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S.S. North Sea menu, June 19, 1936
This postcard dinner menu is from a Northland Transportation Company passenger liner on the Alaska-Seattle run. An image of S.S. North Sea at Taku Glacier is on the back of the menu.
ID Number:2014.3.1.74
Date:1936
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Mail truck at the U. S. Post Office, Broadway Station on Capitol Hill, circa 1954
This Dodge mail truck is parked at the loading dock on Nagle Place behind the United States Post Office, Broadway Station. A postal worker stands on the dock, which is stacked with packages.In the mid-1950s, photographer Al Smith began working as a mail carrier at the Post Office and stayed for 25 years. He was proud of his work there…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder04.001
Date:Circa 1954
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View north up Nagle Place from E. Pine St. on Capitol Hill, Seattle, circa 1954
This street view looking north from E. Pine St. along Nagle Place includes the loading dock of the Broadway Station Post Office, just past the Pontiac service entrance and to the left of the 1949 Ford sedan and the Carnation Ice Cream truck parked on the west side of the street. In the mid-1950s, photographer Al Smith began working as…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder04.002
Date:Circa 1954
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Man leaning against car, Seattle, circa 1935
In addition to his images of the Central Area club scene, Seattle photographer Al Smith took many photos of family, friends, and other local people in their everyday lives, particularly in the city's Black community. Here, Smith photographs an unidentified man leaning against a convertible car. Behind him is a storefront with a sign reading "New and Used Furniture and…
ID Number:2014.49.005.065.0706
Date:Circa 1935
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Joe Smith standing in front of his station wagon, Seattle, circa 1950
In addition to his Seattle jazz club images, photographer Al Smith took many photos of family and friends in the city’s black community. On this occasion he photographed his close friend Joe Smith, standing by his four-wheel drive Willys station wagon. Joe wears a hat, coat and a double-breasted suit. Across the street is Jackie Caston’s Union 76 service station…
ID Number:2014.49.011.024.0039
Date:1950
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Ship pulling away from pier, Seattle, circa 1953
An Alaskan Steamship vessel leaves the Port of Seattle, while unidentified passengers line the rails, bidding farewell to a crowd gathered on the pier.
ID Number:2014.49.014.054.0150
Date:Circa 1953
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Smith family car in drive-through tree stump, circa 1948
In addition to his jazz club photos, Seattle-born photographer Al Smith took many photographs of his family and friends in their everyday lives. In this photo taken on an out-of-town trip, Smith photographs the family's Chevrolet stopped in a drive-through tree stump. Barely visible in the photo are his young son Butch sitting at the wheel, and his wife Izzy…
ID Number:2014.49.29.01.06
Date:Circa 1948
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Clarence and LaVerna Oliphant in plane, Seattle, circa 1950
In addition to his jazz club images, Seattle photographer Al Smith took many photos of family, friends and other local people in their everyday lives. Here, Smith photographs Clarence A. Oliphant (1923-2000) in the cockpit of a plane, with his wife, LaVerna (1923-2016) behind him.Clarence Oliphant was born in Council Bluff, Iowa and moved to Seattle after serving in the…
ID Number:2014.49.050.021.02
Date:Circa 1950
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Youth football team leaving by train for Las Vegas, Seattle, November 25, 1952
In addition to his Seattle jazz club images, photographer Al Smith also took photos of events important to the city’s Black community. The Nisei Japanese Veterans Association had sponsored a neighborhood Little League football team that was open to all. In 1952, the team, called the International Fighting Irish, won the city and Northwest district championships and headed off by…
ID Number:2014.49.092.013.0001
Date:1952
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KIRO mobile news station wagon parked on mountain road, circa 1942
KIRO was founded by Moritz Thomsen of the Pacific Biscuit Company and began broadcasting on April 27, 1927 as the 100-watt station KPCB 650. Over the years, the Seattle KIRO broadcast station moved several times. The first location was at Fourth and University. As of 2025, the KIRO station studios are located in the Belltown neighborhood, with a transmitting tower…
ID Number:2014.67.15
Date:Circa 1942