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Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955
Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle, at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.038.09
Date:Circa 1955
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Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955
Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle, at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.038.11
Date:Circa 1955
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Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955
Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle, at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.038.12
Date:Circa 1955
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Marie Edwards with her beauty school students, Seattle, circa 1955
Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.039.03
Date:Circa 1955
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Marie Edwards Beauty School students in class, Seattle, circa 1955
Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.039.06
Date:Circa 1955
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Students at Marie Edwards Beauty School, Seattle, circa 1955
Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.039.09
Date:Circa 1955
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Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955
Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle, at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.040.07
Date:Circa 1955
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Marie Edwards Beauty School hairstyle model, circa 1955
Marie Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942. While working the swing shift at Boeing, Edwards decided to study the beauty business. She apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who owned what was probably the first African American cosmetology school in Seattle, at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards Beauty…
ID Number:2014.49.091.040.08
Date:Circa 1955
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Pallbearers at Al Herre's funeral, Seattle, circa 1939
In addition to his Seattle jazz club images, photographer Al Smith also took photos of groups and events in the city’s black community. On this occasion, he photographed the pallbearers at the funeral of Al Herre, a member of the Royal Esquires, as they carried his coffin to a LaSalle hearse. The Royal Esquire Club was founded in 1947 as…
ID Number:2014.49.091.041.03
Date:Circa 1939
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Youth band at Wilcox Music School, Seattle, circa 1955
Music teacher Louis Wilcox and his wife, Shirley ran the Wilcox Music School. Here, they stand behind a proud group of students on the day of a performance. Two students in the front row have been identified: Ed Washington (left) and Barry Wilcox (second from left).
ID Number:2014.49.092.008.04
Date:Circa 1955