204 results for: Medicine and Health Care
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ATL Mark III Real-Time Imaging, circa 1978
Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) was founded in 1969 by a group of engineers working on marine electronic systems. In 1974, ATL and the University of Washington signed the first of two technology transfer agreements (the second occurred in 1976) and began working in diagnostic medical ultrasound, manufacturing products for hospitals and physicians. As a result of its success, ATL was…
ID Number:2008.33.43.2
Date:Circa 1978
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ATL Ultramark 4 Ultrasound System, circa 1986
Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) was founded in 1969 by a group of engineers working on marine electronic systems. In 1974, ATL and the University of Washington signed the first of two technology transfer agreements (the second occurred in 1976) and began working in diagnostic medical ultrasound, manufacturing products for hospitals and physicians. As a result of its success, ATL was…
ID Number:2008.33.48.1
Date:Circa 1986
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Westmark International brochure, circa 1990
Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) was founded in 1969 by a group of engineers working on marine electronic systems. In 1974, ATL and the University of Washington signed the first of two technology transfer agreements (the second occurred in 1976) and began working in diagnostic medical ultrasound, manufacturing products for hospitals and physicians. As a result of its success, ATL was…
ID Number:2008.33.57.1
Date:Circa 1990
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Open Door Clinic bus sign, Seattle, circa 1974
The Open Door Clinic, a volunteer social service agency and free clinic, opened in Seattle’s University District in October 1967. The staff included psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, lab techs and social workers who provided around-the-clock intervention, medical help and counseling to drug and alcohol abusers and others with challenges. The clinic also helped juvenile runaways by providing shelter and putting them…
ID Number:2015.47.3
Date:Circa 1974
Photograph
King County Hospital exterior, Seattle, circa 1915
In 1893-1894, King County built a hospital at the County Poor Farm in Georgetown on the Duwamish River. This replaced an earlier, remodeled farmhouse building operated as an almshouse by the Sisters of Providence. At this new facility, doctors and nurses cared for those sick and injured county residents who could not afford to pay. By 1915, the hospital had…
ID Number:2016.33.1
Date:Circa 1915
Photograph
Swedish Hospital interior, Seattle, circa 1925
Swedish immigrants to the Seattle area formed a large number of social, religious and business organizations in their new homeland. Swedish Hospital was organized in 1908 and moved into its location at Summit and Columbia Streets in 1912. This photo is part of an album titled "The Swedes' Life and Work in the State of Washington" which was acquired by…
ID Number:2016.59.2
Date:Circa 1925
Photograph
Columbia Lutheran Home, Seattle, circa 1925
Columbia Lutheran Home was founded in 1920 to provide care for the sick and elderly. Swedish immigrants formed many organizations such as churches, lodges, clubs, and health care facilities that helped to bind their community together. Columbia Lutheran Home is still located in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood as of 2025. This photo is part of an album titled "The Swedes'…
ID Number:2016.59.22
Date:Circa 1925
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Seattle Drug Store prescription, circa 1880
Moses Rideout Maddocks (1833-1919) arrived in Washington Territory in 1858, where he worked as a logger and was elected to the state legislature (he later served as Seattle's fourth mayor). He came to Seattle permanently in 1864, and about two years later became part owner of a drug store. He bought out his partner after 18 months and solely operated…
ID Number:2018.3.3.111
Date:Circa 1880
Serial
Helix, vol. 2, no. 2, cover, Seattle, September 29, 1967
Seattle’s first underground newspaper, “Helix,” was published in March 1967. Inspired by similar papers in New York City, San Francisco, and Berkeley, the paper published some 125 issues before folding in June 1970. Led by Paul Dorpat (b. 1938) and Walt Crowley (1947-2007), the large and eclectic staff covered underground politics, drug culture, bulletins from the Liberation News Service, and…
ID Number:2018.3.6.13
Date:1967
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Eleanor Owen, March 20, 2002
Interview with Eleanor Owen (1921-2022), a journalist, playwright, university professor, costume designer, theatre actress, and mental health professional. She founded the Washington Advocates for the Mentally Ill in 1978 and co-founded the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) in 1979. She has received honors and award for her advocacy work on behalf of families and individuals with mental illness,…
ID Number:2019.35.1.48
Date:2002