779 results for: "al smith collection"
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Smith family car in drive-through tree stump, circa 1948
In addition to his jazz club photos, Seattle-born photographer Al Smith took many photographs of his family and friends in their everyday lives. In this photo taken on an out-of-town trip, Smith photographs the family's Chevrolet stopped in a drive-through tree stump. Barely visible in the photo are his young son Butch sitting at the wheel, and his wife Izzy…
ID Number:2014.49.29.01.06
Date:Circa 1948
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Neighborhood House youth band, 1954
Neighborhood House opened in 1906 as a settlement established by the National Council of Jewish Women to provide services to Jewish immigrants. In 1956, with the help of the Seattle Housing Authority, the agency secured building space in the Yesler Terrace community. Neighborhood House continues to serve the Central District, immigrant communities, and public housing residents of King County.Here, the…
ID Number:2014.49.29.01.10
Date:1954
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Three women looking at photographs on exhibit, Seattle, circa 1950
The Seattle Photographic Society was founded in 1933 to promote the advancement of the art and science of photography, with membership made up of photographers at all levels of experience from amateur to professional. Still active as of 2025, the club provides support to its members through critique, discussions, lectures, and demonstrations, and holds monthly competitions of members' work.Here, three…
ID Number:2014.49.29.01.11
Date:Circa 1950
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Mardi Gras parade float, Seattle, circa 1955
For over 70 years, Seattle’s Black community has a held a summer festival that was part of Seattle's International Festival, now Seafair. The first, in 1952, was called the East Madison/East Union Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras later transformed into the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, and in 1997 it became the Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival. Here, a group of…
ID Number:2014.49.29.01.13
Date:Circa 1955
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Pete Peterson playing saxophone for a group of servicemen, Seattle, circa 1944
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished in the first half of the twentieth century, with their popularity peaking in the late 1930s through early 1950s. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints.On this occasion, Smith photographed a group of servicemen listening…
ID Number:2014.49.29.09.01
Date:Circa 1944
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Double exposure of Izzy Smith and Lake Washington, Seattle, 1989
Seattle-born photographer Al Smith took many photos of family, friends and other local people in their everyday lives. This photo is a double exposure showing Smith's wife Isabelle "Izzy" (Donaldson) Smith (1916-2008) superimposed over a photograph of Lake Washington in Seattle.
ID Number:2014.49.030.043.02
Date:Circa 1989
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Military veterans marching in Pride parade, Seattle, 1993
Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park, drew a crowd of about 200. Three years later, Mayor Wes Uhlman officially endorsed the city’s pride celebration, declaring June 25 to July 1, 1977 to…
ID Number:2014.49.032.002.03
Date:1993
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Frontrunners Gay and Lesbian Running Club marching in Pride parade, Seattle, 1993
Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park, drew a crowd of about 200. Three years later, Mayor Wes Uhlman officially endorsed the city’s pride celebration, declaring June 25 to July 1, 1977 to…
ID Number:2014.49.032.002.04
Date:1993
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Bush with flowers along Elliott Bay Trail, Seattle, circa 1990
Best known for his images of the Seattle jazz scene and everyday life in Seattle's Black community, photographer Al Smith (1916-2008) also took hundreds of photographs of the natural landscape. He photographed scenic views at various locations in Washington State and British Columbia, and also took many pictures of formal gardens, such as the Kubota Garden in Rainier Valley and…
ID Number:2014.49.033.054.05
Date:Circa 1990
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Larry Gossett entering police van at protest at the South African consulate, Seattle, December 9, 1984
Beginning in October 1984, demonstrations were held outside the home of the honorary South African consul in Seattle’s Madison Park neighborhood to protest the South African government's polices of racial segregation known as apartheid. In this image, Seattle civil-rights activist and community organizer Larry Gossett, wrists zip tied, steps into a police van. He and 22 others were arrested for…
ID Number:2014.49.033.057.03
Date:1984