21 results for: Bockwinkel, Sherry
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Bill Gates in his office at Microsoft, January 1984
Bill Gates and Paul Allen began working on microcomputers while still at Seattle’s Lakeside School. They founded Microsoft in 1975, and nearly a decade later, the company was recognized as the world's most powerful producer of microcomputer software. In 1984, the company was in the process of developing the Windows operating system and other applications to make PCs easier for…
ID Number:2000.107.073.18.01
Date:1984
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Dr. William Hutchinson at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, March 1982
Dr. William Hutchinson (1909-1997) was a cancer surgeon and the founder of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Hutchinson believed that research rather than surgery would ultimately provide the answer to fighting cancer, and he fought to establish a cancer research center in Seattle. In 1956, he helped found the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation, which studied cancer, heart…
ID Number:2000.107.095.02.01
Date:1982
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Saechao family, Burien, June 16, 1983
The 15-member Saechao family, shown here, arrived in Seattle in early 1983. They had fled from the Vietnamese army in Laos in 1975, leaving the Mien village where they were prosperous farmers, to walk for 15 days to Thailand. The family spent six years in Thai camps before being sponsored to come to Burien, Washington. There, the large family lived…
ID Number:2000.107.110.15.01
Date:1983
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Yao Unaf Saeturn farming near Woodinville, July 21, 1982
The Indochinese Farm Project began in 1982 with 18 acres of land along the Sammamish River. Funded in part by King County and the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (Market PDA), the Indochinese Farm project was a joint project of the Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs and Bethany Presbyterian Church. Through the project, refugees from Laos,…
ID Number:2000.107.110.16.04
Date:1982
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Pete Pedro posing at Fiesta de Color, Seattle, May 8, 1982
In this image, Seattleite Pete Pedro poses in an authentic Mexican sombrero at Occidental Mall during the "Fiesta de Color," in celebration of the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.124.40.02
Date:1982
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Footong Tsoy Saelee and Choi Saechao selling produce at Pike Place Market, Seattle, July 21, 1982
The Indochinese Farm Project began in 1982 with 18 acres of land along the Sammamish River. Funded in part by King County and the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (Market PDA), the Indochinese Farm project was a joint project of the Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs and Bethany Presbyterian church. Through the project, refugees from Laos,…
ID Number:2000.107.151.05.02
Date:1982
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Mekong Rainier Supermarket in Rainier Valley, Seattle, July 12, 1983
In the early 1980s, the demographics of Rainier Valley were changing quickly. The area had been mostly white through the 1960s. However, the Boeing bust in the early 1970s, combined with freeway building projects, began pushing Black residents of the Central Area further south into Rainier Valley where housing was more available and rents were cheaper. New construction and condominiums…
ID Number:2000.107.151.05.05
Date:1983
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Clown making bubbles at Bumbershoot, Seattle, September 2, 1984
Begun in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot is one of North America’s largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.In this image Geoff Beebe, as B. More the Clown, entertains children on the opening day of Bumbershoot by creating unusual large bubbles. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back…
ID Number:2000.107.168.06.03
Date:1984
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Men sleeping at the First Avenue Service Center, November 15, 1982
Seattle's First Avenue Service Center was one of many service organizations seeking to help the homeless and others needing help. The Center operated as a daytime drop-in center, with laundry, bathrooms, and shower, and it also offered all-night shelter on cold nights. Here, three men sleep in the day room. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and…
ID Number:2000.107.172.34.02
Date:1982
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Ben Woo and Bruce Terry speaking about low-income housing plans, Seattle, January 30, 1984
Asian community leader Benjamin Woo (1923-2008) was born in Seattle and attended Queen Anne High School and the University of Chicago. After military service he returned to Seattle and opened an architectural firm in Madison Park. He directed King County’s Construction and Facilities Management Department and served as president of the Seattle Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Mr.…
ID Number:2000.107.232.28.08
Date:1984