772 results for: Smith, Al, Sr.
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Ceremony honoring early Black schoolteachers, Seattle, March 20, 1988
Marita Harris, Edith Johnson, Orie Greene, and Virginia Galloway were among the first Black teachers in Washington state schools. The women were hired between 1946 and 1948, the first years that school districts in the Seattle area began hiring Black teachers. This image shows a ceremony honoring the four for their service to the community and their pioneering legacy. The…
ID Number:2014.49.097.010.16
Date:3/20/1988
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Al Smith and Sara Whitley, Seattle, circa 1920
Seattle photographer Albert J. "Al" Smith (1916-2008) was the son of West Indian immigrant parents Percy and Inez Smith. The couple settled in the Central Area neighborhood around 1914 and Al was born soon thereafter. The family lived on East Madison Street with close family friend Sarah M. Whitley (1850-1935) whom Al thought of as his grandmother. Here, Sarah Whitley…
ID Number:2014.49.Box31Folder001002
Date:Circa 1920