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Model 102 VAW meter shunts, ca. 1952
The VAW (Volts, Amps, Watts) meter is the first product manufactured by John M. Fluke, Sr., who founded what is now Fluke Corporation. He was granted a patent for the instrument in 1947 and founded his business in the basement of his home in Springdale, Connecticut, the following year. This particular instrument was manufactured in Seattle after Fluke, a Seattle…
ID Number:2006.50.2
Date:Circa 1952
Denim shirt from last McCaw Cellular general council meeting, 1994
McCaw Cellular Communications was a pioneering cellular telephone company based in Redmond, Washington. In 1981, Craig McCaw (b. 1949) began buying cellular licenses in cities across the US, and in 1987 he sold the cable TV portion of his family business and fully transitioned the company to cellular communications. By 1989 McCaw had access to all the major US markets…
ID Number:2006.58.16
Date:1994
Salmon can, "Peter Pan" brand, ca. 1929
Stuart Trick was an Alaskan cannery worker who hailed from Washington. He used this can to send a letter, dated July 1929 and detailing his experiences, to his mother from the Peter Pan salmon cannery in Chomley, Alaska.
ID Number:2006.66.1
Date:Circa 1929
Letter mailed in salmon can from Stuart Trick to his mother, 1929
Stuart Trick was an Alaskan cannery worker who hailed from Washington. While working at the Peter Pan Salmon cannery in Chomley, Alaska, Stuart wrote this letter to his mother, dated July 1929, detailing his experiences. He then sent the letter in one of the salmon cans.
ID Number:2006.66.2
Date:1929
First generation 512K Macintosh computer, Model M0001, ca. 1984-1986, owned by Ric Weiland, one of the Microsoft's first employees
Mr. Weiland was one of Microsoft's first five employees and a philanthropist, serving on the Pride Foundation's Board of Directors from 1997 to 2002. Mr. Weiland worked as a programmer at Microsoft from 1975 to 1988, also attending Harvard Business School during that time. He was a lead programmer and developer for the BASIC and COBOL products, and worked as…
ID Number:2007.9.1
Date:Circa 1984-1986
TV to Game Switchbox used on an Atari Computer 800, ca. 1980
The Atari 800 was designed to compete with Apple Computer's home computing machines. This switchbox, from the Ric Weiland collection, was used to connect the computer to the television set which was used as the monitor. Mr. Weiland was one of Microsoft's first five employees and a philanthropist, serving on the Pride Foundation's Board of Directors from 1997 to 2002.
ID Number:2007.9.7
Date:Circa 1980
Atari Assembler Editor Computing Language cartridge, 1979
This cartridge was used with the Atari 800 computer to edit, assemble, and debug programs for Atari 8-bit home computers. It is from the Ric Weiland collection. Mr. Weiland was one of Microsoft's first five employees and a philanthropist, serving on the Pride Foundation's Board of Directors from 1997 to 2002.
ID Number:2007.9.40
Date:1979
Hand-painted sign From John Ferrucci's Pike Place Market stall, ca. 1920-1940
John (Giovanni) Ferrucci immigrated from Italy and was a vendor at the Pike Place Market during the 1920s-1940s. He used this sign to market his and his wife's (AngelaMaria) produce stall. The Ferruccis had a vegetable and fruit stall at the Market and the goods came from their truck farm in the South Park neighborhood.
ID Number:2007.35.1
Date:Circa 1920-1940
Wooden box from Ferrucci's Pike Place Market stall, ca. 1920s-1930s
John Ferrucci was a vendor at the Pike Place Market during the 1920s-1940s. The Ferruccis had a vegetable and fruit stall at the Market and the goods came from their truck farm in the South Park neighborhood.
ID Number:2007.35.2
Date:Circa 1920-1940
Columbia Family Scale from John Ferrucci's Pike Place Market Stall, ca. 1907
John (Giovanni) Ferrucci immigrated from Italy and was a vendor at the Pike Place Market during the 1920s-1940s. He and his wife, Angela Maria used this scale to weigh produce for sale at the stall. The goods came from their truck farm in the South Park neighborhood.
ID Number:2007.35.3
Date:Circa 1907