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Image of Football player Brennan King, Seattle, 1937
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Football player Brennan King, Seattle, 1937

Brennan King played football at Garfield High School and went on to star with the Renton Rams of the Northwest League and the Uptown Athletic Club of Seattle’s semi-pro Community League. In 1935, he won the new Al Rosenburg trophy as the most popular league player. The following year, he moved on to coach the Community League’s new, predominantly black…
ID Number:2014.49.052.077.0004
Date:1937
Image of Al Smith
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Al Smith "On the Spot" stamp, circa 1943

Albert Joseph "Al" Smith, Sr. (1916-2008), was a photographer and prolific chronicler of life in Seattle's Central Area during the mid- to late-20th century. 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 Central Area neighborhood, and the local…
ID Number:2014.49.071.054.01verso
Date:Circa 1943
Image of Hills Brothers Barbeque, Seattle, 1953
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Hills Brothers Barbeque, Seattle, 1953

In 1953, Al Smith photographed Robert L. Hills (at right) and his brother, Zebedee, in front of their Hills Brothers BBQ in the Central District. According to the Smith family, the barbecue stand served sweet potato pie, spicy sauce on smoked ribs, and white bread and butter through the 1990s.
ID Number:2014.49.091.009.05
Date:1953
Image of Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955
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Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955

Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle, at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.036.04
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955
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Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955

Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle, at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.036.07
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955
Photograph

Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955

Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle, at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.038.01
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955
Photograph

Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955

Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle, at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.038.02
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955
Photograph

Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955

Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle, at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.038.04
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955
Photograph

Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955

Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle, at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.038.05
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955
Photograph

Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955

Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle, at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.038.08
Date:Circa 1955
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