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Group of 17 YMCA Men's Club members, Seattle, circa 1952
Here, 17 unidentified members of a YMCA Men's Club pose for a group photograph with the club logo.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder26.003
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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Members of a bowling team with trophies, Seattle, circa 1956
The five-man bowling team that photographer Al Smith played on won a Mardi Gras trophy. Three of the men in the photo can be identified by matching the names on the trophy with the names on the bowling shirts: James Minter (third from left), Clift Jones (third from right) and Al Pettit (far right). With Al Smith behind the camera,…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder27.002
Date:Circa 1956
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Two man shaking hands at Communist Party convention, Seattle, May 6, 1944
The 1944 Northwest district convention of the Communist party took place in Seattle in early May 1944. James W. Ford, national vice-chairman of the Communist Party, opened the convention, speaking at a rally at 1318 Eighth Avenue. Here, Ford, left, shakes hands with Northwest district secretary Henry P. "Heinie" Huff.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder28.002
Date:1944
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James W. Ford at Communist Party convention, Seattle, May 6, 1944
The 1944 Northwest district convention of the Communist party took place in Seattle in early May 1944. James W. Ford, national vice-chairman of the Communist Party, opened the convention, speaking at a rally at 1318 Eighth Avenue. Here, Ford poses in front of flags in a hall at the convention.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder28.003
Date:1944
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C.L. Dellums at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, May 12, 1944
Labor activist C.L. (Cottrell Lawrence) Dellums (1900-1989) was a porter for the Pullman Company when he was fired in 1927 for his open support of unionization. In 1929, Dellums was elected vice president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and he became president in 1966.C.L. Dellums and A. Philip Randolph, labor organizer and civil rights activist, visited Seattle together…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder28.004
Date:1944
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Celebration event for man in Navy uniform, Seattle, October 14, 1944
The principal participants in this congratulatory event gather in front of the pews at Mount Zion Baptist Church. The people and the event are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder30.001
Date:1944
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Church members congratulating man in Navy uniform, Seattle, October 14, 1944
Men and women at Mount Zion Baptist Church congratulate a man wearing a Navy uniform. The people and the event are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder30.002
Date:1944
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Woman and three men celebrating at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, October 14, 1944
A man in a suit congratulates a man in a Navy uniform while a woman and another man stand nearby. The event is taking place on the carpeted stage at Mount Zion Baptist Church. The people and the event are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder30.003
Date:1944