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Ric Weiland's Microsoft business card, circa 1980
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.36
Date:Circa 1980
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Microsoft business card, circa 1980
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.37
Date:Circa 1980
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Ric Weiland's Microsoft business card, circa 1975
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.38
Date:Circa 1975
Photograph
Mike Schaefer, Ric Weiland, and their dog Kofi, circa 2002
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.39
Date:Circa 2002
Poster
Fratelli's Fireworks Festival over Lake Union poster, Seattle, July 4, 1988
On July 4th, 1988, Seattleites were treated to two fireworks shows: an older show at Elliott Bay, sponsored by restaurateur Ivar Haglund, and a new one at Lake Union, put on by Fratelli’s Ice Cream. The Fratelli festival featured the music of Uncle Bonsai and a two-hour program by the Seattle Symphony. The symphony program was simulcast on KING-FM, the…
ID Number:2007.25.2
Date:1988
Poster
AT&T July 4th fireworks poster, Seattle, circa 1997
Seattle’s fireworks shows at Lake Union began in 1988. AT&T was the title sponsor from 1995 until 2001. This AT&T poster for Lake Union fireworks is an explanatory “field guide” for different kinds of Japanese firework displays. Caption information source: The Seattle Times: August 18, 1998; and July 10, 2009.
ID Number:2007.25.4
Date:Circa 1997
Poster
Seattle's Greatest Show, 27th Annual Fourth of Jul-Ivars poster, July 4, 1991
Seattle restaurateur Ivar Haglund began sponsoring 4th of July fireworks over Elliott Bay in the early 1960s, and the event grew over the years. In 1991, his 27th Annual Fourth of Jul-Ivar’s celebration at Myrtle Edwards Park had multiple co-sponsors, and featured not only the end of a car race, but also the top-name entertainers the Mamas and Papas, and…
ID Number:2007.25.6
Date:1991
Poster
First Annual Salmon Homecoming poster, Seattle, September 16-19, 1993
In 1992, the Seattle Aquarium held its first Salmon Homecoming celebration, with a month of educational events to highlight the return of salmon to the streams of their birth. In 1993, this became a four-day event called the First Annual Salmon Homecoming Celebration, held on September 16-19 and presented by the Seattle Aquarium in conjunction with the Tribal Communities of…
ID Number:2007.25.14
Date:1993
Poster
Journey Through Time exhibit at Pacific Science Center poster, 1985
In the mid- to late-1980s, the Pacific Science Center ran several iterations of the traveling robotic dinosaur exhibit "Journey Through Time." Generally running for a few weeks after Christmas while children were on break from school, the show featured half-size replicas of dinosaurs, other reptiles, and mammals, with moving parts operated through pneumatic pressure. The Pacific Science Center eventually opened…
ID Number:2007.25.25
Date:1985
Poster
Greenwood Seafair Parade poster, Seattle, 1989
Seafair, Seattle’s annual summer festival, is marked with parades, boat races, and many other events and activities. This poster advertises the Greenwood neighborhood's parade, one of 13 Seafair parades throughout the city that summer. The poster also references Washington State's centennial in 1989. Additional text on poster: Chairman: Lorraine Mintz Welch; Judging: Roger Aase; Grandstand: Jim Coates; Applications Nancy Goodno;…
ID Number:2007.25.35
Date:1989