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Videorecording
Oral history interview with Jeremy Jaech, July 23, 2002
Interview with Jeremy Jaech by Jessah Foulk on July 23, 2002 at MOHAI for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project. Jaech is a technology and software entrepreneur, serving as a co-founder of Aldus, best known for its PageMaker software, and Visio. He also led the teams that founded Trumba and SNUPI, and served as CEO of Verdiem.…
ID Number:2019.35.6.9
Date:2002
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John Johnson in Sonics championship parade, Seattle, June 4, 1979
The Seattle SuperSonics won the NBA championship in 1979, the team's first and only NBA title. A parade in honor of their victory was held in Seattle on June 4, 1979, attracting an estimated 300,000 spectators who lined the 16-block parade route. This image shows Sonics player John Johnson riding in the parade and greeting fans. Johnson played with the…
ID Number:2021.78.17
Date:1979
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Dennis Johnson in Sonics championship parade, Seattle, June 4, 1979
The Seattle SuperSonics won the NBA championship in 1979, the team's first and only NBA title. A parade in honor of their victory was held in Seattle on June 4, 1979, attracting an estimated 300,000 spectators who lined the 16-block parade route. This snapshot shows Sonics player Dennis Johnson riding in the parade and greeting fans. Johnson, who played with…
ID Number:2021.78.18
Date:1979
Photograph
Seattle Mandolin Orchestra, circa 1915
Mandolin orchestras were popular in the United States in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The orchestras were composed primarily of musicians playing various instruments in the mandolin family. This photo of the Seattle Mandolin Orchestra shows musicians with mandolins, saxophones, and 5-string banjos, and a conductor seated in the front row.The man in the second row from bottom, third…
ID Number:2022.38.9
Date:Circa 1915
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George Dunlap training Herb Johnson and Jack Ferris, In-Plant Training Department at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle Division, circa 1945
The Seattle Division of Todd Shipyard Corporation originated in 1916, when the William H. Todd Corporation purchased the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company (formerly Moran Brothers Shipyard). Originally located on the Seattle waterfront, the shipyard built cargo vessels for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I. Todd moved the operation to a new plant on Harbor Island in…
ID Number:2023.36.79
Date:Circa 1945
Correspondence
Draft of letter from Evelyn Chapman to Washington legislators regarding Title I funding for the Northwest Center, May 26, 1969
Evelyn Johnson Chapman (1935-2016) and John Hume Chapman (d. 2000) married in 1959 and had three children. Their oldest son, Coolidge, was born with brain damage which caused physical and mental developmental disabilities. Unable to enroll him in Seattle Public Schools for kindergarten, they placed him in an experimental program at the recently formed Northwest Center for the Retarded (now…
ID Number:2024.14.1.04.01
Date:1969
Document
Draft of speech given by Evelyn J. Chapman to King County legislators, May 29, 1968
Evelyn Johnson Chapman (1935-2016) and John Hume Chapman (d. 2000) married in 1959 and had three children. Their oldest son, Coolidge, was born with brain damage which caused physical and mental developmental disabilities. Unable to enroll him in Seattle Public Schools for kindergarten, they placed him in an experimental program at the recently formed Northwest Center for the Retarded (now…
ID Number:2024.14.1.04.02
Date:1968
Ephemera
Don't Steal Our Thunder poster, 2006
In 2006, a group from Oklahoma City bought the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team. The new owners attempted to gain support for building a new stadium in Seattle for the team but when these efforts failed, they decided to move the Sonics to Oklahoma despite strong resistance in Seattle. This poster was produced by Save Our Sonics and Save Our Storm,…
ID Number:2024.48.58
Date:2006
Videorecording
Princess of the Pow-Wow documentary film, 1987
Ella Aquino (1902-1989) was a Lummi, Yakima, and Puyallup activist from Seattle who dedicated her life to advancing the rights and well-being of Indigenous Peoples living in the Pacific Northwest. Born in 1902, Aquino began her education in a boarding school where she was prohibited from embracing her Native heritage. As an adult, she helped create organizations and publications that…
ID Number:2025.9.1
Date:1987
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Employees dancing at Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle, January 19, 1944
Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, and they are responsible for many ships, including some of the Washington State ferries and many naval vessels during and after World…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.w545
Date:1944