16 results for: AIDS
Electric hearing aid, ca. 1925
Early electric hearing aids would use a carbon transmitter to amplify weak signal into a stronger one, similar to the technology used in early telephones. This one was made by Western Electric.
ID Number:1973.5728.6
Date:Circa 1925
Campaign button, "Seattle Public Schools / AIDS / Seattle / AIDS Awareness Project, " 1989
AIDS education in Seattle schools was patchy in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Health officials knew that better awareness would help slow the spread of the disease, and students were eager for accurate information. But many schools and parents were nervous about in-school discussions of sex and contraception. In 1987 the Seattle-King County Health Department started testing an assembly…
ID Number:1989.26.3
Date:1989
Boeing analog computer, 1953
This seven and half foot tall computer, built by the Boeing Company in 1953, has less processing capability than a simple calculator. A technological wonder of its time, the analog computer helped engineers calculate complicated problems at a much faster rate. A 1952 advertisement in Scientific American Magazine states: "Boeing engineers enjoy many advantages - among them the finest research…
ID Number:1993.16.1
Date:1953
T-shirt from Seattle's first AIDS walk, 1987
Seattle has hosted the annual AIDS Walk for over thrity years. Historically, these walks were held to honor lives lost by the disease and the participants walked in hope for a cure. Thankfully, HIV is no longer a death sentence, and funds raised by the annual walks continue to support HIV prevention and care services for people living with or…
ID Number:2005.7.1
Date:1987
Chicken Soup Brigade dog tag and chain, ca. 1990s
In the 1980s, Chicken Soup was a support organization for the gay community with groups of volunteers cooking and caring for those who were ill with HIV.
ID Number:2014.40.7
Date:Circa 1990-1999
"Play It Safe" latex barrier kit from the Northwest AIDS Foundation, ca. 1990s
The Northwest AIDS Foundation was formed in Seattle in 1983. From the beginning, the organization focused both on care for AIDS patients and on educational campaigns. In 1985 the organization received a grant from the U.S. Conference of Mayors to create a safe-sex educational campaign which included the “Rules of the Road” campaign to promote condom use. This “Play it…
ID Number:2014.40.8
Date:Circa 1990-2000
"Self Care Reform Movement" condom pack from the Northwest AIDS Foundation, ca. 1990s
The Northwest AIDS Foundation was formed in Seattle in 1983. From the beginning, the organization focused both on care for AIDS patients and on educational campaigns. In 1985 the organization received a grant from the U.S. Conference of Mayors to create a safe-sex educational campaign which included the “Rules of the Road” campaign to promote condom use. This “Self Care…
ID Number:2014.40.9
Date:Circa 1990-2000
Three condom packs from the Northwest AIDS Foundation, ca. 1992
The Northwest AIDS Foundation was formed in Seattle in 1983. From the beginning, the organization focused both on care for AIDS patients and on educational campaigns. In 1985 the organization received a grant from the U.S. Conference of Mayors to create a safe-sex educational campaign which included the “Rules of the Road” campaign to promote condom use. These condom and…
ID Number:2014.40.Ref
Date:Circa 1992
Hot pink T-shirt, "Act Up," owned by Philip Bereano, co-founder of ACT UP Seattle, ca. 1990
ACT UP stands for AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power and advocated for immediate and significant action to fight the AIDS crisis. ACT UP's radical style unleashed a new era of direct-action gay and lesbian political activism. This shirt was donated by ACT UP Seattle co-founder Philip Bereano.
ID Number:2014.56.1
Date:Circa 1990
Black T-shirt, "Silence = Death," ca. 1990
This shirt features the motto "Silence = Death" from the gay and lesbian political activist organization ACT UP which stands for AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. ACT UP Seattle co-founder Philip Bereano donated this shirt to MOHAI.
ID Number:2014.56.2
Date:Circa 1990