The Uline Arena, later renamed the Washington Coliseum, was an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. located at 1132, 1140, and 1146 3rd Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C. It was the site of one of Presid
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A soldier inspecting a couple of zoot suits in the Uline Arena during Woody Herman's Orchestra engagement in 1942. Rows of seats are visible in the background.
Entrance of the Coliseum on February 11, 1964
The cover photo for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, taken by Rowland Scherman at the Uline Arena. The photo won a Grammy Award in 1967.
A zoot suit is a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. It is most notable for its use as a cultural symb
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…by L and M Street NE. It is located across from the Metrorail NoMa–Gallaudet U station southern entrance. History A soldier inspecting a couple of zoot suits in the Uline Arena during Woody Herman's Orchestra engagement in 1942. Rows of seats are visible in the background. Starting in 1938, the idea of…
Hispanic man in zoot suit
Man wearing a zoot suit c. 1942
Frank Tellez, a Mexican American man, models a zoot suit while arrested during the Zoot Suit Riots (1943).
Mexican American men were stripped of their zoot suits by U.S. servicemen in the Zoot Suit Riots. Despite being attacked, many were also arrested.