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Image of Wilcox School of Music recital, Seattle, 1951
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Wilcox School of Music recital, Seattle, 1951

Music teacher Louis Wilcox and his wife, Shirley, ran the Wilcox Music School in Seattle. Here, members of the school's youth orchestra sit on stage at a 1951 recital. Louis Wilcox stands at right.
ID Number:2014.49.010.027.0060
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Post Office band marching in a parade, Seattle, circa 1953
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Post Office band marching in a parade, Seattle, circa 1953

Here, the Post Office Band marches in a parade on Jackson Street and Occidental, past the Atlas Theatre and Atlas Hotel.
ID Number:2014.49.010.035.0175
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Crowd watching presenters on stage at the Trianon, Seattle, April 9, 1950
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Crowd watching presenters on stage at the Trianon, Seattle, April 9, 1950

A crowd watches George Francis (to right of door) and other individuals on the stage during an Esquire dance at the Trianon Club on Third Avenue and Wall Street. They appear to be presenting a door mocked up as a bathroom door, with the graffiti, "Kilroy was here."
ID Number:2014.49.010.039.0082
Date:1950
Image of Chinese dancers performing in a parade, Seattle, circa 1953
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Chinese dancers performing in a parade, Seattle, circa 1953

In this image unidentified Chinese dancers perform with a dragon costume in a street parade, likely for Chinese New Year. The location appears to be Jackson Street in Seattle's Chinatown - International District. A crowd watches from the sidewalk in front of a record store and an optometrist's office.
ID Number:2014.49.010.046.0092
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Chinese dancers performing on stage, Seattle, circa 1953
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Chinese dancers performing on stage, Seattle, circa 1953

In this image unidentified Chinese dancers perform with a dragon costume on a stage, likely for Chinese New Year.
ID Number:2014.49.010.046.0188
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Woman and boy standing on Elks parade float, Seattle, April  9, 1950
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Woman and boy standing on Elks parade float, Seattle, April 9, 1950

Here, woman and a young boy hold an American flag while standing on the "Black Elks" Lodge 109 parade float.
ID Number:2014.49.010.055.0189
Date:1950
Image of Portrait of Izzie Smith, Seattle, circa 1953
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Portrait of Izzie Smith, Seattle, circa 1953

Isabelle "Izzie" (Donaldson) Smith, wife of the photographer, poses in an Asian-style silk jacket.
ID Number:2014.49.010.056.0190
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Eastside Hall, Seattle, circa 1951
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Eastside Hall, Seattle, circa 1951

The growing popularity of ballroom dancing and swing prompted the opening of numerous ballrooms around Seattle. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith took many photographs in and around the jazz clubs.This former movie theater at East Madison Street and 22nd Avenue in Seattle’s Central District later claimed fame as a dance and supper club. Ray Charles, Ron Holden, Jimi Hendrix and others…
ID Number:2014.49.11.02.01
Date:1951
Image of Eastside Hall exterior, Seattle, circa 1951
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Eastside Hall exterior, Seattle, circa 1951

The growing popularity of ballroom dancing and swing prompted the opening of numerous ballrooms around Seattle. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith took many photographs in and around the jazz clubs.Once known as the Gala movie theater at East Madison Street and 22nd Avenue in Seattle's Central District, the building shown here later claimed fame as a dance and supper club. Ray…
ID Number:2014.49.11.02.02
Date:Circa 1951
Image of Embassy Theatre at night, Seattle,1940
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Embassy Theatre at night, Seattle,1940

The Embassy Theatre on Third Avenue and Union Street in Seattle opened in 1926 with 1000 seats, men's and women's waiting rooms, spacious parlors, and a large Kimball organ. Originally a vaudeville house, the theater soon switched to films as public tastes changed in the late 1920s. The theatre was an active movie house until it closed it 1983. The…
ID Number:2014.49.013.035.0299
Date:1940
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