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Image of Woman on stairs at Basin Street nightclub, circa 1944
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Woman on stairs at Basin Street nightclub, 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. Here, Smith photographs a woman on the stairs at…
ID Number:2014.49.16.009.10
Date:Circa 1944
Image of Jeannette Dancy and a friend at the Basin Street club, Seattle, March 31, 1945
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Jeannette Dancy and a friend at the Basin Street club, Seattle, March 31, 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 women at the Basin…
ID Number:2014.49.16.016.11
Date:1945
Image of Couple at Basin Street nightclub, Seattle, 1945
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Couple at Basin Street nightclub, Seattle, 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 an unidentified couple on the…
ID Number:2014.49.16.029.10
Date:1945
Image of Couple sitting in booth at the Basin Street nightclub, Seattle, December 1, 1945
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Couple sitting in booth at the Basin Street nightclub, Seattle, December 1, 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 an unidentified couple in a…
ID Number:2014.49.16.031.09
Date:1945
Image of Marching band at the U.S. Post Office convention, Seattle, 1950
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Marching band at the U.S. Post Office convention, Seattle, 1950

The marching band from Seattle Branch 79 of the National Association of Letter Carriers plays at an unidentified hotel for the 1950 U.S. Post Office convention.
ID Number:2014.49.018.045.0098
Date:1950
Image of Rainier beer advertisement, 1907
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Rainier beer advertisement, 1907

Seattle Brewing & Malting Company launched Rainier Beer in 1893, and its popularity led to the brewery's ascendance to become the largest west of the Mississippi River. Rainier Beer would continue to be produced until 1916, when the brewery closed due to prohibition. In 1933 production began again with the name of the business changed to Rainier Brewing Company.Featuring a…
ID Number:2016.3.12
Date:1907
Image of Hotel Sorrento New Year's Dinner menu, 1923
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Hotel Sorrento New Year's Dinner menu, 1923

The Hotel Sorrento, one of the city's first "boutique" hotels, opened in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood in 1909. Among the hotel's first customers were some of the millions of visitors to the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a world's fair highlighting the development of the Pacific Northwest.This 1923 New Year's day dinner menu at the Sorrento offered a $2.00 prix fixe meal,…
ID Number:2016.36.6
Date:1923
Image of Hotel Sorrento Thanksgiving Dinner menu, 1923
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Hotel Sorrento Thanksgiving Dinner menu, 1923

The Hotel Sorrento, one of the city's first "boutique" hotels, opened in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood in 1909. Among the hotel's first customers were some of the millions of visitors to the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a world's fair highlighting the development of the Pacific Northwest. The Hotel Sorrento continues in business at its original location on the corner of Madison…
ID Number:2016.36.7
Date:1923
Image of Hotel Sorrento Christmas Dinner menu, 1923
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Hotel Sorrento Christmas Dinner menu, 1923

The Hotel Sorrento, one of the city's first "boutique" hotels, opened in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood in 1909. Among the hotel's first customers were some of the millions of visitors to the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a world's fair highlighting the development of the Pacific Northwest. The Hotel Sorrento continues in business at its original location on the corner of Madison…
ID Number:2016.36.8
Date:1923
Image of Metropolitan Theatre, University St., Seattle, circa 1920
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Metropolitan Theatre, University St., Seattle, circa 1920

This south-west facing view of University Street between Fifth Avenue and Fourth Avenue includes the Metropolitan Theater. Though the Metropolitan Theatre was designed originally as a stage house, it began showing movies within two years of its opening, and alternated between presenting live theatre and movies throughout its history. Between 1925 and 1928, the Olympic Hotel was built on three…
ID Number:2016.59.40
Date:Circa 1920
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