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Image of Manufactured model prototype for the StrataVarius, developed for Medtronic by Lucent Medical Systems, ca. 2003

Manufactured model prototype for the StrataVarius, developed for Medtronic by Lucent Medical Systems, ca. 2003

The StrataVarius is a small, hand-held instrument designed to monitor valve adjustments in implanted hydrocephalus shunts. This model, developed by Lucent Medical Systems in Kirkland, was an early prototype in the design process.
ID Number:2014.69.12
Date:Circa 2003
Image of StrataVarius System device developed for Medtronic by Lucent Medical Systems, ca. 2013

StrataVarius System device developed for Medtronic by Lucent Medical Systems, ca. 2013

The StrataVarius is a small, hand-held instrument designed to monitor valve adjustments in implanted hydrocephalus shunts developed by Lucent Medical Systems in Kirkland. This is the most recent model sold in 2013.
ID Number:2014.69.13
Date:Circa 2013
Image of Pair of oversized scissors used for ceremonial ribbon-cutting at Cannabis City, first legalized recreational marijuana store to open in Seattle, July 8, 2014.

Pair of oversized scissors used for ceremonial ribbon-cutting at Cannabis City, first legalized recreational marijuana store to open in Seattle, July 8, 2014.

This symbolic pair of oversized scissors was used to cut police line tape during the opening ceremony for Cannabis City, the first legalized recreational marijuana store in Seattle. It was signed by owner James Lathrop with the caption "Free the Weed!"
ID Number:2014.83.1
Date:Circa 2014
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Poster, "Washington Voters! Sign Here to Legalize, Tax & Regulate Marijuana", 2012

This campaign poster is for the I-502 Washington State initiative in 2012 to legalize recreational marijuana.
ID Number:2015.46.1
Date:2012
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Campaign button, "Yes on I-502," the initiative to legalize recreational marijuana, 2012

This campaign button was in favor of the I-502 Washington State initiative in 2012 to legalize recreational marijuana.
ID Number:2015.46.3
Date:2012
Image of Open Door Clinic T-shirt, ca. 1970s

Open Door Clinic T-shirt, ca. 1970s

The Open Door Clinic (ODC) was a volunteer social service agency and free clinic that operated in Seattle's University District. The clinic opened in 1967 as the first 24-hour multiservice center in the state, founded by a group of medical professionals, students, social workers and others interested in human services. Until 1980, when it closed because of a lack of…
ID Number:2015.47.6
Date:Circa 1970
Image of Pair of children's orthopedic shoes, ca. 1940s-1970s

Pair of children's orthopedic shoes, ca. 1940s-1970s

These corrective shoes with the attached bar were sold at Seattle department store Nordstrom.
ID Number:2016.4.12
Date:Circa 1940-1970
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Set of 2 bottles, "Love Yourself Massage Oil" from Cannabis Basics, 2017

Beginning in 1995, Aimee "Ah" Warner made topical health and beauty products in her lab at home and sold them locally. These were some of the first topical products in Washington state's legal medical marijuana industry and they are the first topical cannabis products to be sold on the mainstream market in the country.
ID Number:2017.37.1
Date:2017
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Set of 2 jars, "Sole's Desire Repair Cream" from Cannabis Basics, 2017

Beginning in 1995, Aimee "Ah" Warner made topical health and beauty products in her lab at home and sold them locally. These were some of the first topical products in Washington state's legal medical marijuana industry and they are the first topical cannabis products to be sold on the mainstream market in the country.
ID Number:2017.37.2
Date:2017
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Set of 2 jars, "XXX Rescue Butter" from Cannabis Basics, 2017

Beginning in 1995, Aimee "Ah" Warner made topical health and beauty products in her lab at home and sold them locally. These were some of the first topical products in Washington state's legal medical marijuana industry and they are the first topical cannabis products to be sold on the mainstream market in the country.
ID Number:2017.37.3
Date:2017
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