259 results for: Innovation and Invention
Frango mints food box, ca. 1950s
Frango's chocolates were originally made in the candy kitchen atop the Frederick & Nelson store in downtown Seattle and were sold in the store starting in 1918 until it closed in 1992. Ownership of the name changed with mergers and Chicago store Marshall Field's produced their own version using a different recipe. Today, you can still buy these delicious candies…
ID Number:2002.10.1
Date:Circa 1950
Jamacas Rum Frango container, ca. 1950s
Frangos were first developed and sold by Seattle department store Frederick & Nelson in 1918 and continue to be sold at Macy's stores everywhere. This round box, once filled with Jamacas Rum flavor Frango chocolate truffles, was sold in the 1950s.
ID Number:2002.10.2
Date:Circa 1950
Box of Immunex Enbrel vials, 1999
Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostim) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001, Immunex was…
ID Number:2003.15.3
Date:1999
Immunex Enbrel dosing system and box, 1999
Immunex, founded in 1981, was Seattle's largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical firm. It was purchased by Amgen in 2001. Enbrel (etanercept) is a prescription medicine used to treat five chronic diseases, including moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.
ID Number:2003.15.4
Date:1999
Box for Leukine Sargromostim, 2000
Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostim) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001, Immunex was…
ID Number:2003.15.7
Date:2000
Box for Novantrone Mitoxantrone for Injection Concentrate, 2000
Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostim) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001, Immunex was…
ID Number:2003.15.10
Date:2000
Braun-Diessel Bioreactor, ca. 1990
A bioreactor is a device that grows human cells or tissues. This bioreactor comes from the biotech company Immunex which was founded in Seattle in 1981 by research scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney who were then studying human hormones and proteins at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. By 2001, Immunex was the largest biotechnology company in Washington State.…
ID Number:2003.15.11
Date:Circa 1990
Specimen containers used in the labs at Immunex, 1999
Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostim) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001, Immunex was…
ID Number:2003.15.20
Date:1999
Tray of beakers used in the labs at Immunex, ca. 1999
Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostim) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001, Immunex was…
ID Number:2003.15.23
Date:1999
Gore-Tex hooded rain jacket from Mountain Safety Research (MSR), ca. 1976
Seattle-based company MSR was one of the first to use Gore-Tex for recreational wear. The revolutionary material is water-repellent, moisture wicking, and breathable, but it was pricey. Originally worn strictly for outdoor adventures, expensive high-tech gear like this jacket has found its way into daily city wear, becoming a Seattle status symbol. An MSR employee test-wore this before Gore-Tex jackets…
ID Number:2003.32.1
Date:Circa 1976