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| Title | Self Improvement Club Christmas party, Seattle, December 19, 1950 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1950 |
| Caption | The Self Improvement Club was organized during World War I. Its focus at that time was knitting socks and sending letters and packages to African American soldiers fighting in the war. Later it developed into a social and service club. |
| Notes | Handwritten on verso: Taken Dec 19 - '50. Self Improvement Club - Xmas Party at Myrtle's Home. [Back row] June Smith, Beulah Brooks, Minnie Bicford, Mazelle McCullough. [Front row] Carrie Lewis, Gladys Eddleton, Alma Glass, Mary Sanders, LeEtta King. |
| Subjects | Clubs--Washington (State)--Seattle
Christmas trees--Washington (State)--Seattle
African Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Black Heritage Society Collection |
| Image Number | 2000.09.2.06 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions, contact: TheBoard@blackheritagewa.org. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Repository | The Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc. |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 7 3/4 x 10 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
