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Pin, "vote yes market," 1971
The Pike Place Market is one of the oldest continuously operated farmers' markets in the US. Local farmers, craftspeople and merchants have travelled to the market and set up shop for over one hundred years. In 1963, Seattle City Council proposed razing the Pike Place Market in hopes of obtaining federal urban renewal funds. Opponents to the demolition banded together…
ID Number:2021.20.6
Date:1971
Pike Place Public Market Crafts Permit pin, 1975-1976
The Pike Place Market is one of the oldest continuously operated farmers' markets in the United States. Local farmers, craftspeople and merchants have travelled to the market and set up shop for over one hundred years. Permits like this one were issued to vendors at the Market.
ID Number:2021.20.7
Date:1975-1976
Boilermakers-Blacksmiths & Helpers pin, Local 104, 1979
Union member pin for Seattle Local 104 Boilermakers-Blacksmiths and Helpers.
ID Number:2021.20.9
Date:1979
Razzmatazz pin, 1990s
The Razzmatazz was an adult entertainment venue in Seattle during the 1980s and 1990s.
ID Number:2021.20.16
Date:Circa 1990
Microsoft GLEAM T-shirt, white with pink triangle design, 1993
This is the first shirt created and distributed by the Microsoft employee group GLEAM (originally Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Employees at Microsoft, later renamed Global LGBTQI+ Employee & Allies at Microsoft). This shirt is from the same year that GLEAM became more formally organized under Microsoft's Diversity Advisory Council. These shirts were worn to PRIDE marches, parades, and other events.
ID Number:2021.21.1
Date:1993
Microsoft GLEAM T-shirt, white with "Microsoft Pride" design, 1994
One of the first four shirts created and distributed by the Microsoft employee group GLEAM (originally Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Employees at Microsoft, later renamed Global LGBTQI+ Employee & Allies at Microsoft). The design mimics the corporate marketing for that year. These shirts were worn to PRIDE marches, parades, and other events. GLEAM was started in the 1980s but was…
ID Number:2021.21.2
Date:1994
Microsoft GLEAM T-shirt, white with stick figures, 1995
One of the first four shirts created and distributed by the Microsoft employee group GLEAM (originally Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Employees at Microsoft, later renamed Global LGBTQI+ Employee & Allies at Microsoft). The designs usually mimicked the corporate marketing for that year. These shirts were worn to PRIDE marches, parades, and other events. GLEAM was started in the 1980s but…
ID Number:2021.21.3
Date:1995
Microsoft GLEAM T-shirt, black with "I can't even code straight" text, 1996
One of the first four shirts created and distributed by the Microsoft employee group GLEAM (originally Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Employees at Microsoft, later renamed Global LGBTQI+ Employee & Allies at Microsoft). The front says, “I can’t even code straight” and the back includes a design which imitates the Windows ’95 logo. These shirts were worn to PRIDE marches, parades,…
ID Number:2021.21.4
Date:1996
Fisher's "Big Gun" flour bag, ca. 1948
In 1911, founder O. D. Fisher began milling flour at the Fisher Flouring Mills on Seattle's Harbor Island in Elliott Bay. The grain silo and milling complex was one of the first facilities built on the artificial island after the island's completion in 1909. This “Big Gun” flour was sold in the late 1940s and 1950s.
ID Number:2021.22.1
Date:Circa 1948
Olympia beer bottle, ca. 1940s
Olympia Brewing was founded in 1896 by German immigrant Leopold F. Schmidt (1846-1914) as the Capital Brewing Company in Tumwater, Washington. In 1902, the firm's secretary, Frank Kenney, came up with the long-used slogan "It's the Water" to promote their beer brewed with water from artesian wells. Through a series of consolidations, the company was acquired by Pabst Brewing Company…
ID Number:2021.30.1
Date:Circa 1940