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Group gathering in living room, Seatle, October 5, 1947
On October 5, 1947, an interracial group of people gathered in a Seattle home. The following have been identified: jazz musician Floyd Standifer (standing, second from left), Izetta (Spearman) Hatcher (third from left on couch), Gene Hammond (fifth from left on couch), Marjorie (Pitter) Mayfield (on right couch arm), Constance (Pitter) Thomas (bottom, center), and Mr. Minter (seated at bottom…
ID Number:2014.49.018.042.0092
Date:1947
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Joe Smith sitting in Jeep, Seattle, circa 1947
Here, Joe Smith, a friend of the photographer, sits in a shiny Willys jeep. Jeeps were popular surplus items after World War II.
ID Number:2014.49.018.043.0093
Date:Circa 1947
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Joe Smith & Bill Parkes with Jeep, Seattle, circa 1947
Here, Joe Smith (left) and Bill Parkes pose in front of a Willys Jeep after a hunting trip. Two deer are tied to the hood of the vehicle.
ID Number:2014.49.018.043.0094
Date:Circa 1947
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Claude Norris, Royal Brougham, and Bruce Rowell, Seattle, circa 1946
This photo shows Claude Norris (left), Royal Brougham (center), and Bruce Rowell standing together, with Brougham holding a trophy. The nature of the event is unknown, though it was presumably sports-related, as Brougham was the long-time sports editor for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and at the time, Norris and Rowell headed the Seattle franchise of the minor-league West Coast Negro Baseball…
ID Number:2014.49.018.044.0096
Date:Circa 1946
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U.S. Post Office convention officials, Seattle, 1950
In 1950, the U.S. Post Office held a convention in Seattle. Here, in front of a Northwest Airlines Boeing Stratocruiser airplane, an unidentified official shakes hands with George Starr, Postmaster for Seattle (2nd from right).
ID Number:2014.49.018.045.0097
Date:1950
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Marching band at the U.S. Post Office convention, Seattle, 1950
The marching band from Seattle Branch 79 of the National Association of Letter Carriers plays at an unidentified hotel for the 1950 U.S. Post Office convention.
ID Number:2014.49.018.045.0098
Date:1950
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Arrival of U.S. Post Office convention officials and guests, Seattle, 1950
In 1950, the U.S. Post Office held a convention in Seattle. Here, in front of a Northwest Airlines Boeing Stratocruiser airplane, officials and guests walk past the local marching band of the National Association of Letter Carriers. George Starr, Seattle Postmaster, is to the right of the woman with the bouquet. Others are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.018.045.0099
Date:1950
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Masonic funeral, Seattle, circa 1950
A Masonic funeral was held at Seattle's First African Methodist Church at 1544 14th Avenue. Here, at the gravesite, an unidentified woman in a fur coat adds flowers to the coffin while another woman speaks to one of the bereaved (center left).
ID Number:2014.49.018.046.0101
Date:Circa 1950
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Military funeral, Seattle, 1949
Onlookers watch as a military funeral procession accompanies a flag-draped coffin as it leaves an unidentified Seattle church or funeral home. Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and active military members are present.
ID Number:2014.49.018.046.0102
Date:1949
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Four Owls Club softball players on car, Seattle circa 1938
The Owls Club was a Black women’s softball team formed the late 1930s in Seattle. The Owls won the first women’s Washington State Softball Championship in 1938, playing at Sick’s Stadium, today the site of Rainier Avenue Lowe’s. The team, renamed the Brown Bombers, won the championship again in 1939. Left-handed Owls' pitcher Lillian Brown struck out twelve batters on…
ID Number:2014.49.19.01.01
Date:Circa 1938