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Image of Two children sitting on car in front of Hills Bros. BBQ, Seattle, circa 1953
2014.49.092-015-01
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Two children sitting on car in front of Hills Bros. BBQ, Seattle, circa 1953

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Run by brothers Robert and Zeb Hill, Hill's Bros. BBQ opened in 1952 in a small wooden building on 21st Avenue between East Cherry and East Jefferson streets in Seattle's Central Area. Here, Al Smith photographs Robert Hill's sons, Robert (left) and Zebedee, sitting on a Crosley automobile in front of Hill's Bros. BBQ. According to the Smith family, the barbecue stand served sweet potato pie, spicy sauce on smoked ribs, and white bread and butter through the 1990s.

Caption information source: "#TBT - Talking smoked turkey and Hills Bros BBQ with Stephanie Johnson-Toliver," November 26, 2020, Converge Media website, retrieved at https://www.whereweconverge.com/post/talking-smoked-turkey-and-hills-bros-bbq-with-stephanie-johnson-toliver

Special thanks to Zebedee Hill for providing identifying information in January 2024.
ID Number: 2014.49.092.015.01
Date: Circa 1953
Creator(s): Smith, Albert J., Sr., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Al Smith Collection, 2014.49.092.015.01
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Black/African American, Businesses and Corporations, Central Area, Eating and Drinking

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