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Exterior of the Lava Lounge, Seattle, 2016
The Lava Lounge was a popular beer joint and tiki bar on Second Avenue in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. Outside décor included a palm tree and a mask mounted on a colorful mural. The lounge closed in January 2022 ahead of a redevelopment project, and it and neighboring structures burned down the following June.Here, on a summer day in 2016, patrons…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MISC163
Date:2016
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Mama's Mexican Kitchen, Belltown, Seattle, 2016
Mama's Mexican Kitchen, a popular restaurant at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Bell Street, was well known for its eclectic decorations, longtime staff, and comfort food. The owner, Mike McAlpin, had inherited recipes from his grandmother, the eponymous "Mama." Open from 1974 to 2016, the restaurant was a popular neighborhood fixture. Among its most notable features were its "Elvis…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MISC165
Date:2016
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Crocodile Cafe exterior, Seattle, 1992
The Crocodile Cafe opened in 1991 at 2200 2nd Avenue at Blanchard Street in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle. The popular music venue featured many well-known acts, such as Nirvana, MudHoney, Pearl Jam, and Death Cab for Cutie. The Crocodile Cafe closed in December 2007, but was reopened under new ownership as The Crocodile in March 2009. In 2021, the…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MUSIC36
Date:1992
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Elephant Super Car Wash sign, Battery Street and Denny Way, Seattle, April 2017
When the first Elephant Car Wash opened at Fourth Avenue and Lander Street in Seattle in 1951, it was the first automatic car wash in Washington State. For the first time, cars received hands-free treatment. The owners opened additional car washes in the region, all with the eye-catching neon signs designed by Bea Haverfield, an area neon designer. This image…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.ARCH130
Date:2017
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Elephant Super Car Wash, Battery Street and Denny Way, Seattle, April 2017
When the first Elephant Car Wash opened at Fourth Avenue and Lander Street in Seattle in 1951, it was the first automatic car wash in Washington State. For the first time, cars received hands-free treatment. Over the years, the owners opened additional car washes in the region, all with the eye-catching neon signs designed by Bea Haverfield, an area neon…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.ARCH132
Date:2017
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Original Richard Hugo House building, Seattle, 2016
Richard Hugo House, named for the Northwest poet Richard Hugo (1923-1982), was originally located in an old frame house at the corner of Eleventh Avenue and East Olive Street, in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. The building, built in 1902, had originally housed a mortuary and funeral Home, and later, the New City Theater. Hugo House was founded in 1996 by…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.ARCH200
Date:2016
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Izzy and Butch Smith at a sandbox, Seattle, circa 1948
In addition to his Seattle jazz club images and photographs of the city's Black community, photographer Al Smith took many photos of his family and close friends. Here he photographs his wife, Isabelle "Izzy" (Donaldson) Smith, and son, Al "Butch" Smith, Jr. sitting on the edge of a sandbox at a local playground.
ID Number:2014.49.004.026.0133
Date:Circa 1948
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Woman posing in front of grocery store, Seattle, circa 1950
In addition to his Seattle jazz club images, photographer Al Smith took many photos of family and friends in the city's Black community. Here, an unidentified young woman in sunglasses poses with arms akimbo in front of a neighborhood grocery store. Written on negative sleeve: Old Timers
ID Number:2014.49.005.030.0353
Date:Circa 1950
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Man leaning against car, Seattle, circa 1935
In addition to his images of the Central Area club scene, Seattle photographer Al Smith took many photos of family, friends, and other local people in their everyday lives, particularly in the city's Black community. Here, Smith photographs an unidentified man leaning against a convertible car. Behind him is a storefront with a sign reading "New and Used Furniture and…
ID Number:2014.49.005.065.0706
Date:Circa 1935
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Exterior of Smith family home, Seattle, circa 1949
This two-story house at 125 23rd Avenue in Seattle's Central District neighborhood was the home of photographer Al, Izzie, Butch, and Cheryl Smith.
ID Number:2014.49.006.016.0096
Date:Circa 1949