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Model airplane of the Boeing 2707 SST (Supersonic Transport) which was cancelled in production in 1971
Development of the Boeing 2707 Supersonic Transport, or SST, began in earnest in the early 1960s, just after the Concorde project was announced. Unfortunately, the Boeing SST project was hampered by design and environmental concerns including the issue of sonic booms and the effects on the ozone layer. These issues ultimately forced the US government to cut funding and the…
ID Number:2019.56.6
Date:Circa 1970
Green velvet coat, owned by Mary Ann Wells, 1930s
This green velvet coat belonged to Seattle dance instructor Mary Ann Wells (1894-1971). Wells founded the ballet department at the Cornish School of the Arts (now Cornish College of the Arts) and directed the dance department for seven years. She later formed her own studio, the Mary Ann Wells School of the Dance at 804 1/2 Pine Street. Wells retired…
ID Number:2019.72.2
Date:1930-1939
Clear Plexiglas sign for MSNBC, 1996
Between 1996 and 2013, Building 25 on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Washington, was the world headquarters for MSNBC.com, the online news site that was a joint venture involving Microsoft and NBC News. More than 100 journalists, developers and business employees kept track of goings-on around the world, updating the MSNBC.com website 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Editors…
ID Number:2019.87.1
Date:1996
Bottle of Mapleine extract from Crescent Mfg. Co., ca. 1980
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. In 1905, a Crescent company chemist and salesman concocted an imitation maple flavoring dubbed Mapleine. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989,…
ID Number:2019.92.1
Date:Circa 1980
Bottle of Pure Flavor Brandy extract from Crescent Mfg. Co., ca. 1980
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.
ID Number:2019.92.RefBrandy
Date:Circa 1980
Bottle of Pure Peppermint Extract from Crescent Mfg. Co., ca. 1980
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.
ID Number:2019.92.RefPeppermint
Date:Circa 1980
IBM 5150 Personal Computer with monitor and keyboard, ca. 1981
The IBM Personal Computer model number 5150, the original version of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform, was introduced in 1981. One of the earliest desktop computers on the market, IBM helped standardize the PC for worldwide consumption. The donor of this IBM PC, who grew up in Shoreline, remembers drafting book reports and playing an early digital baseball game…
ID Number:2019.104.1
Date:Circa 1981
Apple IIe Personal Computer with monitor and keyboard, ca. 1983
The donor of this Apple IIe PC grew up in Shoreline and remembers playing an early digital murder mystery game on a floppy disk on this computer in the 1980s.
ID Number:2019.104.Ref
Date:Circa 1983
GMSS watch, ca. 1980s-1990s
This watch belonged to Louise McKinney (1930-2012) who was a part-owner of GMSS, a company which ran businesses at SeaTac Airport. In 1984 the FAA notified the Port of Seattle that SeaTac airport may not be in compliance with a federal rule that requires minorities and women to participate in business ownership at airports that receive federal funds. That year…
ID Number:2019.105.14
Date:Circa 1980-1990
Candy tin for Brown & Haley Almond Roca candies, ca. 1980
Brown & Haley, founded in Tacoma and still in operation as of 2019, began as a candy company before WWI but hit it big with the invention of Almond Roca in 1923. In 1927, they began packaging it in a pink tin, which extended the shelf life. Besides the taste, it was the candy's ability to travel well and keep,…
ID Number:2019.Candy.01
Date:Circa 1980