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Group around table at the Black & Tan, Seattle, circa 1947
An unidentified group in fancy dress poses for a photo at the Black and Tan Club, a leading jazz nightclub located in Seattle's Central District neighborhood, which operated from 1922 until 1966. Four couples are seated at the table, and two women and a man stand behind it.
ID Number:2014.49.010.051.0102
Date:Circa 1947
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Group around table at the Black & Tan, Seattle, circa 1947
Five unidentified women sit at a table at the Black and Tan Club, a leading jazz nightclub located in Seattle's Central District neighborhood, which operated from 1922 until 1966. Three gentleman pose in the background.
ID Number:2014.49.010.051.0103
Date:Circa 1947
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Black servicemen and their dates at a dance, Seattle, circa 1944
The US military was racially segregated throughout World War II and most home front services were also segregated. In Seattle, recreational events for Black servicemen and women, usually hosted by the U.S.O. or the Seattle Civilian War Commission, were often held separately from those for whites. In this photo, a large group of Black servicemen in uniform and their dates…
ID Number:2014.49.013.004.0033
Date:Circa 1944
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Embassy Theatre at night, Seattle,1940
The Embassy Theatre on Third Avenue and Union Street in Seattle opened in 1926 with 1000 seats, men's and women's waiting rooms, spacious parlors, and a large Kimball organ. Originally a vaudeville house, the theater soon switched to films as public tastes changed in the late 1920s. The theatre was an active movie house until it closed it 1983. The…
ID Number:2014.49.013.035.0299
Date:1940
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Souvenir photo folder from the Black & Tan Club, Seattle, circa 1945
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished from World War II up until the early 1960s, when the Civil Rights movement broke down barriers barring African Americans from living and working in the larger community. Seattle-born photographer Albert J. "Al" Smith, Sr. (1916-2008) was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of patrons and friends, then returning the following…
ID Number:2014.49.13.05.01
Date:Circa 1945
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Souvenir photo folder from the Basin Street Club, Seattle, circa 1945
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished from World War II up until the early 1960s, when the Civil Rights movement broke down barriers barring African Americans from living and working in the larger community. Seattle-born photographer Albert J. "Al" Smith, Sr. (1916-2008) was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of patrons and friends, then returning the following…
ID Number:2014.49.13.05.02
Date:Circa 1945
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Woman in costume dancing at club, Seattle, circa 1948
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.Here, Smith photographs a woman in a belly dance costume…
ID Number:2014.49.14.012.01
Date:Circa 1945
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Private Lois Jones and two friends at a jazz club, Seattle, circa 1944
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.On this occasion, Smith photographed Private Lois Jones sitting between…
ID Number:2014.49.14.016.10
Date:Circa 1944
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Group around table at nightclub, Seattle, circa 1950
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.Here, Al Smith photographs a group of club patrons sitting…
ID Number:2014.49.14.018.07
Date:Circa 1950
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Group around a table at the Basin Street nightclub, circa 1945
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.On this occasion, Smith photographed two couples seated at a…
ID Number:2014.49.14.028.01
Date:Circa 1945