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I Am Proud to be the Mother of a Soldier Boy
The music and lyrics for "I Am Proud to be the Mother of a Soldier Boy" were written by R. N. Moffat. It was arranged by Dudley Huntington McCosh and published by R. N. Moffat in Seattle. The piece was performed at least once locally, at Fort Lawton by the Fourteenth Infantry Band. Caption information source: The Seattle Sunday Times,…
ID Number:1998.54.10
Date:1917
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Clarence Acox directing Jazz Ensemble at Garfield High School, Seattle, May 11, 1991
In this image director Clarence Acox leads the Garfield High School Jazz Ensemble in some swinging music of the '30s and '40s in the high school gymnasium. A native of New Orleans, Clarence Acox Jr. is a well-known jazz drummer and band director who has been teaching at Garfield since 1971. Acox has led the Garfield Jazz Ensemble to win…
ID Number:2000.107.002.17.01
Date:1991
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Members of American Legion in Goof parade, Seattle, September 9, 1949
In this image the Yakima Yearlings, a drum and bugle corp from the American Legion's Logan Wheeler Post #36 of Yakima, Washington, march in a parade on opening day of the American Legion state convention. This "Goof" parade was staged by the Voyageurs of La Societie des Forty Hommes et Eight Chevaux ("40 & 8") along Third Avenue in downtown…
ID Number:2000.107.007.01.01
Date:1949
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Ernestine Anderson performing at the High School Jazz Festival, Seward Park Amphitheater, Seattle, June 16, 1980
Ernestine Anderson (1928-2016) was an internationally renowned American jazz and blues singer. Her connection to Seattle began when her family moved to the city 1944, and she was discovered by band leader "Bumps" Blackwell, who hired her as a singer for his Junior Band. Anderson's first show was at the Washington Social Club on East Madison Street. The band (which…
ID Number:2000.107.007.24.01
Date:1980
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Ernestine Anderson and granddaughter at Greenwood Elementary School, Seattle, April 19, 1985
Ernestine Anderson (1928-2016) was an internationally renowned American jazz and blues singer. Her connection to Seattle began when her family moved to the city 1944, and she was discovered by band leader "Bumps" Blackwell, who hired her as a singer for his Junior Band. Anderson's first show was at the Washington Social Club on East Madison Street. The band (which…
ID Number:2000.107.007.24.02
Date:1985
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Ernestine Anderson at home in Seattle, January 31, 1984
Ernestine Anderson (1928-2016) was an internationally renowned American jazz and blues singer. Her connection to Seattle began when her family moved to the city 1944, and she was discovered by band leader "Bumps" Blackwell, who hired her as a singer for his Junior Band. Anderson's first show was at the Washington Social Club on East Madison Street. The band (which…
ID Number:2000.107.007.24.03
Date:1984
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Ernestine Anderson performing at Jazz Alley, Seattle, December 16, 1991
Ernestine Anderson (1928-2016) was an internationally renowned American jazz and blues singer. Her connection to Seattle began when her family moved to the city 1944, and she was discovered by band leader "Bumps" Blackwell, who hired her as a singer for his Junior Band. Anderson's first show was at the Washington Social Club on East Madison Street. The band (which…
ID Number:2000.107.007.24.04
Date:1991
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Hammond Ashley in his workshop, Seattle, April 26, 1979
Hammond (“Ham”) Ashley studied to be a mechanical engineer, but music was always an important part of his life. He was also a skilled woodworker, doing fine interior woodwork and making reproductions of antique furniture. Ashley played banjo in a dance band while in college. In Europe with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he bought a double bass and…
ID Number:2000.107.009.31.01
Date:1979
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Hammond Ashley holding a treble violin, Seattle, April 26, 1979
Hammond (“Ham”) Ashley studied to be a mechanical engineer, but music was always an important part of his life. He was also a skilled woodworker, doing fine interior woodwork and making reproductions of antique furniture. Ashley played banjo in a dance band while in college. In Europe with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he bought a double bass and…
ID Number:2000.107.009.31.02
Date:1979
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Hammond Ashley and Dave Wilson working on a bass in their workshop, Seattle, July 18, 1989
Hammond (“Ham”) Ashley studied to be a mechanical engineer, but music was always an important part of his life. He was also a skilled woodworker, doing fine interior woodwork and making reproductions of antique furniture. Ashley played banjo in a dance band while in college. In Europe with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he bought a double bass and…
ID Number:2000.107.009.31.03
Date:1989