1189 results for: Black/African American
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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
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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