182 feet in length- 170 feet above the ground and 12 feet deep into concrete.
<br>The flag was 110 feet by 39 feet in size.
<br>The flag was 110 feet by 39 feet in size.
Source
Ivan Shirrod Collection: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/pc117.htm
Date
June 14, 1909
1909
Contributor
Neill Public Library, Pullman, Washington.<br>http://www.neill-lib.org/ <br> Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries <br>http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
Rights
For permission to publish please contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335-6691.
Format
Original postcards were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries.
Type
Postcards
Identifier
shi 495
http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/pullman,682
Coverage
United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle
Collection
Citation
“Pullman Celebrates with the Largest American Flag in the World.,” Digital Exhibits, accessed November 22, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/666.