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Image of Coal miners posing on the surface at Ravensdale mine, circa 1910
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Coal miners posing on the surface at Ravensdale mine, circa 1910

Underground coal mining at the Ravensdale Mine was begun around 1899 by the Seattle and San Francisco Railway and Navigation Company. In 1900 the Northern Pacific Railroad (NPRR) built a rail line to the area, making coal mining much more financially feasible. NPRR created a subsidiary corporation, the Northwestern Improvement Company, which purchased the Ravensdale mine and built up the…
ID Number:1999.48.1
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Try R Dry poster, Seattle, circa 1989
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Try R Dry poster, Seattle, circa 1989

The Seattle Brewing and Malting Company was founded in 1893 by the merging of three Georgetown neighborhood breweries, the oldest of which had been founded in 1883 by Andrew Hemrich (1856-1910) and John Kopp (1853-1935). The company's Rainier Beer and the brewery itself, with it’s trademark red neon "R" that sat atop the building, were popular throughout the Pacific Northwest.…
ID Number:1999.64.107
Date:Circa 1989
Image of Full Head of Fresh poster, Seattle, circa 1985
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Full Head of Fresh poster, Seattle, circa 1985

The Seattle Brewing and Malting Company was founded in 1893 by the merging of three Georgetown neighborhood breweries, the oldest of which had been founded in 1883 by Andrew Hemrich (1856-1910) and John Kopp (1853-1935). The company's Rainier Beer and the brewery itself, with it’s trademark red neon "R" that sat atop the building, were popular throughout the Pacific Northwest.…
ID Number:1999.64.109
Date:Circa 1985
Image of Clarence Acox directing Jazz Ensemble at Garfield High School, Seattle, May 11, 1991
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Clarence Acox directing Jazz Ensemble at Garfield High School, Seattle, May 11, 1991

In this image director Clarence Acox leads the Garfield High School Jazz Ensemble in some swinging music of the '30s and '40s in the high school gymnasium. A native of New Orleans, Clarence Acox Jr. is a well-known jazz drummer and band director who has been teaching at Garfield since 1971. Acox has led the Garfield Jazz Ensemble to win…
ID Number:2000.107.002.17.01
Date:1991
Image of UW crew team members Gordon Adam and Norm Turay, Seattle, circa 1936
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UW crew team members Gordon Adam and Norm Turay, Seattle, circa 1936

In this image two members of the Husky men's rowing team sit outside what appears to be the crew house on the University of Washington campus. Both men were coached by the legendary Alvin M. Ulbrickson (1903-1980) and Thomas Bolles (1902-1978), racing in boats built by George Pocock (1891-1976). This famed period in UW rowing history was featured in Daniel…
ID Number:2000.107.002.18.01
Date:Circa 1936
Image of Production worker Steve Taylor at Aldus checking packages of PageMaker, June 1, 1987
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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
Image of Joseph Ashley of ProCyte in lab, August 14, 1990
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Joseph Ashley of ProCyte in lab, August 14, 1990

Founded in 1986 by Dr. Loren Pickart, ProCyte Corporation was a biotech medical skin company, which sold skincare products directly to dermatologists, include Iamin gel for wound dressing. Based in Kirkland, the company was acquired by Philadelphia-based PhotoMedex in 2005.Joseph Ashley, who had been president of the early Seattle biotech company Genetic Systems, served as President and CEO of ProCyte…
ID Number:2000.107.009.31.04
Date:1990
Image of Greg Broad building walkway at Tillicum Village prior to APEC conference, Blake Island, November 5, 1993
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Greg Broad building walkway at Tillicum Village prior to APEC conference, Blake Island, November 5, 1993

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.009.35.01
Date:1993
Image of Ye Kuo Rong holding sign protesting China's human rights record prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 19, 1993
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Ye Kuo Rong holding sign protesting China's human rights record prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 19, 1993

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.009.35.02
Date:1993
Image of Worker attaching welcome banner to post prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 1993
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Worker attaching welcome banner to post prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 1993

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.009.35.03
Date:1993
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