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Image of Isabelle and Cheryl Smith feeding animals at the zoo, Seattle, circa 1953
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Isabelle and Cheryl Smith feeding animals at the zoo, Seattle, circa 1953

Here, Isabelle (Donaldson) Smith and her daughter Cheryl, wife and daughter of the photographer, feed animals through a fence at the Woodland Park Zoo.
ID Number:2014.49.006.001.0001
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Two women holding babies, Seattle, circa 1953
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Two women holding babies, Seattle, circa 1953

Here, two women sit on a couch, each holding a baby. They are possibly the mother and grandmother of the children.
ID Number:2014.49.006.002.0002
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Toddler sitting in a chair, Seattle, circa 1953
Photograph

Toddler sitting in a chair, Seattle, circa 1953

A toddler girl, wearing an embroidered dress and white shoes, is seated in an arm chair covered with a bedspread.
ID Number:2014.49.006.002.0003
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Toddler sitting in a chair, Seattle, circa 1953
Photograph

Toddler sitting in a chair, Seattle, circa 1953

A toddler girl, wearing an embroidered dress and white shoes, is seated in an arm chair covered with a bedspread.
ID Number:2014.49.006.002.0109
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Toddler sitting in a chair, Seattle, circa 1953
Photograph

Toddler sitting in a chair, Seattle, circa 1953

A toddler girl, wearing an embroidered dress and white shoes, is seated in an arm chair covered with a bedspread. She is waving a small box.
ID Number:2014.49.006.002.0110
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Toddler sitting in a chair, Seattle, circa 1953
Photograph

Toddler sitting in a chair, Seattle, circa 1953

A toddler girl, wearing an embroidered dress and white shoes, is seated in an arm chair covered with a bedspread.
ID Number:2014.49.006.002.0111
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Women holding children, Seattle, circa 1953
Photograph

Women holding children, Seattle, circa 1953

Two unidentified Smith family friends are seated on a sofa, holding infants.
ID Number:2014.49.006.002.0112
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Janice Fair and friends signing guestbook, Seattle, circa 1953
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Janice Fair and friends signing guestbook, Seattle, circa 1953

A group of fashionably dressed people gathers to sign a guestbook at a formal dance party. The woman seated in the foreground is Janice Fair.
ID Number:2014.49.006.006.0010
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Two women talking at a dance party, Seattle, circa 1953
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Two women talking at a dance party, Seattle, circa 1953

Two unidentified, fashionably dressed women chat at a dance party. The woman on the left is wearing a 3/4 length sleeve formal dress, with necklace, long earrings, wrist corsage, and a cigarette in a holder. The woman on the right is wearing an off the shoulder, brocade formal dress, long earrings, and a beaded choker.
ID Number:2014.49.006.006.0011
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Janice Fair and friend sitting at a table, Seattle, circa 1953
Photograph

Janice Fair and friend sitting at a table, Seattle, circa 1953

Fashionably dressed for a formal dance party, Janice Fair and an unidentified woman sit at the sign-in table. Janice wears a strapless gown and a wrist corsage.
ID Number:2014.49.006.006.0013
Date:Circa 1953
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