774 results for: Smith, A. J.
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Young women on staircase, Seattle, July 30, 1950
Eight young women in formal attire pose on a staircase. Some were contestants for the Central Area Mardi Gras Queen. From left to right: Leanella Lombard, Theresa (Willa) Miller Frank , Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples, two unidentified, Gloria (Jenkins) Bowman, and Beverly (Washington) Kelly, and unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.018.017.0035
Date:1950
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Contestants for Mardi Gras Queen, Seattle, July 30, 1950
Contestants for the 1950 Central Area Mardi Gras Queen pose on a staircase. From left to right are: unidentified, Theresa (Willa) Miller Frank, two unidentified, Gloria (Jenkins) Bowman, and Beverly (Washington) Kelly.
ID Number:2014.49.018.017.0036
Date:1950
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Event during the Central Area Mardi Gras pageant, Seattle, July 30, 1950
Here, fourteen young women stand onstage with a male announcer. This was apparently part of the Queen Central Area Mardi Gras pageant. From left to right are: unidentified, Beverly (Washington) Kelly, Gloria (Jenkins) Bowman, Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples, Robert Braxton, and Vivian (Meade) Caver, Leanella Lombard, Ruth Johnetta Weber Latcholia, Royleen Washington, three unidentified, Theresa (Willa) Miller Frank, and two unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.018.017.0037
Date:1950
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Masonic event, Seattle, June 1950
Twenty-three women and two men pose for their group portrait during a Masonic event. The following participants have been identified: Mrs. Gaston, Margaret McShan, Albertine Jones, Hope Ward, Mrs. Davis, Bea Chatters, and Mrs. Douglas. The rest are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.018.018.0038
Date:1950
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Guests at Fran & Bob Patty's wedding shower, Seattle, February 20, 1950
Fifteen of the guests attending Fran and Bob Patty's February 1950 wedding shower sat for a group portrait. In the back row, from left to right are: unidentified, Freddy Bowmar, Roy Holmes, unidentified, Leonard Gayton, and Bob Frasier. In the front row, from left to right are Isabelle "Izzie" (Donaldson) Smith, Cecilia "Babe" Holmes, Mary , Francis Frasier, and Emma…
ID Number:2014.49.018.019.0041
Date:1950
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Frank Russo's Wine Store, Seattle, March 9, 1949
Seven unidentified men stand inside one of Frank Russo's Over the Top Beverage Stores. In 1949, Russo owned one store at 414 Main Street and another at 107 Washington Street.
ID Number:2014.49.018.020.0042
Date:1949
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Wilcox family at dinner, Seattle, July 22, 1950
Music teacher Louis Wilcox and his wife, Shirley ran the Wilcox Music School. Here, Louis and Shirley Wilcox and their two sons and a daughter sit around their formally-set dining room table.
ID Number:2014.49.018.021.0044
Date:1950
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Freddie Brown tossing newspaper, Seattle, 1949
Seattle boxer Freddie Brown (1931-1961) won the middleweight championship title at the 14th annual Golden Gloves Tournament in February 1949. The final bouts, held on February 22, drew what was reported to be the largest Golden Gloves crowd in Civic Auditorium history. Freddie Brown fought twice that night, winning the semi-final against Ivan Johnson before prevailing in the final, defeating…
ID Number:2014.49.018.021.0045
Date:1949
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Grand opening of the First Hill Food Center, Seattle, circa 1950
Unidentified staff members at the First Hill Food Center, 908 8th Avenue, celebrate the store's grand opening with a group portrait in the produce section. The store was owned by brothers Takauki (Taky) and Eiji Kimura. Taky Kimura was Bruce's Lee's good friend during the martial artist's Seattle years, and for decades Kimura gave free weekly classes on Lee's philosophy…
ID Number:2014.49.018.023.0050
Date:Circa 1950
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Sorting room in the Broadway Station, U.S. Post Office, Seattle, circa 1950
In the mid-1950s, Al Smith began working as a mail carrier at the Post Office and stayed for 25 years. He was proud of his work there and appreciated the post office job for its security, fair wages, and relative lack of discrimination. The job afforded him both a middle-class lifestyle and an opportunity to pursue his avocation of photography.…
ID Number:2014.49.018.024.0053
Date:Circa 1950