408 results for: Seattle High School
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Three members of the YMCA Men's Club, Seattle, circa 1952
Three unidentified members of a YMCA Men's Club pose for a photograph. Two wear double-breasted suits. A certificate for the Colman HI-Y high school group hangs on the wall over the right end of the fireplace, and a mounted deer head hangs above.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder26.002
Date:Circa 1952
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Group of ten YMCA Men's Club members, Seattle, circa 1952
Here, a group of 10 members of a YMCA Men's Club stand in front of a fireplace and the club logo. The six men on the right hold candles, suggesting that this is a ceremonial event that involves the four men on the left. A certificate for the Colman HI-Y high school group hangs on the wall over the right…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder26.004
Date:Circa 1952
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Two young women students with a Post Office Department staff member, Seattle, circa 1956
Two unidentified female Catholic high school students, wearing uniforms, stand in a library with a uniformed man from the Post Office Department. The unidentified man and one of the students hold a book together.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder27.001
Date:Circa 1956
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Ernestine Anderson singing at the Black and Tan, Seattle, circa 1947
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.Singer Ernestine Anderson may still have been a high school…
ID Number:2014.49.002.023.0074
Date:Circa 1947
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High school orchestra on stage, Seattle, circa 1944
A high school orchestra plays on stage at an unidentified Seattle venue. Skeletons decorate their music stands, and a World War II poster hangs above them in the background. Written on negative page: Jazz Local
ID Number:2014.49.002.036.0170
Date:Circa 1944
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Billy Tolles band performing at the Trianon, Seattle, circa 1952
Saxophonist Billy Tolles (1924-2005) began studying music at age 10 beginning with piano, and later played trumpet in the Garfield High School marching band. In 1941, then a saxophone player, Tolles formed the teenaged swing band Savoy Boys (also known as the Men of Jive) with Sonny Booker and Gerald Brashear. In college, Tolles continued gigging, performing with established jazz…
ID Number:2014.49.002.038.0179
Date:Circa 1952
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Billy Tolles band with woman singing, Seattle, circa 1952
Saxophonist Billy Tolles (1924-2005) began studying music at age 10 beginning with piano, and later played trumpet in the Garfield High School marching band. In 1941, then a saxophone player, Tolles formed the teenaged swing band Savoy Boys (also known as the Men of Jive) with Sonny Booker and Gerald Brashear. In college, Tolles continued gigging, performing with established jazz…
ID Number:2014.49.002.038.0181
Date:Circa 1952
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Billy Tolles band performing at the Trianon, Seattle, circa 1952
Saxophonist Billy Tolles (1924-2005) began studying music at age 10 beginning with piano, and later played trumpet in the Garfield High School marching band. In 1941, then a saxophone player, Tolles formed the teenaged swing band Savoy Boys (also known as the Men of Jive) with Sonny Booker and Gerald Brashear. In college, Tolles continued gigging, performing with established jazz…
ID Number:2014.49.002.038.0184
Date:Circa 1952
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Billy Tolles band performing at the Trianon, circa 1952
Saxophonist Billy Tolles (1924-2005) began studying music at age 10 beginning with piano, and later played trumpet in the Garfield High School marching band. In 1941, then a saxophone player, Tolles formed the teenaged swing band Savoy Boys (also known as the Men of Jive) with Sonny Booker and Gerald Brashear. In college, Tolles continued gigging, performing with established jazz…
ID Number:2014.49.002.038.0185
Date:Circa 1952
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Billy Tolles band performing at the Trianon, circa 1952
Saxophonist Billy Tolles (1924-2005) began studying music at age 10 beginning with piano, and later played trumpet in the Garfield High School marching band. In 1941, then a saxophone player, Tolles formed the teenaged swing band Savoy Boys (also known as the Men of Jive) with Sonny Booker and Gerald Brashear. In college, Tolles continued gigging, performing with established jazz…
ID Number:2014.49.002.038.0186
Date:Circa 1952