259 results for: Innovation and Invention
Toolbox owned by Benjamin F. McAdoo, Jr., ca. 1940
From the 1950s-1970s, Benjamin McAdoo (1920-1981) was the first Black person to own an architecture firm in Seattle and was the first Black man to practice architecture in Washington State. Born in Pasadena, California, he earned a BA at the University of Washington in 1946. He was President of the Seattle Chapter of the NAACP from 1964-1968 during which he…
ID Number:2018.85.4
Date:Circa 1940
Top and skirt from Sabika Seattle styled with lace scarf, 2016-2018
Local designer Sabika Makhdoom created this asymmetrical charmeuse blouse with layered chiffon hem and long cream skirt made of chiffon strips on linen. Makhdoom is Muslim and began designing because she wanted more options for clothing that was modest but also colorful and visually interesting. The coral color of this top is a cheerful contrast to the darker colors that…
ID Number:2018.92.13.ONLINE
Date:2016-2018
Aldus software package, "SnapShot," 1987
Aldus Corporation was a software company founded in Seattle in 1984 that developed one of the earliest products of desktop publishing (DTP) software. The company is named after 15th-century Venetian printer Aldus Manutius. SnapShot, an instant electronic photography software, was released in 1987. Three of the founders of Aldus left the company in 1990 to establish Visio Corporation and created…
ID Number:2018.93.2
Date:1987
Aldus software package, "PrePrint," 1990
Aldus Corporation was a software company founded in Seattle in 1984 that developed one of the earliest products of desktop publishing (DTP) software. The company is named after 15th-century Venetian printer Aldus Manutius. PrePrint, an image processing software, was released in 1990. Three of the founders of Aldus left the company in 1990 to establish Visio Corporation and created a…
ID Number:2018.93.3
Date:1990
Aldus software package, "PageMaker Version 4.2," 1991
Aldus Corporation was a software company founded in Seattle in 1984 that developed one of the earliest products of desktop publishing (DTP) software. The company is named after 15th-century Venetian printer Aldus Manutius. PageMaker 4.2 was released in 1991. Three of the founders of Aldus left the company in 1990 to establish Visio Corporation and created a product which later…
ID Number:2018.93.4
Date:1991
First Windows Mobile Phone, "Sagem WA 3050 Pocket PC Phone," 2001
This early mobile phone and Pocket PC (Personal Computer), released in 2001, is part of a collection donated by a Microsoft employee who worked at the software company from 1999 to 2004. Microsoft would develop the software and prototype devices and then work with a manufacturing company, like Sagem, to build the phones. The Sagem WA 3050 was one of…
ID Number:2018.99.5
Date:2001
Prototype Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone, ca. 2003
This prototype, developed in 2003, is part of a collection donated by a Microsoft employee who worked at the software company from 1999 to 2004. Microsoft would develop the software and prototype devices and then work with a manufacturing company to build the phones. This prototype features a hard plastic detachable keyboard sleeve that attaches to the bottom of the…
ID Number:2018.99.6
Date:2003
Prototype Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone, ca. 2003
This prototype, developed in 2003, is part of a collection donated by a Microsoft employee who worked at the software company from 1999 to 2004. Microsoft would develop the software and prototype devices and then work with a manufacturing company to build the phones.
ID Number:2018.99.7
Date:2003
Microsoft Zune HD and AV digital audio player, 2009
The Zune portable digital media player was created in 2006 and marketed by Microsoft as a competitive device to the highly popular Apple iPod. Along with the portable player, the Zune brand included a music subscription service, a marketplace for music, TV and movies, streaming services for the Xbox 360 game console, and desktop media software. The Zune made a…
ID Number:2018.Zune
Date:2009
Woven cedar bark Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) style hat made by DeAnn Jacobson, 2019
Native American weaver DeAnn Jacobson (Duwamish, Suquamish), a direct descendant of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle), wove this hat from cedar bark. Coast Salish tribes have used locally sourced materials like cedar bark to make weatherproof clothing for millennia. Such garments range in style from functional to decorative.
ID Number:2019.15.1
Date:2019