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Young Jack & Denny (Birth -
High School)
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Jack with Cousins and dogs |
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Mary Denise Bresson (aka Denise Smith) |
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The future Mrs. Jack Clifford Smith |
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Whittier YMCA
Boys Department Wrestling Champs - 1930 |
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Jack Smith, 107 pounds, is in the center photo |
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Newspaper Clippings from 1930 |
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Reporting the Whittier Y victory over Pico |
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Jack and His Athletic Buddies at the Whittier Y |
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Upper Left Photo: Jack is the 2nd from the right |
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Jack on Unidentified Basketball Team |
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Jack is the 4th player from the right (not counting the man in military uniform) |
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1933 Long Beach Earthquake Damage |
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Jack lived in Long Beach at the time of the 1933 earthquake. |
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1933 Long Beach Earthquake Damage |
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Jack lived in Long Beach at the time of the 1933 earthquake. |
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1933 Long Beach Earthquake Damage |
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Jack lived in Long Beach at the time of the 1933 earthquake. |
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1933 Long Beach Earthquake Damage |
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Jack lived in Long Beach at the time of the 1933 earthquake. |
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1933 Long Beach Earthquake Damage |
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Jack lived in Long Beach at the time of the 1933 earthquake. |
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1933 Long Beach Earthquake Damage |
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Notice the school desks in the foreground.
Jack lived in Long Beach at the time of the 1933 earthquake. |
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Long Beach from Signal Hill Oil Field at Night |
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Jack lived in Long Beach at the time of the 1933 earthquake. |
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Long Beach, Calif. at Night from Rainbow Pier |
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Jack lived in Long Beach at the time of the 1933 earthquake. |
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Long Beach, Calif. |
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Notice the Pike roller coaster in the left background.
Jack lived in Long Beach at the time of the 1933 earthquake. |
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Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California |
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Jack lived in Long Beach at the time of the 1933 earthquake. |
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Villa Riviera, Long Beach, California |
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Jack lived in Long Beach at the time of the 1933 earthquake. |
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Jack & Denny As Young Adults & During World War II
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Jack Smith As A Young Married Man With His Doberman Pinschers
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Jack and Denny had two Doberman Pinschers and two horses in their early married life. |
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Jack Smith As A Sports Reporter |
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Jack interviewing a jockey. Probably taken in Bakersfield when Jack was working for the Bakersfield Californian. |
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Jack Smith, Anna Smith, & Permelia Sheldon |
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Jack and his sister Permelia with their mother Anna Smith in Permelia's back yard. Circa late 1940s to early 1950s. |
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Jack Smith, Denny Smith, Anna Smith, Permelia Sheldon, and Diane Sheldon |
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Jack and Denny with Jack's mother Anna Smith, Jack's sister Permelia Sheldon, and Permelia's daughter Diane Sheldon in Permelia's back yard in the Hollywood Hills. |
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Jack Smith With Books |
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Jack posing behind a table full of books. This is very likely a self-portrait as Jack was an avid photographer. |
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Denny Smith |
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Denny submits to Jack's need to models. Probably taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s. |
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Jack Smith & Denny Smith |
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Formal portrait of Jack and Denny taken during WWII. |
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Jack Smith & Denny Smith in Bar |
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Jack and Denny in a bar prior to Jack shipping off to Iwo Jima. Denny was pregnant with Curt. Probably taken in San Francisco in late 1944 or early 1945. |
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Jack Smith's US Marine Basic Training Platoon Photo |
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Platoon 234 U.S. Marine Corps, San Diego, Camp Pendleton, 1944 |
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Iwo Jima Landing Craft |
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Landing craft lined up at a beach on Iwo Jima. Jack went ashore on the 3rd landing wave in the assault. |
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Iwo Jima Landing Beach with Mt. Suribachi |
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Landing craft at the beach with Mt. Suribachi in the background. |
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Old Glory Flies Atop Mt. Suribachi.
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The American flag flies atop Mt. Suribachi surrounded my American Marines. There is an American war ship in the background. |
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Jack Smith & Friends |
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Jack and a couple friends enjoy some down time at a makeshift bar. |
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Jack Smith & Unidentified Friend on Iwo Jima |
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Jack poses with another Marine on Iwo Jima after the victory. Early 1945. |
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Jack Smith and Marine Officers and Enlisted Men |
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Jack puts in some bar time with his fellow soldiers. |
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Jack Smith & Fellow Marines |
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Jack and unidentified Marines. |
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Jack & Denny in the Post War Years
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Jack Smith in Hawaii |
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Jack looks over Honolulu from the lanai of the Hawaiian Village sometime in the 1950s. He and Denny were living in Honolulu on December 7, 1941. |
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Denny Smith & Joseph M. Quinn |
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Denny with Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Joseph M. Quinn |
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016.jpg "Jack Smith with movie director Billy Wilder")
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Jack Smith with movie director Billy Wilder |
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021.jpg "Jack Smith & Times Photographer")
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Jack Smith & Times Photographer |
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Jack and the photographer miss the big story beneath their feet. |
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Jack Smith and his son Curt Smith |
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Jack and Curt in cowboy hats in the backyard of the Mt. Washington house. |
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Curt Smith & Doug Smith with John Wayne |
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Curt and Doug visit John Wayne on the set of "North to Alaska" about 1959 or 1960 |
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Jack Smith and John Malmin |
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Jack and John head out to cover a story from The Times Globe Loby on 1st Street. |
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Jack & Denny in Later Years
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Jack Smith at the Temple of Dendera, Egypt, May 1990 |
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Photo by George Jenkins |
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