Group in ethnic costume for a Finnish show — 3/15/1940 — #17060_1
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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company
United States — Washington (State)
Yuni, Emil
The stage set for this play includes a sign which reads: MUSTA RATSU.
Thanks to Sam Talley, who notes: "As different nationalities came to the Harbor they congregated together in different areas. They were very clannish because of language differences, customs, pride, etc. There were the Norwegians, Poles,Yugoslavs, Swedes, Finns, Italians, Germans, and more. Many had their own grocery stores, churches, and social clubs or halls. There were (and in some instances still are) the Runeberg Hall (Swede-Finn), Finnish Hall, Polish Hall, Zrinshi-Frankopan Lodge (Croation), Vasa Hall (Swedish), and others. People were expected to marry 'your own kind'. But that changed with economic success and Americanisation. Ethnic traditions are being lost with each generation and the area is becoming one big melting pot of nationalities."
