Name/Title
Lakefair Queen Crowning and Parade, Unknown DatesEntry/Object ID
2007-012.D399NDescription
Lakefair Queen Crowning and Parade, Unknown Dates. These fourteen black and white film negative strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. These images were created using four separate film rolls, so some of the physical numbers on the strips are duplicated. For the purposes of this description, these strips will be grouped according to the film roll from which they originally came. Each group will be assigned a lower-case letter to go along with the physical numbers on the strips (ex: 1a, 2a, 3a, 1b, 2b, 3b, etc.) to help differentiate between images.
The images in group "a" show a Lakefair Queen crowning and a parade. Image 37a shows a young woman in a crown and formal gown holding a flower bouquet and speaking into a microphone on a stand. This woman is facing toward the left-hand side of the image. A portion of the chest and left arm of a man is visible in the lower-right corner of the image. This man is wearing a blazer with a Capitalarians badge on the breast. He is also holding a document in his hand. Image 38a shows a woman with long, straight hair and bangs wearing a floral-print shirt and jeans. She is carrying an acoustic guitar in her right hand and she is looking directly at the camera. A woman in a floral-print dress is behind and to the right of the first woman. Several other people are partially visible in the background and at the enges of the image. Image 39a shows two bearded men with curly hair each with one arm around the shoulder of the other. Both men appear to be seated. The man on the left is holding an Ibanez electric bass guitar. The man on the right is holding an electric guitar with an unusual body shape. A drumset is partially visible behind the men. A man in a vest is partially visible at the right-hand edge of the image. Image 40a shows a young woman in a crown and a formal gown with a cape tied at the neck. She is holding a flower bouquet. She is facing toward the left-hand edge of the image and appears to be laughing. Partially obscured behind her and to the right is a man in a tie and blazer with a Capitalarians badge on the breast. This man is also wearing a nametag above the badge, but the name is too small to make out. Many people are visible meandering in the background. Image 41a is very similar to the previous image, but here the young woman is looking toward the camera. Image 43a shows a flocks of birds, some of which are on a power line. The sky occupies most of the image. The top of the Governor Hotel and two other buildings are visible along the bottom edge of the image. Image 44a shows Karen Fraser wearing a dress near a dock on Capitol Lake. Her body is oriented toward the right-hand side of the image frame, but she is looking toward the camera and smiling. A crowd of people are visiblebehind her and to the left. Capitol Lake is in the background, and the Washington State Capital building is visible in the distance in the top-right corner. Image 1a has the same background as the previous image, but here 2-3 Capitalarians, 2-3 Lakefair Queen contestants and a handful of other people are walking toward the right-hand side of the image frame. This image is oriented vertically. Images 2a, 3a and 4a are very similar to image 1a, but they are oriented horizontally. Image 5a shows many people gathered on a dock floating in Capitol Lake. These people include the Lakefair Queen constestants, older men in blazers, and a band. Image 6a shows many men in windbreakers or blazers standing in a row down the dock/walkway leading to the dock/stage on the lake. Image 7a shows eight women in formal gowns seated in a row on the stage/dock. Image 8a is very similar to the previous image, but here a man in a Capitalarians blazer is standing at the right-hand side of the image frame. Image 9a shows five young women riding on an elaborate parade float with a gondola at the front and a birdcage-like structure at the center. Several men in Capitalarians blazers are walking alongside the float. Image 10a shows a closer-up shot of the young woman within the birdcage-like structure on the float. She is wearing a gown and a cape. A sign on the side of the float is "CAPITAL FANTASY." Image 11a shows Karen Fraser and an unknown man riding on top of the back seat in a convertible. Two young men are in the front seat of the car. A banner on the side of the car reads "LACEY MAYOR KAREN FRASER." Image 12a shows a woman with sunglasses wearing a backpack with an infant in it. Image 13a shows a float with five young women in formal gowns riding on it. There is a large butterlfy on the front end of the float. Several men in Capitalarian blazers are walking alongside the float. Image 14a shows the float from the previous images from the front. Image 15a shows a young woman in a formal gown and cape waving. She is standing on one of the parade floats underneath what appears to be a real tree. The side of the float reads "Olympia Lakefair" (some of this text is outside of the image frame). Image 16a shows children sitting and standing along a road curb. Two of the children have facepaint on. Adult spectators are visible behind the children. Image 17a shows a little girl sitting on a woman's lap. A man with glasses and mutton-chop sideburns is visible from the shoulders up in the bottom-right corner of the image. Image 18a shows three men in glasses and Boy Scout-style outfits carrying a banner in the parade. This banner reads "ROYAL RANGERS," "EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN CENTER" and "CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMUNITY." Three young men following behind them are each carrying a flag on a pole. One of these flags is the American flag, but the others cannot be made out. Image 19a shows a float with several children and three adult men on it. On the side of this float is "ROYAL RANGERS." There is a mannequin dressed as the State of Liberty at the center of the float. A man in a Boy Scout-style outfit is grasping the torch in the mannequin's hand. Another man on the float is speaking into a microphone and waving. The third man is driving the float. Image 20a shows a woman dressed as a clown crouching down in front of a group of children watching the parade. The clown is speaking to the children.
The images in group "b" show the crowning ceremony for the Lakefair Queen in an unknown year. Image 37b shows six young women in gowns and cape seated in a row. They are all looking forward. Images 38 is very similar to the previous image, but here th young woman at center is looking toward the camera and smiling. Image 39b is very similar to the previous image, but here the six women are turned to look at eac other. Image 40b is nearly identical to image 37b. Image 41b shows is similar to the previous images, but here the young woman at center is covering her face and the other young women are looking at her. Images 42b through 44b are all nearly identical. Image 1b is similar to the previous images, but here a woman wearing a tiara and a cape has entered the image frame from the right and is reaching toward the young woman seated at center. Image 2b shows a woman in a cape standing at the center of the image and looking toward the right-hand side of the image frame. Two other women are facing away from the camera on the right-hand side of the image. Image 3b is similar to the previous image, but here one of the women who was on the right-hand side of the image has moved to the left. Image 4b shows one woman in a cape hugging another woman in a cape. Image 5b is nearly identical to image 3b. Image 6b is very similar to image 5b, but here the woman in the cape is turned more toward the camera. She is holding a bouquet of flowers. Image 7b shows a woman in a cape facing away from the camera and mostly obscuring one of the other women in a cape. These women are hugging. Image 8b shows a group of several women in capes standing together in a close group. The two women closest to the camera are facing away from the camera and mostly obscuring the other women. Image 9b shows a woman in a cape holding a very large flower bouquet standing on the dock/stage and waving. She is facing toward the right-hand side of the image frame. Image 10b shows two women in capes looking at each other. One is wearing a crown. A man in a plaid blazer is standing near the right-hand edge of this image. Image 11b is similar to the previous image, but here the woman wearing the crown in the previous image is putting the crown on the other woman's head. Image 12b is very similar to image 9b, but here the woman is wearing a crown. The man in the plaid jacket is still at the right-hand edge of the image. Image 13b is very similar to the previous image, but here the young woman facing the camera and the man in the plaid blazer has been replaced by a man in a plain blazer. Image 14b is very similar to the previous image, but here the young woman is not smiling. Image 15b shows the woman with the crown, cape and bouquet walking toward the left-hand side of the image. She is not smiling. A man is holding onto her arm.
The images in group "c" show a portion of a parade and the Lakefair Queen crowning. Image 5c shows a person in a tall, Big Bird-type costume walking in a parade. A man in backwards hat, sunglasses and an apron is pushing a shopping cart with a sign on the side which reads "NUTTY BARS 70c." Spectators sitting along the side of the road are visible on the right-hand side of the image. Image 6c shows three men riding on the top of the back seat of an Oldsmobile convertible. A fourth man is driving the car. A banner on the driver's side of the car reads "ASSISTANT COACH ROBERT ATWELL TIMBERLINE HIGH SCHOOL AND STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM." Image 7c shows three different young men riding on the top of the back seat of a similar car to that seen in the previous image. There is no banner on the side of this car. Image 8c shows yet another group of three young men riding in the same way in another convertible. A banner with the same text as that seen in image 6c is on the side of this convertible. Image 9c shows four people total riding in a small Volkswagen convertible. Two men are seated on the top of the back seat and are waving. A man is driving the car, and a woman is in the passenger's seat. A banner on the driver's side of the car is "CAPITAL LAKEFAIR PRESIDENT & MRS. FRED DELORE." Image 32c shows four young women in formal gowns holding flower bouquets standing in a close circle. They are all leaning forward toward each other. Image 33c shows a young woman in a formal gown holding a flower bouquet in her left hand. She is leaning forward slightly and looking downward. Her mouth is open. Other young women in formal gowns are visible in the background. Image 34c shows a young woman with an up-do wearing a tiara and a cape standing at the left and a young woman with curly hair wearing a formal gown at right. A man in a Capitalarians blazer is standing at the right-hand edge of the image frame. Image 35c shows a young woman with curly hair wearing a tiara being hugged by Karen Fraser. Image 36c shows the backs of a man and woman's heads and torsos. The head of the young woman with curly hair wearing the tiara is partially visible behind the woman
The images in group "d" show a parade. Image 36d shows a man dressed as a clown standing at the left-hand edge of the image. A man in glasses seated on the curb is looking up at the clown. This man is in the lower-right corner of the image. A little girl seated on a woman's lap is visible at the center of the image. Umage 37d shows a parade float with "ANCIENT WORLD" spelled out across the front. People in tunics are riding on the float and walking in formation around it. Some are dancing. Image 38d shows a closer-up view of the same float seen in the previous image. Image 39d shows an even closer-up view of the same float. Seated at the left is a man dressed as a Roman Centurion. This man appears to be Dick Pust. The woman on the right is dressed in a long gown. She is wearing a sash which likely reads "MISS THURSTON COUNTY."Made/Created
Date made
1967 - 1981Place
City
OlympiaCounty
ThurstonState/Province
WashingtonCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaNotes
Film Size: 35 mm
Medium: AcetateLexicon
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People, Events, Lake FairRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Dick PustPerson or Organization
Karen Fraser