Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D8605-3
Date(s)
- 1939-07-19 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
A mixed group of cast members of the "Saga of the West," costumed as Native Americans and frontiersmen, pose for this picture. The outdoor pageant would be produced July 20-22, 1939 as a part of the celebration of Washington's Golden Jubilee. The Saga would unfold in 14 scenes and depicted the history of area from its earliest native settlers to 1939. Some of the early depictions were the discovery of the Puget Sound area by Capt. George Vancouver, Lewis & Clark, the Hudson's Bay Co., the first immigrant wagon train in 1853 and the final spike of the transcontinental railroad being driven in 1873. Most emphasis was on the time period from the state's constitution in 1889 to the Jubilee, including the Gay 90's and the Great War. (T. Times 7/20/1939, pg. 1)
Washington State Golden Jubilee, 1939--Tacoma; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Historical pageants--Tacoma;