106 results for: Computers and Technology
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UNIVAC computer in American Library Association exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The American Library Association, with its eight-ton UNIVAC computer, presented the library of the future. Visitors gave questions to a librarian who answered it using the computer, which had been preprogrammed with a variety of facts and quotations. Harold Ostling, in the dark suit at left, worked for the company that made UNIVAC computers and was in charge of this…
ID Number:1965.3598.15.32
Date:1962
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IBM 1620 data processing machine on display, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The behavior of an elastic ball bounced on a hard surface is mathematically simulated by an IBM 1620 data processing system and visually traced by a CalComp digital plotter linked to the computer. This 'bouncing ball' problem is demonstrated daily in the 'Tools of Science' area of the U.S. Science Exhibit at the World's Fair. Stamped on verso: Roger Dudley,…
ID Number:1965.3598.25.37
Date:1962
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Child in maze at IBM exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21 to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. The exposition's displays and attractions were centered around themes of science and technology, but included showcases for a variety of world cultures.The International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation Pavilion was part of the “World of…
ID Number:1965.3598.25.60
Date:1962
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Children playing computer game, Lynnwood, September 23, 1983
In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.236
Date:1983
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Production worker Steve Taylor at Aldus checking packages of PageMaker, June 1, 1987
Aldus Corporation was a software company founded in Seattle by Paul Brainerd in 1984 that developed PageMaker, one of the earliest desktop publishing (DTP) software products, which was released in July of 1985. The company is named after fifteenth-century Venetian printer Aldus Manutius. Three former Aldus executives (Jeremy Jaech, Dave Walter, and Ted Johnson) left the company to establish Axon…
ID Number:2000.107.005.34.01
Date:1987
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Paul Brainerd, president of Aldus Corporation, Seattle, May 1987
Paul Brainerd (1947-2026) and four partners founded Aldus Corporation in Seattle in 1984. The company’s 1985 release of PageMaker software for Apple Macintosh drastically changed the look of printed text and graphics that could be produced by individuals on personal computers. Before PageMaker, one would have to hire commercial typesetting and printing companies. Now, an individual or company could produce…
ID Number:2000.107.025.42.01
Date:1987
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Paul Brainerd in his office at Aldus Corp., March 1986
Paul Brainerd (1947-2026) and four partners founded Aldus Corporation in Seattle in 1984. The company’s 1985 release of PageMaker software for Apple Macintosh drastically changed the look of printed text and graphics that could be produced by individuals on personal computers. Before PageMaker, one would have to hire commercial typesetting and printing companies. Now, an individual or company could produce…
ID Number:2000.107.025.42.02
Date:1986
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Cell Therapeutics technician at work in lab, October 6, 1992
Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) incorporated in September 1991 as part of Seattle's biotech boom. Using the motto "Making Cancer More Treatable," James A. Bianco, Jack Singer, and George Todaro, who met working at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute, spearheaded the company's work to improve cancer treatment drugs. With headquarters next to the Olympic Sculpture Park on the Seattle waterfront, the company…
ID Number:2000.107.033.30.01
Date:1992
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Bob Clardy of Synergistic Software, July 7, 1982
Bob and Ann Clardy founded Seattle-based Synergistic Software with the Apple II game Dungeon Campaign release in 1978. The company continued to release role playing games (RPG) throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, until Sierra On-Line and parent company Comp-U-Card International purchased Synergistic Software in 1996, and officially closed the company in 1999.In this image, founder Bob Clardy is…
ID Number:2000.107.037.38.01
Date:1982
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Steve Duzan of Immunex, February 1984
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 (sargramostin) 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:2000.107.053.02.01
Date:1984