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Exterior of Yarbrough family home, Kirkland, circa 1955
Letcher and Arlene Yarorough lived in Kirkland, on Lake Washington. Letcher Yarbrough was president of the Seattle branch of the NAACP in the mid-1940s and later state president. With others, he helped pass the Washington State Fair Employment Practices Act of 1949. This photo shows a view of the Yarbrough's home among tall conifers across Lake Washington.
ID Number:2014.49.006.026.0108
Date:Circa 1955
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Three photographers with cameras outdoors, circa 1950
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 livesThis image shows three photographers set up to take…
ID Number:2014.49.009.038.0149
Date:Circa 1950
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Izzy Smith posing in a garden, Victoria, BC, July 26, 1948
In this photo, Isabelle "Izzy" (Donaldson) Smith, wife of photographer Al Smith, Sr., poses in a garden near a flowered arch in Victoria, British Victoria.
ID Number:2014.49.010.016.0028
Date:1948
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Butch Smith and Sonny Norris sitting in rowboat, Seattle, July 4th, 1947
In this image Al "Butch' Smith, Jr., left, and Claude "Sonny" Norris, Jr., sit together in a row boat. The photographer's notes say the photo was taken near Deception Pass, however his son, Al "Butch" Smith, Jr., identified it as likely the Lake Washington Arboretum.
ID Number:2014.49.010.048.0183
Date:1947
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Izzy and Butch Smith standing on rocks, Granite Falls, circa 1953
Isabelle "Izzy" (Donaldson) Smith and Al "Butch" Smith, Jr., the wife and son of the photographer, stand on the rocks, looking out over Granite Falls.
ID Number:2014.49.010.060.0118
Date:Circa 1953
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Nakamura family posing in garden, Seattle, circa 1962
Four members of the Nakamura family hold American flags and stand together in the garden created by Mr. Nakamura at 15th Avenue and Yesler Way.
ID Number:2014.49.014.033.0074
Date:Circa 1962
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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