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Cheryl Smith and Frances Lane riding a Ferris wheel, Seattle, circa 1953
Cheryl Smith, left, the photographer's daughter, sits with her foster sister, Frances "Ominka" Lane on a Mardi Gras carnival ride. The summer carnival was variously located on 23rd Avenue between Union and Pine Streets and at Garfield High School's old track field, now Powell Barnett Park.
ID Number:2014.49.006.012.0036
Date:Circa 1965
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Mildred Mar carrying child at beach, Des Moines, circa 1960
Mildred Mar was a lifelong family friends of the photographer Al Smith's family. Here, she carries a child, probably her son Kaylon, out of the water during a Sunday outing at Saltwater State Park on Puget Sound near Des Moines. Cheryl Inez Smith, the photographer's daughter, plays in the surf on the left side of the frame.
ID Number:2014.49.006.029.0093
Date:Circa 1960
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Youth baseball team, Seattle, circa 1947
In addition to his Seattle jazz club images, photographer Al Smith took many photos of family, friends, and members of the community. Here, Smith photographs a group of boys at a local playfield. Though they don't wear a team uniform, they appear ready for a game of baseball together, with a bat and gloves.
ID Number:2014.49.009.027.0105
Date:Circa 1947
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Izzy Smith at a picnic, 1959
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, he photographs his wife Izzy enjoying a cold drink at a picnic. Isabelle “Izzy” Donaldson (1916-2008) was born to a family of Black coal miners in Roslyn, Washington. She met photographer Al Smith in…
ID Number:2014.49.09.04.09
Date:1959
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Patrons talking at a beer parlor, Seattle, circa 1953
A group of unidentified women and men sit in a beer parlor on 21st Avenue and Madison Street, a bottle of Heidelberg beer, made by Tacoma's Columbia Brewing Company, on the bar in front of them.
ID Number:2014.49.014.052.0128
Date:Circa 1953
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Patrons at bar at a beer parlor, Seattle, circa 1953
A group of unidentified women and men sit and stand at the bar in a beer parlor on 21st Avenue and Madison Street, bottles of Heidelberg beer on the bar in front of them.
ID Number:2014.49.014.052.0129
Date:Circa 1953
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Party group posing with raised glasses, Seattle, circa 1953
Twelve unidentified men and women pose together in a living room of an unidentified home. Most of the revelers stand in front of a wallpapered wall, while some sit on the floor by a coffee table.
ID Number:2014.49.014.057.0138
Date:Circa 1953
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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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Two women at the Black and Tan nightclub, Seattle, August 4, 1945
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 two women with dice and…
ID Number:2014.49.16.056.04
Date:1945