396 results for: Central Area
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Blue Moon Tavern boarded up during coronavirus pandemic, Seattle, April 9, 2020
The Blue Moon Tavern opened in 1934, shortly after the end of Prohibition. At the time, Washington law banned sale of alcohol within one mile of the University of Washington; the Blue Moon was just over the line and attracted many UW students as patrons. In the 1940s, the Blue Moon was one of the few bars outside the Central…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.AVE315
Date:2020
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Looking west on Jackson Street during Women's March on Seattle, January 21, 2017
The Women's March was an international protest for women's rights, held on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. The marches protested the threat to women's rights represented by Trump's policies and inflammatory rhetoric. Over 470,000 people attended the main protest in Washington DC, as many as 5 million nationwide, and an estimated 7 million people…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.P151
Date:2017
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Crowd at 20th and Jackson during Women's March on Seattle, January 21, 2017
The Women's March was an international protest for women's rights, held on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. The marches protested the threat to women's rights represented by Trump's policies and inflammatory rhetoric. Over 470,000 people attended the main protest in Washington DC, as many as 5 million nationwide, and an estimated 7 million people…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.P153
Date:2017
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Crowd on 4th Avenue, Women's March on Seattle, January 21, 2017
The Women's March was an international protest for women's rights, held on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. The marches protested the threat to women's rights represented by Trump's policies and inflammatory rhetoric. Over 470,000 people attended the main protest in Washington DC, as many as 5 million nationwide, and an estimated 7 million people…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.P157
Date:2017
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Crowd on 4th Avenue during Women's March on Seattle, January 21, 2017
The Women's March was an international protest for women's rights, held on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. The marches protested the threat to women's rights represented by Trump's policies and inflammatory rhetoric. Over 470,000 people attended the main protest in Washington DC, as many as 5 million nationwide, and an estimated 7 million people…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.P158
Date:2017
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Don Alexander and Charlena Mace dancing at ROOTS Family Picnic, Seattle, 1984
The tradition of the ROOTS family picnic began in the early 1970s when Arline and Letcher Yarbrough invited to dinner a group of close friends they hadn’t seen in many years. Those who attended agreed to establish more regular get togethers. Word went out to the “Old Timers,” as they called themselves, to come to a reunion at Seward Park.…
ID Number:2014.49.04.010.11
Date:1984
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Rev. O.S. Thomas Lewis in his office, Seattle, circa 1950
In addition to his Seattle jazz club images, photographer Al Smith took many photos of family and friends in the city's Black community. Here, Smith photographed the pastor of a church in the Central Area, standing in his book-lined office. A sign mounted on the bookshelves identifies the man as Rev. O.S. Thomas Lewis. Written on negative sleeve: Old Timers
ID Number:2014.49.005.031.0364
Date:Circa 1950
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Man leaning against car, Seattle, circa 1935
In addition to his images of the Central Area club scene, Seattle photographer Al Smith took many photos of family, friends, and other local people in their everyday lives, particularly in the city's Black community. Here, Smith photographs an unidentified man leaning against a convertible car. Behind him is a storefront with a sign reading "New and Used Furniture and…
ID Number:2014.49.005.065.0706
Date:Circa 1935
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Butch & Izzy Smith riding on a sled, Seattle, circa 1950
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. This photo shows Isabelle "Izzy" (Donaldson) Smith and Al "Butch" Smith, Jr., the wife and son of the photographer, riding together on a sled down a snowy street near their home on 23rd Avenue in…
ID Number:2014.49.005.096.0958
Date:Circa 1950
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Exterior of Smith family home, Seattle, circa 1949
This two-story house at 125 23rd Avenue in Seattle's Central District neighborhood was the home of photographer Al, Izzie, Butch, and Cheryl Smith.
ID Number:2014.49.006.016.0096
Date:Circa 1949