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Group at the Italian Club, Seattle, circa 1950
Twenty-two unidentified people pose at Seattle's Italian Club for a group photo. The club was located at 1902 Second Avenue in downtown Seattle. Captiion information source: Polk's Seattle City Directory, 1951.
ID Number:2014.49.018.025.0059
Date:Circa 1950
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Women and beautician in beauty salon, Seattle, circa 1950
While photographer Al Smith may be better known for his Seattle jazz club images, he also took many photos of family and friends in their everyday lives. Here, a young woman gets her hair styled in a Seattle beauty salon.
ID Number:2014.49.29.01.03
Date:Circa 1950
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Barbers at Bertha's Barber Shop, Seattle, circa 1958
In addition to his jazz club images, photographer Al Smith took many photos of family, friends and other local people in their everyday lives. Here Smith photographs Bertha M. Johnson, center, owner of Bertha's Barber Shop on 23rd Avenue, with her two male barbers. Beauticians and barbers formed an important part of the Central District's thriving business sector. They put…
ID Number:2014.49.29.01.04
Date:Circa 1958
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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
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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:2014.49.091.038.04
Date: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:2014.49.091.038.11
Date:Circa 1955
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Marie Edwards with her beauty school students, Seattle, 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:2014.49.091.039.03
Date:Circa 1955
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Students at Marie Edwards Beauty School, Seattle, 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:2014.49.091.039.09
Date:Circa 1955
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Two children sitting on car in front of Hills Bros. BBQ, Seattle, circa 1953
Run by brothers Robert and Zeb Hill, Hill's Bros. BBQ opened in 1952 in a small wooden building on 21st Avenue between East Cherry and East Jefferson streets in Seattle's Central Area. Here, Al Smith photographs Robert Hill's sons, Robert (left) and Zebedee, sitting on a Crosley automobile in front of Hill's Bros. BBQ. According to the Smith family, the…
ID Number:2014.49.092.015.01
Date:Circa 1953
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King and Winge Boat Shop, Seattle, circa 1906
The King and Winge Boat Shop opened in 1899 in West Seattle. The owners were Albert Winge, a native of Norway, and Thomas J. King, from Boston. The shipyard built fishing vessels as well as smaller craft like lifeboats.
ID Number:2014.59.40
Date:Circa 1906