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White tank top from Gay Games, 1990
Ric Weiland (1953-2006) wore this tank top as a Team Seattle athlete at the 1990 Gay Games in Vancouver, BC. The Gay Games are an Olympics-like event that promotes athletes who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, sexually-fluid or gender-variant. Weiland was the first lead programmer for Microsoft, retiring at 35 in 1988. As the value of his stock holdings…
ID Number:2016.10.2RefTankTop
Date:1990
Ric Weiland ID badge from the Gay Games, 1990
This is Ric Weiland’s (1953-2006) ID badge from his participation in the 1990 Gay Games in Vancouver, BC. The Gay Games are an Olympics-like event that promotes athletes who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, sexually-fluid or gender-variant. Weiland was the first lead programmer for Microsoft, retiring at 35 in 1988. As the value of his stock holdings grew, Weiland…
ID Number:2016.10.3
Date:1990
Medal won by Ric Weiland at the Gay Games, 1990
The Gay Games, originally founded as the Gay Olympics in San Francisco in 1982, is a sports and cultural event held every four years that promotes acceptance of sexual diversity, and features lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) athletes, artists and other individuals. The 1990 games took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, where approximately 7,300 athletes competed in 27 sports.…
ID Number:2016.10.4
Date:1990
Four small souvenir medals from Montreal 1976 Olympics
These souvenir medals from the 1976 Montreal Olympics were worn with a gold bathing suit as part of a “Mark Spitz” costume worn by Ric Weiland (1953-2006). Weiland was one of the first employees of Microsoft, working in Albuquerque with Bill Gates and Paul Allen who he knew from Lakeside School. Weiland retired from Microsoft at age 35 in 1988.…
ID Number:2016.10.5.2
Date:1976
Two ribbons won by Ric Weiland at the Northwest Gay/Lesbian Sports Festival, 1991
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee hired by Bill Gates and Paul Allen at the newly founded Microsoft company. He retired in 1988 at age 35 and devoted his time to using his wealth to support the LGBTQ+ social justice…
ID Number:2016.10.9
Date:1991
Runner number from "Run with Pride," ca. 1988-1992
The Seattle Frontrunners, one of the oldest, largest LGBTQ running clubs in the world, has organized a "Run With Pride" event every year since the 1980s. This number was worn by Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006). In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee hired by Bill Gates and Paul Allen at the newly founded Microsoft company. He retired in 1988…
ID Number:2016.10.10
Date:Circa 1988-1992
Miniature Bardahl racing car, Dodge Challenger R/T, made by Greenlight Collectibles, 2016
This is a miniature of the 1970 Dodge Challenger that Al Young owned and raced in championship races. The full-sized car is also in the MOHAI collection.
ID Number:2016.65.1
Date:2016
Convertible folding table and ping pong table designed and patented by Berger Anderson, Boeing employee, 1957
Berger Anderson, born in Sweden, was an employee for Boeing from 1928-1961. He was scheduled to be on a test flight of a prototype B-29 on Feb. 18, 1943, which crashed into the Frye meat packing plant in the Georgetown neighborhood, killing all eleven souls on board, including the pilot, Edmund T. Allen, the most experienced test pilot at Boeing.…
ID Number:2016.73.1
Date:1957
Goodwill Games volunteer badge and pins for Jill Pemberton, 1990
Jill Pemberton was a volunteer at the Goodwill Games in Seattle in 1990. She was stationed at the Sheraton Hotel where she drove special guests, participants and organizers in Turner Broadcasting fleet cars to various places in the city.
ID Number:2016.82.3
Date:1990
Bobblehead of Seattle Sounders Major League Soccer player Zach Scott, 2016
The Seattle Sounders formed as a North American Soccer League (NASL) team in 1974, and joined Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2009. Zach Scott was part of the inaugural team where he played for 15 years until his retirement in 2016. He received the nickname "Mr. Sounder" from his former Sounders coach Sigi Schmid for his long career with the…
ID Number:2016.Bobblehead
Date:2016