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Claude Norris, Royal Brougham, and Bruce Rowell, Seattle, circa 1946
This photo shows Claude Norris (left), Royal Brougham (center), and Bruce Rowell standing together, with Brougham holding a trophy. The nature of the event is unknown, though it was presumably sports-related, as Brougham was the long-time sports editor for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and at the time, Norris and Rowell headed the Seattle franchise of the minor-league West Coast Negro Baseball…
ID Number:2014.49.018.044.0096
Date:Circa 1946
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Masonic funeral, Seattle, circa 1950
A Masonic funeral was held at Seattle's First African Methodist Church at 1544 14th Avenue. Here, at the gravesite, an unidentified woman in a fur coat adds flowers to the coffin while another woman speaks to one of the bereaved (center left).
ID Number:2014.49.018.046.0101
Date:Circa 1950
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Barbers at Bertha's Barber Shop, Seattle, circa 1958
In addition to his jazz club images, photographer Al Smith took many photos of family, friends and other local people in their everyday lives. Here Smith photographs Bertha M. Johnson, center, owner of Bertha's Barber Shop on 23rd Avenue, with her two male barbers. Beauticians and barbers formed an important part of the Central District's thriving business sector. They put…
ID Number:2014.49.29.01.04
Date:Circa 1958
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Men marching in a Mardi Gras parade, Seattle, circa 1956
In addition to his Seattle jazz club images, photographer Al Smith took photos of events in the city’s black community. On this occasion, he photographed a parade group in the annual Mardi Gras, the African American summer festival that took place as part of Seattle’s International Festival, later Seafair. Here, the school groups the Bon Temps and the Le Premiers…
ID Number:2014.49.052.042
Date:Circa 1955
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Gus Williams and others at Sonics event, February 11, 1985
On February 11, 1985, a roast for retired Seattle SuperSonics basketball player Fred Brown (aka "Downtown Freddie Brown") was held at the Sea-Tac Red Lion as a fundraiser for the American Heart Association. Several of Brown's former Sonics teammates and other Sonics personnel attended the event. This photo shows former Sonics player Gus Williams at center, with other unidentified men…
ID Number:2014.49.054.029.0002
Date:1985
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Three boys watching a swan in the water at an unidentified park, circa 1950
In addition to his jazz club images, Seattle-born photographer Al Smith took many photos of family, friends and other local people in their everyday lives. Here, Smith photographs his son Butch (center) with two friends standing behind a wire fence and watching a swan in the water at an unidentified park. All three boys wear denim jeans with belts and…
ID Number:2014.49.091.012.07
Date:Circa 1950
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Crowning of Miss International Center, July 23, 1952
Seafair Royalty have been a part of Seattle's annual ten-day-long celebration since the festival's beginnings in 1950. Young women are chosen for the court to represent their neighborhood and/or ethnic community and are awarded academic scholarships. Throughout the summer, Seafair Royalty participate in festival events and perform knighting ceremonies recognizing outsltanding citizens in the Seattle area.The Chinatown - International District…
ID Number:2014.49.092.017.02
Date:1952
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Town House Service Women's Club at 214 University Ave., Seattle, 1946
During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. A number of recreation and temporary stay facilities provided entertainment and services for military personnel visiting the city, such as the large USO facility in the remodeled Rialto Building, opened in 1943. The first facilities specifically for military women opened in 1945: a female…
ID Number:2014.84.1
Date:1946
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Open Door Clinic bus sign, Seattle, circa 1974
The Open Door Clinic, a volunteer social service agency and free clinic, opened in Seattle’s University District in October 1967. The staff included psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, lab techs and social workers who provided around-the-clock intervention, medical help and counseling to drug and alcohol abusers and others with challenges. The clinic also helped juvenile runaways by providing shelter and putting them…
ID Number:2015.47.3
Date:Circa 1974
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Seattle City Light employee group outside building, January 9, 1957
The image pictured here of the employees of Seattle City Light's shops and warehouse was taken outside the building at Fourth Avenue South and Spokane Street, a location now referred to as the South Service Center. The 139 individuals pictured here are identified on a separate piece of paper included with the print. Handwritten on image: Seattle, Wn. - City…
ID Number:2015.97.114
Date:1957