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Overton Berry performing at the Swedish Club, Seattle, February 9, 2018
Overton Berry (1936-2020) was a popular Seattle jazz pianist with a long career spanning the late Jackson Street jazz club period in the early 1950s to shortly before his death in 2020. Born in Texas, Berry moved to Seattle with his family in 1945. He studied classical piano as a child and formed his first jazz trio with two of…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC660
Date:2018
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Two men shaking hands, circa 1944
Two unidentified men stand in a room and share a handshake; one of them wears a navy uniform. Three posters behind them read: "Man the Victory Fleet, We Vote, the Congress of Industrial Organizations" and "You Bet I'm Going Back to Sea, U.S. Merchant Marine" and "The Rights We Fight For". Cases of Blatz Pilsener Beer are stacked on the…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder25.004
Date:Circa 1944
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Celebration event for man in Navy uniform, Seattle, October 14, 1944
The principal participants in this congratulatory event gather in front of the pews at Mount Zion Baptist Church. The people and the event are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder30.001
Date:1944
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Church members congratulating man in Navy uniform, Seattle, October 14, 1944
Men and women at Mount Zion Baptist Church congratulate a man wearing a Navy uniform. The people and the event are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder30.002
Date:1944
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Woman and three men celebrating at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, October 14, 1944
A man in a suit congratulates a man in a Navy uniform while a woman and another man stand nearby. The event is taking place on the carpeted stage at Mount Zion Baptist Church. The people and the event are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder30.003
Date:1944
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Woman and two men celebrating at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, October 14, 1944
A woman and one of the men clap their hands as they stand near a microphone at Mount Zion Baptist Church. The man being applauded wears a Navy uniform. Behind them is a religious mural. The people and the event are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder30.004
Date:1944
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Hiram Gale, Civil War veteran, riding in a parade, April 3, 1948
Hiram Randall Gale (1846-1951), Washington's last living Civil War veteran and former Commander-In-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, rides in a car during Seattle's Heritage Week kickoff parade, April 3, 1948.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder31.001
Date:1948
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Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet with his band, Seattle, July 17, 1944
Trumpet player Louis Armstrong and his band played Seattle's Civic Auditorium on July 17 and 18, 1944. Many of his fans at the edge of the stage are in military dress. Written on negative page: 7-17-44 Louis Armstrong [band?] / Opening night Madison USO 9-16-44Caption information source: Seattle Daily Times, July 14, 1944, p. 10.
ID Number:2014.49.002.027.0094
Date:1944
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Military jazz band performing, Seattle, September 16, 1944
In this 1944 photo, jazz musicians perform at a club while the audience gathers at the edge of the small stage. All are men in miltary uniform. Written on negative page: Opening night Madison USO 9-16-44
ID Number:2014.49.002.027.0097
Date:1944
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Couple dancing, with onlookers, Seattle, circa 1944
A couple dances at an unidentified Seattle venue sometime during World War II. Many of the onlookers are in military uniform. Written on negative page: Jazz Local
ID Number:2014.49.002.036.0171
Date:Circa 1944