259 results for: Innovation and Invention
Instructional model of first hydraulic cyclone built in the USA, ca. 1946
The first hydraulic cyclone was built by Max R. Greer under the direction of Dr. H.F. Yancey soon after WWII at the Northwest Experiment Station (later Seattle Coal Research Laboratory), U.S. Bureau of Mines.
ID Number:2008.6.1
Date:Circa 1946
Pearl Jam "Ten" poster, 1991
Pearl Jam, an alternative rock band, was formed in Seattle in 1990. This poster advertises the band's 1991 debut album, "Ten." Together with such bands as Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, and Nirvana, Pearl Jam was part of the grunge rock scene that was centered in Seattle in the early 1990s.
ID Number:2008.31.1
Date:1991
Mark III ultrasound machine with 720 scanhead, ca. 1978
The ATL Mark III Ultrasound Device represented a major breakthrough in medical imaging because it incorporated the first real time digital scan converter, which allow real-time and freeze frame display of ultrasound images on conventional video monitors. Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) was founded in 1969 by a group of engineers working on marine electronic systems. In 1974 ATL and the…
ID Number:2008.33.1
Date:Circa 1978
Mark II ultrasound machine, ca. 1976
The ATL Mark III Ultrasound Device represented a major breakthrough in medical imaging because it incorporated the first real time digital scan converter, which allow real-time and freeze frame display of ultrasound images on conventional video monitors. Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) was founded in 1969 by a group of engineers working on marine electronic systems. In 1974 ATL and the…
ID Number:2008.33.Ref
Date:Circa 1976
Product model of Puyallup rolling hops sprayer, ca. 1895
This model was designed and built by Albert Povine, presumably for the patent application, which was granted on August 20, 1895. It was designed to fight the lice infestation of the hops crop which, at that time, was threatening what was essentially the basis of Puyallup's economy. In 1892, the hops lice infestation devestated crops throughout the Western coastline, from…
ID Number:2009.12.1
Date:Circa 1895
Fiberglass kayak designed and used by Wolf Bauer, 1962
Wolf Bauer logged 3,000 miles on this kayak during the time he lived on Vashon Island from 1985-2000, and this was the original kayak that started the Washington Kayak Club in 1962. The kayak's fabrication was innovative and unprecedented in its time and it was designed to be used in both river and sea kayaking. Born in 1912, Bauer came…
ID Number:2009.13.1
Date:1962
Sweden ice cream machine, ca. 1962
Harvey Swenson founded Sweden Freezer Manufacturing in 1932 in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, after having modified a floor polishing motor to run a soft-serve ice cream machine. During World War II, he turned his freezer plant to building cold-testers for rivets and guidance systems for Liberty Ships. In 1962, having attracted the attention of University of Washington's Dr. Belding…
ID Number:2009.33.2
Date:Circa 1962
Sign advertisement for Sweden 217 Shakemaker, ca. 1950s
Harvey Swenson founded Sweden Freezer Manufacturing in 1932 in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, after having modified a floor polishing motor to run a soft-serve ice cream machine. This advertisement is marketing his Shakemaker to ice cream shops and other food service establishments.
ID Number:2009.33.3
Date:Circa 1950
Drawing of Luke May by Tom Renton, ca. 1930s
Luke May (1892-1965) came to Seattle in 1919. He was given the nickname "America's Sherlock Holmes" because he was an early scientific detective - one of the first to provide forensic and scientific methods as part of crime investigation. In 1922, he debuted his invention, the "Revelareoscope," a giant microscope that could project images of more than one object or…
ID Number:2009.36.3
Date:Circa 1930
Caricature on wood of Luke May, ca. 1950s
Luke May (1892-1965) came to Seattle in 1919. He was given the nickname "America's Sherlock Holmes" because he was an early scientific detective - one of the first to provide forensic and scientific methods as part of crime investigation. In 1922, he debuted his invention, the "Revelareoscope", a giant microscope that could project images of more than one object or…
ID Number:2009.36.5
Date:Circa 1950