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Image of Cheryl Chow taking Seattle City Council oath of office, Seattle, January 2, 1990
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Cheryl Chow taking Seattle City Council oath of office, Seattle, January 2, 1990

Cheryl Chow (1946-2013) was a Seattle educator, politician, and advocate for children. Chow was the daughter of Ruby Chow, a restaurant owner and King County Councilwoman, and Ping Chow, an opera singer, US Army veteran, and chef. Born in Seattle, Cheryl Chow attended Franklin High School and Western Washington University. Early in her career, she taught physical education at Hamilton…
ID Number:2000.107.036.20.01
Date:1990
Image of Cheryl Chow speaking at 34th District Democrats meeting, Seattle, July 12, 1989
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Cheryl Chow speaking at 34th District Democrats meeting, Seattle, July 12, 1989

Cheryl Chow (1946-2013) was a Seattle educator, politician, and advocate for children. Chow was the daughter of Ruby Chow, a restaurant owner and King County Councilwoman, and Ping Chow, an opera singer, US Army veteran, and chef. Born in Seattle, Cheryl Chow attended Franklin High School and Western Washington University. Early in her career, she taught physical education at Hamilton…
ID Number:2000.107.036.20.02
Date:1989
Image of Chow family at home, Seattle, 1956
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Chow family at home, Seattle, 1956

Ping and Ruby Chow were prominent members of Seattle’s Chinese American community for many years. Edward Shui "Ping" Chow (1916-2011) was born in Guangzhou, China. Ping trained as a singer and became a Cantonese opera star. Ruby Chow (1920-2008) was born in Seattle and grew up in what was then Chinatown (now the International District). While traveling with his troupe,…
ID Number:2000.107.036.21.04
Date:1956
Image of Bob Clardy of Synergistic Software, July 7, 1982
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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
Image of Jim Reynolds tasting coffee samples at Starbucks, Seattle, January 1983
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Jim Reynolds tasting coffee samples at Starbucks, Seattle, January 1983

Coffee pioneer Jim Reynolds began working as a coffee roaster at Starbucks in the 1970s, when the specialty coffee industry was in its infancy. In 1984, Reynolds left Starbucks and Seattle for Peet's Coffee & Tea in San Francisco. As roaster, Jim helped build the company from a local Bay Area company to a strong regional roaster with national presence.…
ID Number:2000.107.039.02.01
Date:1983
Image of Michael Dice roasting coffee at Starbucks, January 1983
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Michael Dice roasting coffee at Starbucks, January 1983

In this photo, Michael Dice, coffee roaster at Starbucks, pours coffee beans from the roaster drum into the cooling tray. According to the Post-Intelligencer caption, the machine uses a German drum heated by gas-fired hot air.
ID Number:2000.107.039.02.02
Date:1983
Image of Steve Hamilton roasting coffee beans at Seattle's Best Coffee, March 22, 1991
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Steve Hamilton roasting coffee beans at Seattle's Best Coffee, March 22, 1991

Seattle's Best Coffee started out as the Wet Whisker, a Vashon Island ice cream and coffee shop founded by Jim Stewart. In the early 1980s, the name changed to Stewart Brothers Wet Whisker, then to Stewart Brothers Coffee. Business began to expand, and new shops opened in Bellevue and Pike Place Market around 1984. In 1991, the company was renamed…
ID Number:2000.107.039.02.03
Date:1991
Image of Barista Jeffrey Kirihara working at Nordstrom's espresso bar, July 12, 1990
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Barista Jeffrey Kirihara working at Nordstrom's espresso bar, July 12, 1990

In this photo, Jeffrey Kirihara, barista at an outdoor espresso bar in front of Nordstrom, cleans the front of his espresso station as patrons on the patio enjoy their beverages. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.039.02.05
Date:1990
Image of Matthew Radford moving Seattle's Best Coffee bags at warehouse, Vashon Island, March 22, 1991
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Matthew Radford moving Seattle's Best Coffee bags at warehouse, Vashon Island, March 22, 1991

Seattle's Best Coffee started out as the Wet Whisker, a Vashon Island ice cream and coffee shop founded by Jim Stewart. In the early 1980s, the name changed to Stewart Brothers Wet Whisker, then to Stewart Brothers Coffee. Business began to expand, and new shops opened in Bellevue and Pike Place Market around 1984. In 1991, the company was renamed…
ID Number:2000.107.039.02.07
Date:1991
Image of Mark Cook giving an interview at Walla Walla State Penitentiary, January 1978
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Mark Cook giving an interview at Walla Walla State Penitentiary, January 1978

Mark Edwin Cook (b. 1936) was born in Seattle and grew up in the Seattle's Central Area. First arrested at age 17, Cook was in and out of prison for petty crimes until 1973. After his release, he became involved with the George Jackson Brigade, a small revolutionary group in Seattle that committed mostly property crimes to draw attention to…
ID Number:2000.107.041.03.01
Date:1978
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