150 results for: Nature
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Dr. Donald Phelps and son Michael at Mount Rainier, circa 1955
In addition to his Seattle jazz club images, photographer Al Smith took many photos of family and friends in their everyday lives. Here, Smith photographs his brother-in-law Dr. Donald Phelps, with son Michael Phelps on his shoulders, during a family picnic to Mount Rainier National Park, around 1955. Dr. Phelps was a prominent educator who later became the chancellor of…
ID Number:2014.49.15.092.03
Date:Circa 1955
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Izzy Smith on the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, circa 1950
Seattle-born photographer Al Smith took many photographs of his family and friends in Seattle’s Black community in their daily lives, including travelling around the Pacific Northwest. In this photo, taken on a family trip to Vancouver, B.C.,, Smith photographs his wife Izzy on the Capilano Suspension.
ID Number:2014.49.15.180.11
Date:Circa 1950
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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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Smith family car in drive-through tree stump, circa 1948
In addition to his jazz club photos, Seattle-born photographer Al Smith took many photographs of his family and friends in their everyday lives. In this photo taken on an out-of-town trip, Smith photographs the family's Chevrolet stopped in a drive-through tree stump. Barely visible in the photo are his young son Butch sitting at the wheel, and his wife Izzy…
ID Number:2014.49.29.01.06
Date:Circa 1948
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Bush with flowers along Elliott Bay Trail, Seattle, circa 1990
Best known for his images of the Seattle jazz scene and everyday life in Seattle's Black community, photographer Al Smith (1916-2008) also took hundreds of photographs of the natural landscape. He photographed scenic views at various locations in Washington State and British Columbia, and also took many pictures of formal gardens, such as the Kubota Garden in Rainier Valley and…
ID Number:2014.49.033.054.05
Date:Circa 1990
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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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KIRO mobile news station wagon parked on mountain road, circa 1942
KIRO was founded by Moritz Thomsen of the Pacific Biscuit Company and began broadcasting on April 27, 1927 as the 100-watt station KPCB 650. Over the years, the Seattle KIRO broadcast station moved several times. The first location was at Fourth and University. As of 2025, the KIRO station studios are located in the Belltown neighborhood, with a transmitting tower…
ID Number:2014.67.15
Date:Circa 1942
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Reprint of "Puget Sound" from P-I, July 10, 1890
In June 1890, the First Assistant Postmaster General of the United States, James S. Clarkson (1842-1918) toured the Puget Sound region on behalf of the Postal Service. Appointed by President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), a Democrat, Mr. Clarkson, a Republican, served from 1891-1892 and immediately began firing Democratic fourth-class postmasters throughout the country. Mr. Clarkson was later chairman of the Republican…
ID Number:2018.3.3.72
Date:1890
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Rainier National Park winter sports brochure, 1935-1936
After the opening of Mount Rainier National Park in 1899, increasing numbers of people visited the mountain to fish, hike, camp, and view the mountain scenery. In 1915, the National Park Service built a single lane road from Longmire Springs to Paradise Valley, and the Paradise Inn was built the following year, quickly becoming a popular destination for automobile trips.…
ID Number:2018.3.3.100
Date:1935
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Milkman and wagon at Manitou Park, Tacoma, 1908
In this photo, a young man poses holding a milk can and cup near a horse-drawn milk cart just off a dirt path in a grassy area in Manitou Park in Tacoma. Painted on cart: Jersey Milk
ID Number:2018.48.7
Date:1908