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Image of Cheryl Inez Smith playing the piano, Seattle, circa 1955
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Cheryl Inez Smith playing the piano, Seattle, circa 1955

Here, Cheryl Inez Smith, the photographer's 18-month-old daughter, sits on a stool at a piano in the living room of the family's Central District home.
ID Number:2014.49.014.008.0010
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Wedding party group at Faurot's Ballroom, Seattle, circa 1953
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Wedding party group at Faurot's Ballroom, Seattle, circa 1953

Hermina Despinasi, back right, and three other unidentified members of a wedding party pose together on the steps inside Faurot's Ballroom at 1214 East Pike Street.
ID Number:2014.49.014.009.0012
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Cheryl Inez Smith sitting in kitchen, Seattle, circa 1955
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Cheryl Inez Smith sitting in kitchen, Seattle, circa 1955

Cheryl Inez Smith, the photographer's one-year-old daughter, sits smiling in a highchair with her birthday cake, on which is written "Happy Birthday Cheryl."
ID Number:2014.49.014.010.0014
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Kimura family posing in front of their store, Seattle, circa 1953
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Kimura family posing in front of their store, Seattle, circa 1953

Grocery store owners Takauki "Taky" and Eiji Kimura pose with their mother and brother in front of their First Hill IGA Foodliner at 908 Eighth Avenue on First Hill. A good friend of Bruce Lee's during the martial artist's Seattle years, Taky gave free weekly classes on Lee's philosophy and technique for decades in the grocery store's basement.
ID Number:2014.49.014.012.0150
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Kimura family posing in front of their store, Seattle, circa 1953
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Kimura family posing in front of their store, Seattle, circa 1953

Grocery store owners Takauki "Taky" and Eiji Kimura pose with their mother and brother in front of their First Hill IGA Foodliner at 908 Eighth Avenue on First Hill. A good friend of Bruce Lee's during the martial artist's Seattle years, Taky gave free weekly classes on Lee's philosophy and technique for decades in the grocery store's basement.
ID Number:2014.49.014.013.0016
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Slick Adams sitting with a small boy, Seattle circa 1953
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Slick Adams sitting with a small boy, Seattle circa 1953

Slick Adams, a man well-known as a skilled ballroom dancer, sits at the edge of a boxing ring. Next to him stands an unidentified small boy of about 2 years old, wearing a fringed leather jacket.
ID Number:2014.49.014.014.0018
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Hiram Gale saluting parade, Seattle, April 3, 1948
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Hiram Gale saluting parade, Seattle, April 3, 1948

Hiram Gale, Seattle's last living Civil War veteran, salutes a passing parade from the front of a bunting-decorated viewing stand. He is joined by several other unidentified dignitaries to watch the Heritage Week kickoff parade in front of the U. S. Post Office on Third Avenue near Union Street.
ID Number:2014.49.014.014.0019
Date:1948
Image of Ola Browning speaking at fashion show, Seattle, circa 1953
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Ola Browning speaking at fashion show, Seattle, circa 1953

In the 1950s, Seattle community and civil rights leader Ola Browning served on the Washington State Board Against Discrimination, and in 1959 brought Washington's first wrongful discrimination case. Here, Ola Browning speaks at a podium at a Seattle fashion show, with a jazz band visible behind her. Judging by the name "Bumps" on the stands, this may be Bumps Blackwell's…
ID Number:2014.49.014.017.0027
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Women posing at fashion show, Seattle, circa 1953
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Women posing at fashion show, Seattle, circa 1953

Here, four well-dressed women pose near the podium at a fashion show. They are identified from left as Claudine Thurman, Anna Mary Knighton Hall, Lorraine Law, and Ola May Parker.
ID Number:2014.49.014.017.0028
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Lillian Gideon modeling gown at fashion show, Seattle, circa 1953
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Lillian Gideon modeling gown at fashion show, Seattle, circa 1953

Lillian Gideon, whose husband owned Gideon's Pharmacy at 21st and Madison Street, poses on a riser at a fashion show, wearing a full-length satin dress with a lace ruffle and a choker.
ID Number:2014.49.014.018.0030
Date:Circa 1953
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