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On the opening day of the Advertising Association of the West convention this early bird cocktail party was held at Smith Tower in Seattle, June 21, 1952.

Written on verso: Seattle Junior Ad Club. 1952. Souvenir ashtrays distributed to junior members at Advertising Association of the West convention, Seattle, June 1952

Written on verso: Visiting the USS Telfair during the Advertising Association of the West convention, Seattle, June 1952

Written on verso: Visiting the USS Telfair during the Advertising Association of the West convention, Seattle, June 1952

Written on verso: Kid's Day Seafair Program: University Disctrict parade, 8-8-52

Written on verso: Participants in Kids Day Seafair Program, 8-8-52 [University District Children's parade]

Written on verso: Participants in Kid's Day Seafair Program, 8-8-52 [University Districs children's parade]

Written on verso: Participants in Kids Dayu Seafair Program, 8-8-52 (Huck Finn fishing derby and costume contest, east Green Lake). Elaine Isohima, Phyllis Sellers, Carol Lee Macy

Written on verso: Participants in Kids Day Seafair Program, 8-8-52 (Huck Finn fishing derby and costume contest, east Green Lake). Phyllis Sellers, Elaine Isohima, Carol Lee Macy

Written on verso: Participants in Kids Dayu Seafair Program, 8-8-52 (Huck Finn fishing derby and costume contest, east Green Lake). Carol Lee Macy, Phyllis Sellers, and Elaine Isohima

Written on verso: Steven Lahti, junior king; Bonnie Jean Shortt, junior queen.

Written on verso: Participants in the kids Seafair Program, August 1952. Junior royalty: Steven Lahti, Junior king; Bonnie Jean Shortt, Junior queen; Robb Poole, Davy Jones. Kathleen Rawls, "swimming star," Al Sheehan, Aqua Follies director

There were hydroplane heats throughout Seafair, however the main race day was on Saturday, August 9, 1952. From a note in the scrapbook: "In August, the Club hosted ambulatory patients from the Bremerton Naval Hospital at the Gold Cup Races on Lake Washington, a highlight of Seattle SeaFair week. Approximately 30 patients attended, while the Juniors were likewise well-represented. Coke, beer, sandwiches, potato chips and candid photographers were in abundance. (For this affair, two members of the Club slept all night on the lake shore to reserve the space for the race)"

Written on verso: Promotional material for Advertising Association of the West convention, Seattle, June 21-26, 1952

Written on verso: Gold Cup hydroplane race, 8-9-52

Written on verso: Gold Cup hydroplane race, 8-9-52

Written on verso: Gold cup hydroplane races 8-53 Photo is labeled 1953, but is believed to be from 1952

Photos are labeled as August 1953, but are believed to be from 1952.

Written on verso: "...nearly 3000 persons signed the 'Neighbor to Neighbor Good Drivers Pledge' and received safety literature." (P.W. Seibert, Seattle Safety Council, 3-27-53)

Text: The joint Seattle Safety Council-Seattle Junior Advertising Club booth measured six feet across, eight feet deep and ten feet high. It was finished in black and yellow highway stripes on three sides. Across the top of the boot were the slogans “Speed Kills” and Courtesy Saves Lives. The Seattle Traffic Engineers Department mounted various highway markers on the sides of the booth, as well as installing a three-way corner signal in front of the booth. The controller box was in the booth proper, with the inner mechanisms exposed so that the public could see the circuits close as the light operated on a ten-second interval. Across the back of the booth were photos donated by the Washington State Patrol showing accidents that occurred during the past year. Juniors staffing the booth wore white coveralls while on duty.

Written on verso: Seattle's mayor Allen Pomeroy, second from left, signs a Good Driving Pledge as Tom Gilson, Seattle Auto Dealers Association President, Caroline Howard, Junior Ad Club Traffic Safety Committee chairman, and Jackie Wilbur, committee member, look on.

Written on verso: 1953 Seattke Auto Show (Seattle Automobile Dealers' Association. (March 7-15, 1953) Armory.

Written on verso: Booth at Seattle Auto Show, March 1953, sponsored jointly by the Ad Club and the Seattle Safety Council.

Written on verso: Meeting, February 10, 11954. Topic: Public Relations. Speakers: Byron Christian (UW), Wendell Broyles (King Co. Medical), Jim Douglas (Boeing), Lois Kitchener (Beaumont & Hohman advertising)

Written on verso: Planning committee, fundraising for San Francisco AAW convention.

Written on verso: Progressive dinner, joint meeting with Vancouver (BC) Junior Ad Club, Seattle, 11-54.