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Image of Family on a beach on Chuckanut Drive, Bellingham, circa 1953
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Family on a beach on Chuckanut Drive, Bellingham, circa 1953

A man, a woman, and a girl are on the beach on Chuckanut Drive, also known as State Route 11, a scenic 20-mile roadway that hugs the cliffs of Chuckanut Mountain above Puget Sound in Whatcom County.
ID Number:2014.49.006.018.0050
Date:1958
Image of Portrait of Cheryl Inez Smith, Seattle, circa 1953
Photograph

Portrait of Cheryl Inez Smith, Seattle, circa 1953

Chery Inez Smith, the photographer's daughter, stands against the sky as her father takes her picture.
ID Number:2014.49.006.018.0051
Date:1958
Image of Bill Connelly, Seattle, circa 1953
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Bill Connelly, Seattle, circa 1953

Bill Connelly stands in the sunshine, wearing a polo shirt.
ID Number:2014.49.006.019.0054
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Portrait of Izzie Smith, Seattle, circa 1958
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Portrait of Izzie Smith, Seattle, circa 1958

Isabelle (Donaldson) "Izzy" Smith, the photographer's wife, poses wearing a coat and a silk scarf.
ID Number:2014.49.006.019.0100
Date:Circa 1958
Image of Portrait of Butch Smith, Seattle, circa 1953
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Portrait of Butch Smith, Seattle, circa 1953

Albert J. "Butch" Smith, Jr., the photographer's son, sits in a chair posing for his portrait.
ID Number:2014.49.006.019.0101
Date:Circa 1958
Image of Peoples family standing outside their home, Seattle, circa 1953
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Peoples family standing outside their home, Seattle, circa 1953

Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples, John D. "Sonny" Peoples, and their daughter Carol (now Carol Peoples-Procter), stand outside their home on the 1200 block of East 25th Street. Gertrude Johnson Peoples is the founder of the country's first academic-support office for college student athletes. She is also the first female athletic recruiter for a major university (University of Washington). In March 2012,…
ID Number:2014.49.006.020.0094
Date:Circa 1960
Image of Sonny and Gertrude Peoples posing in formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
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Sonny and Gertrude Peoples posing in formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953

John D. "Sonny" and Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples stand together in an unidentified home. Gertrude is wearing a white, ballerina-length, printed dress with a short jacket. John is wearing a tuxedo with white jacket and black pants. Behind them is a cloth-covered table with liquor bottles. Gertrude Peoples is the founder of the country's first academic-support office for college student athletes…
ID Number:2014.49.006.021.0056
Date:Circa 1963
Image of Charles and Claudine Winston posing in semi-formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
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Charles and Claudine Winston posing in semi-formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953

Charles and Claudine (Norris) Winston, wearing semi-formal clothing, stand together in an unidentified home. Claudine wears a strapless, ballerina length cocktail dress, while Charles wears a white dinner jacket with black tie and dark pants. White dinner jackets were generally worn between Memorial Day and Labor Day, so Charles's white jacket suggests that this was a summertime event.
ID Number:2014.49.006.021.0057
Date:Circa 1963
Image of Delbert Moore posing in semi-formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
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Delbert Moore posing in semi-formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953

Delbert Moore, wearing a semi-formal, ballerina-length cocktail dress with narrow straps and ruffled flowers, stands in an unidentified home. A table with bottles and glasses stands nearby on the flowered carpet.
ID Number:2014.49.006.021.0058
Date:Circa 1963
Image of Shirley Phelps posing in semi-formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
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Shirley Phelps posing in semi-formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953

Shirley (Norris) Phelps, wearing a semi-formal, ballerina-length, strapless cocktail dress with a lacy overskirt, stands in an unidentified home. A table with bottles and glasses stands nearby on the flowered carpet.
ID Number:2014.49.006.021.0059
Date:Circa 1963
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