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Favorite Programs On Your Dial radio schedule, 1949
This "Radio Log" contains a four month listing of programs to be aired on several Seattle radio stations: KIRO, KJR, KOMO, KVI, and KING. There is also a weekly schedule of programming for KING-TV and ads for many local businesses.
ID Number:2011.86.3
Date:1949
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Sportsmen's Show group at Montlake Bridge dedication, Seattle, June 1925
Seattle’s Montlake Bridge was dedicated on June 27, 1925. Seizing the opportunity to appeal to the gathered crowds, a group of fishing enthusiasts posed on the new bridge to publicize the upcoming Sportsmen’s Show. The third annual show, to be held at Green Lake, featured exhibits and entertainment centering around outdoor activities. Using a giant creel, oversized rods and nets,…
ID Number:2013.58.8
Date:1925
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Trianon Ballroom opening booklet, 1927
The Trianon Ballroom, located at Third Avenue and Bell Street, was an important entertainment venue in Seattle's musical history. One of several large dance clubs in the area which drew national Big Band talent, it was founded by hotelier john Edward Savage (1879-1958) and had a 30 x 135-foot dance floor that accommodated more than 5,000 dancers. Operating under Jim…
ID Number:2013.58.14
Date:1927
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King and queen of the seas pageant: Polka dot seas program, 1995
The Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & The Olympic and Rainier Empire is a member of the International Court System (ICS), the second largest LGBTQ organization in the world, and aims to provide funds and services to other non-profits within the local gay and lesbian community. One of the Seattle court's biggest events of the year is the King and…
ID Number:2014.21.2
Date:1995
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Overton Berry and Jeff Davies 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.MUSIC659
Date:2018
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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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DJ Rok Phizzle at the Sea Monster Lounge, Seattle, April 27, 2018
Rok Phizzle is a musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, DJ, and head of Future Funk Entertainment, a music production business in Seattle. Here, Rok Phizzle DJ's at the Sea Monster Lounge. He also performed that same evening with the band Funky 2 Death (F2D). Two members of the band, Jason Cameron (left) and Mark Mattry play in the background. As of…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC674
Date:2018
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Jitterbug dancers at Cab Calloway performance, Seattle, circa 1947
Cab Calloway's jazz band played Seattle's Civic Audtorium in the 1940s. Here, a couple dances the jitterbug at one of Calloway's performances. Handwritten on negative sleeve: Jitterbugs at Cab Dance
ID Number:2014.49.002.019.0062
Date:Circa 1947
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Katherine Dunham sitting in dressing room, Seattle, February 1, 1948
Katherine Dunham was the first successful leader of an African American dance troupe. She was also a published author at the age of 12 and earned a PhD in anthropology.Here, Ms. Dunham is sitting at her dressing table putting on an earring, in full costume. Her group performed Seattle's Civic Auditorium on February 1, 1948. Handwritten on negative sleeve: Kat.…
ID Number:2014.49.002.020.0065
Date:1948
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Dancing women in grass skirt costumes, Seattle, June 22, 1944
This photo shows two unidentified women in mock-grass skirts dancing at a dance hall in 1944. Written on negative sleeve: Bea Shaggs and Co. at South Seas 6-22-44
ID Number:2014.49.002.024.0076
Date:Circa 1947