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Emmy award presented to Kathy Tolan for her puppeteer work on the Seattle children's television show, Boomerang, 1978
Local television show, "Boomerang," was broadcast on KOMO from 1975 to 1980 with host Marni Nixon, a Broadway star known for dubbing the singing voices of famous actresses such as Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn. The show featured a group of puppets including the star Norbert, along with his friends Libby, Melinda, Rookie, and others, all of which were designed…
ID Number:2018.5.9
Date:1978
Vinyl record, 45 RPM, with songs from the Seattle children's television show, Boomerang, ca. 1975-1980
Local television show, "Boomerang," was broadcast on KOMO from 1975 to 1980 with host Marni Nixon, a Broadway star known for dubbing the singing voices of famous actresses such as Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn. The show featured a group of puppets including the star Norbert, along with his friends Libby, Melinda, Rookie, and others, all of which were designed…
ID Number:2018.5.12
Date:Circa 1975-1980
Black and white Shah Safari shirt, reproduction of one used in the film, "Back to the Future," ca. 2000
Brothers Raj and Akhil Shah launched Shah Safari as teenagers in 1975. The Seattle company designed, manufactured, and imported lightweight, breezy gauze shirts from India. After just eight years in business, Shah Safari owned 24 percent of the national young men’s woven shirt market. Michael J. Fox wore a Shah Safari shirt in the 1985 movie "Back to the Future."…
ID Number:2018.84.1
Date:Circa 2000
Board game, "Stock Block Seattle!" (c) 1976
Seattle inventor, John F. Majors, designed and distributed this game through J.F.M. Game Company. He also created similar game boards for may other cities in the US, Canada, and beyond. The idea of the game is to purchase, trade and sell stock certificates and shares of local landmark buildings with the goal of liquidating your competitors on the market. This…
ID Number:2019.29.1
Date:1976
Button pin, "19th Annual Folklife Festival," 1990
Seattle's annual Northwest Folklife Festival has been held each Memorial Day weekend since 1972 at Seattle Center as a free celebration of folk and ethnic music, dance, and arts.
ID Number:2019.40.10
Date:1990
Board game, "Climb the Needle," souvenir from Century 21, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
This souvenir game was purchased at the Seattle World's Fair in 1962. The donor, Christina, along with her siblings, Bob, Jean, and Mercy, visited the fair when they were teens and played this game at home.
ID Number:2019.75.1
Date:1962
Compact Disc, "Ernestine Anderson: Blues, Dues, & Love News," 1996, Quest Records
Local jazz singer Ernestine Anderson was a Garfield High school grad. She performed at various Jackson Street nightclubs in Seattle and with Quincy Jones. Jones has described Anderson's voice as "honey at dusk."
ID Number:2019.77.1
Date:1996
Software package containing a CD-ROM for "Bill Nye The Science Guy Science Adventure Series," by Pacific Interactive, Seattle, 1996
This software package is part of a collection donated by Frank Catalano who was one of the first local broadcast journalists to cover the personal computer revolution in the 1980s. At that time, he created and hosted the weekly Northwest Computing show for KING-AM and, in the 1990s, tracked the tech industry with a long-running "Byte Me" column that first…
ID Number:2020.4.7
Date:1996
Promotional software package containing a CD-ROM for "Jim Henson The Muppet CD ROM," by Starwave Corporation, Bellevue, Washington, 1996
This software package is part of a collection donated by Frank Catalano who was one of the first local broadcast journalists to cover the personal computer revolution in the 1980s. At that time, he created and hosted the weekly Northwest Computing show for KING-AM and, in the 1990s, tracked the tech industry with a long-running "Byte Me" column that first…
ID Number:2020.4.8
Date:1996
Promotional software package containing a CD-ROM for "Piper: A VideoActive Adventure for Children of All Ages," by Splash Studios Inc., Redmond, Washington, 1996
This software package is part of a collection donated by Frank Catalano who was one of the first local broadcast journalists to cover the personal computer revolution in the 1980s. At that time, he created and hosted the weekly Northwest Computing show for KING-AM and, in the 1990s, tracked the tech industry with a long-running "Byte Me" column that first…
ID Number:2020.4.9
Date:1996