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Image of Portrait of a woman with glasses, Seattle, circa 1953
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Portrait of a woman with glasses, Seattle, circa 1953

An unidentified older woman poses wearing a dark dress, cameo brooch, and bifocal glasses.
ID Number:2014.49.006.013.0038
Date:Circa 1960
Image of Woman wearing formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
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Woman wearing formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953

An unidentified black woman wears a formal embroidered outfit with sheer sleeves, as well as a knotted pearl necklace and an elaborate gardenia corsage.
ID Number:2014.49.006.013.0039
Date:Circa 1960
Image of Woman wearing formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
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Woman wearing formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953

An unidentified black woman wears a wide-collared outfit and dangling pearl earrings.
ID Number:2014.49.006.013.0040
Date:Circa 1960
Image of Portrait of Kaylon Mar wearing a cowboy outfit, Seattle, circa 1953
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Portrait of Kaylon Mar wearing a cowboy outfit, Seattle, circa 1953

Kaylon Mar wears a fringed cowboy-style shirt with plaid panels, a style influenced by early children's television shows and popular in the early 1950s.
ID Number:2014.49.006.015.0041
Date:Circa 1960
Image of Portrait of Kaylon Mar wearing a cowboy outfit, Seattle, circa 1953
Photograph

Portrait of Kaylon Mar wearing a cowboy outfit, Seattle, circa 1953

Kaylon Mar wears a fringed cowboy-style shirt with plaid panels, a style influenced by early children's television shows and popular in the early 1950s.
ID Number:2014.49.006.015.0042
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Millie and Kaylon Mar sitting on doorstep, Seattle, circa 1953
Photograph

Millie and Kaylon Mar sitting on doorstep, Seattle, circa 1953

Millie Mar, and her son Kaylon, dressed in his cowboy outfit, sit on their doorstep.
ID Number:2014.49.006.015.0043
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Exterior of Smith family home, Seattle, circa 1949
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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
Image of John Irish standing by his grape trellis, Seattle, circa 1953
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John Irish standing by his grape trellis, Seattle, circa 1953

John Irish, with clippers in hand, stands by a trellis while pruning his grape vines.
ID Number:2014.49.006.017.0048
Date:1959
Image of Al Smith taking a self-portrait, Seattle, circa 1953
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Al Smith taking a self-portrait, Seattle, circa 1953

Albert Joseph "Al" Smith, Sr. (1916-2008), was an avid photographer and prolific chronicler of life in Seattle's Central Area during the mid- to late-20th century, amassing tens of thousands negatives. From a hobby begun as a preteen, Mr. Smith began his "weekend job" and photography business, On the Spot, in the 1940s, capturing life in the city’s Black community, the…
ID Number:2014.49.006.017.0099
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Al Smith taking a self-portrait, Seattle, circa 1953
Photograph

Al Smith taking a self-portrait, Seattle, circa 1953

Albert Joseph "Al" Smith, Sr. (1916-2008), was an avid photographer and prolific chronicler of life in Seattle's Central Area during the mid- to late-20th century, amassing tens of thousands negatives. From a hobby begun as a preteen, Mr. Smith began his "weekend job" and photography business, On the Spot, in the 1940s, capturing life in the city’s Black community, the…
ID Number:2014.49.006.017.0114
Date:Circa 1953
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