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Group near bar at Black & Tan nightclub, Seattle, circa 1945
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished in the first half of the twentieth century, with their popularity peaking in the late 1930s through early 1950s. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints.Here Al Smith photographs a group of friends posing in…
ID Number:2014.49.16.076.01
Date:Circa 1945
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Three women talking at nightclub table, Seattle, circa 1945
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished in the first half of the twentieth century, with their popularity peaking in the late 1930s through early 1950s. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints.Here, Smith photographs three women sitting at a table enjoying…
ID Number:2014.49.16.085.10
Date:Circa 1945
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Fred Swanson at the Black and Tan nightclub, February 12, 1945
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished in the first half of the twentieth century, with their popularity peaking in the late 1930s through early 1950s. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints.Here, a man stands inside the entrance to the Black…
ID Number:2014.49.16.089.05
Date:1945
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Two servicemen sitting at a bar, Seattle, circa 1945
Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the Jackson Street area nightclubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints. Here, Smith photographs two US Navy servicemen enjoying drinks at a nightclub bar. A slip of paper filed with the negative identifies one of the men as Lafayette Beech. The location…
ID Number:2014.49.16.095.03
Date:Circa 1945
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Women singing at microphone at the Black & Tan nightclub, 1944
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished in the first half of the twentieth century, with their popularity peaking in the late 1930s through early 1950s. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints.Here, Smith photographs two women singing at a microphone at…
ID Number:2014.49.16.101.03
Date:1944
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Crowd at nightclub, Seattle. circa 1945
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished in the first half of the twentieth century, with their popularity peaking in the late 1930s through early 1950s. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints. Here, Smith photographs patrons enjoying themselves at an unidentified…
ID Number:2014.49.16.108.01
Date:Circa 1945
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Woman seated at the Black and Tan bar, Seattle, July 28, 1945
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished in the first half of the twentieth century, with their popularity peaking in the late 1930s through early 1950s. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints.On this occasion, Smith photographed an elegantly dressed woman wearing…
ID Number:2014.49.16.110.03
Date:1945
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Four people in a booth at the Basin Street nightclub, July 1945
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished in the first half of the twentieth century, with their popularity peaking in the late 1930s through early 1950s. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints.Here, Al Smith photographs four friends posing in a booth…
ID Number:2014.49.16.110.07
Date:1945
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Man seated at table at the Black and Tan nightclub, Seattle, February 1945
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished in the first half of the twentieth century, with their popularity peaking in the late 1930s through early 1950s. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints.On this occasion, Smith photographed a comfortably seated club patron…
ID Number:2014.49.16.111.06
Date:1945
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Johnny Moten and his bride cutting their wedding cake, Seattle, circa 1949
Newlyweds Johnny Moten and his unidentified bride are just about to cut their wedding cake. Johnny wears a white double-breasted dinner jacket, and his wife wears a white satin dress and long gloves.
ID Number:2014.49.018.001.0002
Date:Circa 1949