154 results for: American House
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Ichiban restaurant at 6th Ave. S. and S. Main St. , Seattle, 2008
Koji and Mayumi Ogawa opened Ichiban restaurant at 601 Main Street, in the Panama Hotel building, around 1983. The small restaurant served homestyle Japanese food to its customers in the Nihonmachi or Japantown area in Seattle’s Chinatown - International District for 27 years. In early May 2010, the Ogawas posted a “Farewell letter to our loyal customers and friends” announcing…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MISC178
Date:2008
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Overton Berry and Jeff Davies performing at the Swedish Club, Seattle, February 9, 2018
Overton Berry (1936-2020) was a popular Seattle jazz pianist with a long career spanning the late Jackson Street jazz club period in the early 1950s to shortly before his death in 2020. Born in Texas, Berry moved to Seattle with his family in 1945. He studied classical piano as a child and formed his first jazz trio with two of…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC659
Date:2018
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Overton Berry performing at the Swedish Club, Seattle, February 9, 2018
Overton Berry (1936-2020) was a popular Seattle jazz pianist with a long career spanning the late Jackson Street jazz club period in the early 1950s to shortly before his death in 2020. Born in Texas, Berry moved to Seattle with his family in 1945. He studied classical piano as a child and formed his first jazz trio with two of…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC660
Date:2018
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Funky 2 Death performing at Sea Monster Lounge, Seattle, April 27, 2018
Funky 2 Death (F2D) is a Seattle band playing funk and rock music. Originating as the house band at the Sea Monster Lounge, F2D has played at many of Seattle's iconic venues and been featured at festivals, and they still play regular shows at the Sea Monster. This image shows F2D performing at the Sea Monster on April 27, 2018.…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC678
Date:2018
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Group of four people at King Street Station, Seattle, circa 1955
Mr. and Mrs. Will Nichols (left) met their house guests Irene McCoy Gaines (right) and her mother, Mrs. Mamie Lane (in wooden wheelchair), at King Street Station. They are posed in front of an elevator during the 24th Biennial Convention of the National Association of Colored Women Clubs (NACWC), held in Seattle July 31 - August 7, 1948. Delegates to…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder11.007
Date:Circa 1955
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Presidential candidate Henry Wallace with a union officer, 1948
Henry Wallace shares the head table with a union officer at a dinner meeting of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union of the Pacific at Washington Hall. A sign reading Stop the Un-American Committee refers to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Wallace was Vice President of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1941-1945. This picture was probably taken…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder25.001
Date:1948
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Unidentified jazz band, 1947
A five-piece jazz band poses in the room of a house, for what may be a publicity shot. Floyd Franklin plays the trumpet, and Al Larkin plays the piano. The other players are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.002.014.0044
Date:1947
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Jimmie Lunceford band performing at the Trianon Ballroom, Seattle, circa 1947
The Jimmie Lunceford band plays onstage to a packed house at the Trianon Ballroom. A saxophone player waits behind the announcer. Written on negative page: Jazz / Jimmy Lunsford / Eagles
ID Number:2014.49.002.029.0116
Date:Circa 1947
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Two people dancing at house party, Seattle, circa 1972
Seattle photographer Al Smith began taking photographs as a hobby as a teenager and continued documenting his experiences, both abroad and at home, throughout his life. Best known for his photos of Seattle's Jackson Street area jazz clubs and musicians, Smith also photographed family, friends, and local people in their everyday lives. Here, Smith photographs two people dancing at a…
ID Number:2014.49.008.012.0109
Date:Circa 1972
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Members of the Royal Esquire Club on steps of Collins Field House, Seattle, September 11, 1949
The Royal Esquire Club is a private African American men's club in Seattle, founded in 1947 by five young Black men, as there was no welcoming venue in the city where they could socialize. Still active as of 2025 and now located in the Columbia City neighborhood, the club provides a space for social interaction, education, and entertainment for its…
ID Number:2014.49.010.003.0005
Date:1949