1183 results for: Black/African American
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Festival royalty riding in parade, Seattle, circa 1953
Mardi Gras was a Seafair parade held by the Black community in Seattle's Central District. Here, the Mardi Gras Queen and her attendants wave from a float during the Central District Mardi Gras Parade. Spectators watch from the sidewalks.
ID Number:2014.49.006.006.0015
Date:1955
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Don and Shirley Phelps sitting at a table at large venue Seattle, circa 1953
Fashionably dressed for a formal dance party, Don and Shirley Phelps are seated at the dinner table.
ID Number:2014.49.006.006.0113
Date:Circa 1953
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Two men sitting at a bar, Seattle, circa 1953
Two men, one smoking a cigar, sit together at a bar, a bottle of Heidelberg beer on the counter in front of them.
ID Number:2014.49.006.007.0017
Date:Circa 1953
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Izzie Smith standing in her front yard, Seattle, circa 1953
Isabelle (Donaldson) "Izzy" Smith, the photographer's wife, stands in a well-groomed front yard. She wears a fur stole over her dress, along with white gloves, and a hat.
ID Number:2014.49.006.007.0018
Date:Circa 1953
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Betty Connelly with drink in back yard, Seattle, circa 1953
Betty June (Hartsfield) Connelly holds a cool drink near a lounge chair in a back yard.
ID Number:2014.49.006.007.0019
Date:Circa 1953
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Izzy Smith with drink in backyard, Seattle, circa 1953
Isabelle (Donaldson) "Izzie" Smith, the photographer's wife, holds a cool drink in a backyard. She wears pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, and a flowered hat.
ID Number:2014.49.006.007.0020
Date:Circa 1953
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Jason Gayle standing in parking lot in bathing suit and hat, Seattle, circa 1953
Jason Gayle, wearing swim trunks and straw hat, stands in a parking lot.
ID Number:2014.49.006.007.0021
Date:Circa 1953
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Sonny Norris lifeguarding at Madrona Beach, Seattle, circa 1955
Claude “Sonny” Norris, Jr., Seattle’s first black lifeguard and beach manager, is photographed on duty at Madrona Beach, which was considered by many to be Seattle’s "black beach" for picnics and swimming. Historians and the local black community disagree about the reason: some say it was segregation, others say self-segregation.
ID Number:2014.49.006.007.0095
Date:Circa 1955
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Portrait of Miss Allen, Seattle, circa 1953
Clemoris and Howard Allen's daughter wears a black and white lace dress with scalloped neckline and crystal earrings.
ID Number:2014.49.006.008.0022
Date:Circa 1953
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Carol Peoples looking over her father's shoulder, Seattle, circa 1953
Infant Carol Peoples (now Carol Peoples-Procter) looks over the shoulder of her father, John D. "Sonny" Peoples.
ID Number:2014.49.006.008.0023
Date:Circa 1953