226 results for: Eating and Drinking
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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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Frank Russo's Wine Store, Seattle, March 9, 1949
Seven unidentified men stand inside one of Frank Russo's Over the Top Beverage Stores. In 1949, Russo owned one store at 414 Main Street and another at 107 Washington Street.
ID Number:2014.49.018.020.0042
Date:1949
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Bartenders and patrons at the Italian Club, Seattle, circa 1950
Joe Smith (foreground) and another bartender fix drinks for guests at the Italian Club. The club was located at 1902 Second Avenue in downtown Seattle. Captiion information source: Polk's Seattle City Directory, 1951.
ID Number:2014.49.018.025.0057
Date:Circa 1950
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Group of Basin Street nightclub patrons around a table, Seattle, May 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.On this occasion, Smith photographed a man in uniform and…
ID Number:2014.49.050.069.02
Date:1944
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Hills Brothers Barbeque, Seattle, 1953
In 1953, Al Smith photographed Robert L. Hills (at right) and his brother, Zebedee, in front of their Hills Brothers BBQ in the Central District. According to the Smith family, the barbecue stand served sweet potato pie, spicy sauce on smoked ribs, and white bread and butter through the 1990s.
ID Number:2014.49.091.009.05
Date:1953
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Two children sitting on car in front of Hills Bros. BBQ, Seattle, circa 1953
Run by brothers Robert and Zeb Hill, Hill's Bros. BBQ opened in 1952 in a small wooden building on 21st Avenue between East Cherry and East Jefferson streets in Seattle's Central Area. Here, Al Smith photographs Robert Hill's sons, Robert (left) and Zebedee, sitting on a Crosley automobile in front of Hill's Bros. BBQ. According to the Smith family, the…
ID Number:2014.49.092.015.01
Date:Circa 1953
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Ivar Acres of Clams "Old Seattle" souvenir placemat, circa 1960
Ivars Acres of Clams is located on Pier 54 on Seattle's waterfront. This Ivar's placemat features illustrations paired with lyrics from the "Old Settler's Song (Acres of Clams)" a folk song written by Francis D. Henry around 1874. It has been said that Ivar Haglund learned the song from Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, and he used it on his…
ID Number:2014.119.2
Date:Circa 1960
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Ruby Chow's menu, circa 1955
Ruby Chow and her husband Ping opened Ruby Chow's restaurant in an old mansion at Broadway and Jefferson Street in 1948, the first Chinese restaurant in Seattle located outside of Chinatown. Ruby Chow would spend a lifetime as a community leader, including service as the first Asian American on the King County Council, first elected in 1973 and serving for…
ID Number:2016.20.7
Date:Circa 1955
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Von's Cafe menu, circa 1946
Von's restaurant, first known as Rippe's, opened in 1910 on Pike Street. In 1923, the restaurant moved to 1423 4th Avenue and began serving food 24 hours a day. Owner Frank Rippe closed his cafe in October 1940, and the business was purchased three months later by Seattle movie theater magnate John G. von Herberg, with the new name of…
ID Number:2016.36.1
Date:Circa 1946
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The Chimes menu, circa 1942
"The Chimes for Ken's Hamburgers" restaurant, located in Seattle's University District, was named after a tower built in 1904 on the University of Washington campus. Chimes Tower, originally a water tower, was converted in 1914 to house twelve bells. The tower burned down in 1949. The Chimes restaurant opened in 1938 at 4330 University Way. Cut in the shape of…
ID Number:2016.36.2
Date:Circa 1942