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Image of Couple posing at a party, Seattle, circa 1953
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Couple posing at a party, Seattle, circa 1953

Here, Bill Conley and Betty Cox pose on the porch as an unidentified friend looks on during a party at a fourplex house located at 19th Avenue E. and E. John Street.
ID Number:2014.49.014.019.0035
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Group around table at club party, Seattle, circa 1953
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Group around table at club party, Seattle, circa 1953

Here, a group sits at a table set for food and drink. The party may be at Faurot's Ballroom at 1214 E. Pike Street or The Trianon at 218 Wall Street. The guests are, left to right: unidentified man, Ruth (Beck) Davis of Tacoma, unidentified man, Betty Cox, Mr. Davis (Ruth Davis' husband), Dorothy Walton, and Frank Walton.
ID Number:2014.49.014.020.0038
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Group posing at a party, Seattle, circa 1953
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Group posing at a party, Seattle, circa 1953

Isabelle (Donaldson) "Izzie" Smith, left, poses with, left to right, an unidentified man, Dorothy Hollingsworth, Dan, Betty Cox, Bill Conley, Ruth (Beck) Davis, and three unidentified others on the porch during a party at a fourplex house located at 19th Avenue E. and E. John Street.
ID Number:2014.49.014.021.0042
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Seafair Princess with others after crowning, Seattle, July 23, 1951
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Seafair Princess with others after crowning, Seattle, July 23, 1951

Lilyan Mar, Miss Chinatown 1951, sits in a chair after being crowned Seafair Princess by Mayor William Devin, left, and Seafair's King Neptune II , William O. McKay. Standing behind her are the three other international festival queens, identified from left as, Rosemary Blancas, Miss Filipino; Elaine Sakai, Miss Japan; and JoAnne Squires, Mardi Gras Queen. Caption information source: Seattle…
ID Number:2014.49.014.025.0056
Date:1951
Image of Wedding party posing at church, Seattle, circa 1953
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Wedding party posing at church, Seattle, circa 1953

A wedding party of twenty-three unidentified people pose at a Seattle Methodist church. The groomsmen all wear white jackets and black bow ties. The bridesmaids wear tea-length dresses and wide hats. There are two flower girls and one tiny ring bearer.
ID Number:2014.49.014.027.0064
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Boy posing on stage after First Communion, Seattle, circa 1953
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Boy posing on stage after First Communion, Seattle, circa 1953

An unidentified young boy stands on a stage with his hands folded as in prayer, probably at the time of his First Communion ceremony at St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
ID Number:2014.49.014.027.0065
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sisters posing with crest, Seattle, circa 1962
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Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sisters posing with crest, Seattle, circa 1962

This photo shows a group of women belonging to the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority posing together with the sorority crest at an unknown event. Some of the women have been identified: Theresa Halley (standing, 8th from left), Nan Edwards (standing, 7th from left), Colleen R. Walls (standing, 4th from right), Shirley Wilcox (standing, 2nd from right), Helen Stafford and Melvina…
ID Number:2014.49.014.030.0069
Date:Circa 1962
Image of Girl posing on stage after First Communion, Seattle, circa 1953
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Girl posing on stage after First Communion, Seattle, circa 1953

An unidentified young girl stands on a stage with her hands folded as in prayer, probably at the time of her First Communion ceremony at St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
ID Number:2014.49.014.033.0075
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Wedding party in church, Seattle, 1959
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Wedding party in church, Seattle, 1959

Eleven unidentified people in a wedding party pose for a group portrait at Seattle's Mount Zion Baptist Church at 19th Avenue and E. Madison Street.
ID Number:2014.49.014.034.0076
Date:1959
Image of Rev. McKinney speaking with newlyweds at wedding reception, Seattle, 1959
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Rev. McKinney speaking with newlyweds at wedding reception, Seattle, 1959

Reverend Samuel McKinney stands to the immediate left of the unidentified bride and groom at their wedding reception at Mount Zion Baptist Church at 19th Avenue and E. Madison Street.
ID Number:2014.49.014.035.0152
Date:1959
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