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Image of Plush toy,

Plush toy, "King Mike" from KING-TV 50th Anniversary, 1998

This playful character, created by Walt Disney in 1948, represents Seattle's television station KING 5 TV. Channel 5 first broadcast as KRSC-TV on November 25, 1948, with a live remote of a Thanksgiving Day high school football game. Eight months later KRSC was purchased by King Broadcasting Company and changed its callsign to KING-TV.
ID Number:2018.51.2
Date:1998
Image of Black and white Shah Safari shirt, reproduction of one used in the film,

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
Image of Cloth carrier bag for the Seattle Star newspaper, ca. 1940

Cloth carrier bag for the Seattle Star newspaper, ca. 1940

The Seattle Star newspaper was established in 1899 by E. W. Scripps and ran until 1947, after being sold to Howard Parrish and other local Seattle businessmen in 1942. It had the smallest circulation of the three daily newspapers which included the Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The donor of this newspaper bag carried a similar one for the Seattle…
ID Number:2019.32.1
Date:Circa 1940
Image of Clear Plexiglas sign for MSNBC, 1996

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
Image of Microsoft Typing Tutor II for the Apple II 5.25

Microsoft Typing Tutor II for the Apple II 5.25" disk and manual, 1982

This diskette and manual are 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…
ID Number:2020.4.1
Date:1982
Image of Diskettes (3.5

Diskettes (3.5") and manual for Workspace by Ark Interface, Seattle, 1991

This diskette 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:2020.4.2
Date:1991
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Product package for Microsoft "Bob" software, 1994

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:2020.4.3
Date:1994
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Microsoft "Bob" software for Windows CD-ROM, 1994

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:2020.4.4
Date:1994
Image of CD-ROM for Medio Magazine premier issue, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 1994

CD-ROM for Medio Magazine premier issue, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 1994

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:2020.4.5
Date:1994
Image of Software package containing a CD-ROM for Corbus Publishing

Software package containing a CD-ROM for Corbus Publishing "A Passion for Art," 1995

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:2020.4.6
Date:1995
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