1183 results for: Black/African American
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Gertrude Peoples wearing formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples, a native of Natchez, Mississippi, moved to Seattle with her family as a teenager where she graduated from Queen Anne High School. She began counseling at-risk high school students in the 1960s. During the racially-turbulent 1970s, she was recruited by the University of Washington to counsel and advocate for black athletes, a role that eventually became UW's…
ID Number:2014.49.006.008.0097
Date:Circa 1953
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Woman wearing formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
An unidentified young black woman wears a formal gown trimmed with fur, beaded earrings, and a matching three-strand choker necklace.
ID Number:2014.49.006.012.0034
Date:Circa 1965
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Woman wearing formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
An unidentified young black woman wears a formal scoop necked gown, fancy earrings and watch.
ID Number:2014.49.006.012.0035
Date:Circa 1965
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Cheryl Smith and Frances Lane riding a Ferris wheel, Seattle, circa 1953
Cheryl Smith, left, the photographer's daughter, sits with her foster sister, Frances "Ominka" Lane on a Mardi Gras carnival ride. The summer carnival was variously located on 23rd Avenue between Union and Pine Streets and at Garfield High School's old track field, now Powell Barnett Park.
ID Number:2014.49.006.012.0036
Date:Circa 1965
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Woman wearing formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
An unidentified black woman wears a formal embroidered outfit with sheer sleeves, as well as a knotted pearl necklace and an elaborate gardenia corsage.
ID Number:2014.49.006.013.0039
Date:Circa 1960
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Woman wearing formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
An unidentified black woman wears a wide-collared outfit and dangling pearl earrings.
ID Number:2014.49.006.013.0040
Date:Circa 1960
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John Irish standing by his grape trellis, Seattle, circa 1953
John Irish, with clippers in hand, stands by a trellis while pruning his grape vines.
ID Number:2014.49.006.017.0048
Date:1959
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Al Smith taking a self-portrait, Seattle, circa 1953
Albert Joseph "Al" Smith, Sr. (1916-2008), was an avid photographer and prolific chronicler of life in Seattle's Central Area during the mid- to late-20th century, amassing tens of thousands negatives. From a hobby begun as a preteen, Mr. Smith began his "weekend job" and photography business, On the Spot, in the 1940s, capturing life in the city’s Black community, the…
ID Number:2014.49.006.017.0099
Date:Circa 1953
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Al Smith taking a self-portrait, Seattle, circa 1953
Albert Joseph "Al" Smith, Sr. (1916-2008), was an avid photographer and prolific chronicler of life in Seattle's Central Area during the mid- to late-20th century, amassing tens of thousands negatives. From a hobby begun as a preteen, Mr. Smith began his "weekend job" and photography business, On the Spot, in the 1940s, capturing life in the city’s Black community, the…
ID Number:2014.49.006.017.0114
Date:Circa 1953
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Cheryl Inez Smith standing in front of Ivar's, Seattle, circa 1953
Cheryl Inez Smith is standing in front of Ivar's Fish Bar at Pier 54 on the Seattle waterfront, wearing a dark colored dress coat and hat.
ID Number:2014.49.006.018.0049
Date:1958