A collection of vintage color photos from Blake Smith that captured portraits of his young and beautiful mother Arlene Smith (born 1933) in the 1950s and 1960s.
Arlene Smith, about 1951 |
Arlene Smith, blue sweater, about 1953 |
Arlene Smith, blue water canoeing, about 1953 |
Arlene Smith, Yohetta Lake in British Columbia, Canada, summer 1953 |
Arlene Smith on Hammond Lake, about 1954 |
Arlene Smith, campfire and catch, Clearwater, British Columbia, Canada, June 1954 |
Arlene Smith, John Lawson Park, West Vancouver, 1954 |
Arlene Smith, Haney, 1956 |
Arlene Smith with multi-colored straw hat, 1958 |
Arlene Smith with multi-colored straw hat, 1958 |
Arlene Smith, 1958 |
Arlene Smith, Reddick’s Dam, Lytton, 1958 |
Arlene smith fishing the Alouette River near Haney, British Columbia, Canada, December 1959 |
Arlene Smith with gladiollas, 1959 |
Arlene Smith with gladiollas, 1959 |
Arlene Smith sitting on wagon wheel, October 1960 |
Arlene Smith, about 1960 |
Arlene Smith, age 26, October 1960 |
Arlene Smith, age 26, October 1960 |
Arlene Smith, Alloette River, October 1960 |
Arlene Smith, autumn gold, October 1960 |
Arlene Smith, autumn portrait, October 1960 |
Arlene Smith, caribou colors, October 1960 |
Arlene Smith, red and white swimsuit, about 1960 |
Arlene Smith, Blackball Ferries, Nanaimo to Vancouver, August 1961 |
Arlene Smith, Long Beach, summer 1961 |
Arlene Smith, pretty in pink, 1961 |
Arlene Smith, stretching, Long Beach, 1961 |
Arlene Smith, strikes pose, Long Beach, summer 1961 |
Arlene Smith at Haney home, August 1962 |
Arlene Smith, age 27, March 1962 |
Arlene Smith, age 28, November 1962 |
Arlene Smith, apple blossoms, about 1962 |
Arlene Smith, at kids christening, about 1962 |
Arlene Smith, February 1962 |
Arlene Smith, February 1962 |
Arlene Smith, March 1962 |
Arlene Smith, orange scarf, August 1962 |
Arlene Smith, pink gloves, March 1962 |
Arlene Smith, wearing mink, March 1962 |
Arlene Smith, Penticton, B.C., June 1963 |
Arlene Smith, orange and white scarf, age 32, May 24, 1966 |
Arlene Smith, May 1967 |
Arlene Smith by river, May 1969 |
Arlene Smith, May 1969 |