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Construction on new ZymoGenetics headquarters, Seattle, July 27, 1993
ZymoGenetics was established in Seattle in 1981 by University of Washington professors Earl Davie and Benjamin Hall, along with University of British Columbia professor Michael Smith. One of the oldest biotechnology/pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., ZymoGenetics was involved in the development of therapeutic proteins. The company was acquired by Novo Nordisk in 1988, and was spun off as a public…
ID Number:2000.107.19930727.1.31
Date:1993
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Groundbreaking of Rainier Valley Square, Seattle, July 29, 1993
This image shows the groundbreaking for a shopping center on the east side of Rainier Ave. S. between S. Charlestown St and S. Andover St in southeast Seattle. Southeast Seattle extends east from I-5 to Lake Washington and south from I-90 to city limits. This site was owned by private developers but was supported by the city of Seattle. Mayor…
ID Number:2000.107.19930729.1.06
Date:1993
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Howard Schultz sitting at table with cup of coffee, Seattle, October 7, 1993
Howard Schultz (b. 1953) is a businessman who has been CEO of Starbucks multiple times, including during the company’s explosive growth in the late 1980s and 1990s. He joined the company in 1982 as director of marketing and retail operations, then purchased the company in 1987 and became its CEO. At that time, Starbucks had only 11 locations. By 2000,…
ID Number:2000.107.19931007.1.06
Date:1993
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In-fill housing construction in Holly Park, Seattle, December 1996
In the 1990s, many property developers around Seattle were focused on in-fill housing - building new homes on empty lots within existing neighborhoods rather than constructing entire new neighborhoods. In-fill housing lots were often smaller than others and posed challenges with parking trucks and construction equipment in an existing neighborhood, as well as high permitting costs. However, they were also…
ID Number:2000.107.19961219.13.29
Date:1996
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Soud Kirat, owner of Fine Cleaners, in his store, December 31, 2002
In November 1999, $50 million of public money was given to the Rainier Valley Community Development Fund in response to Sound Transit's plans to run light rail down Martin Luther King Jr. Way from South McClellan Street to the Boeing Access Road. The fund was distributed to those affected or displaced by the street surface light rail and its construction.In…
ID Number:2000.107.20021231.CD01.001
Date:2002
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Ballard locks under construction, Seattle, ca. 1915
Ground was broken for the Lake Washington Ship Canal locks in 1911, and the first concrete was poured for the lock chambers in 1913. The first ship traveled through the locks in 1916. This photo, taken about 1915, shows the two lock chambers under construction. The main waterway has been diverted around the construction site. Handwritten on mount: Building the…
ID Number:2002.3.2022
Date:Circa 1915
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Montlake cut under construction, Seattle, circa 1915
The Lake Washington Ship Canal followed the routes of earlier canals and streams which connected Lake Washington, Lake Union, and Salmon Bay. This view looks west through the Montlake Cut towards the north end of Capitol Hill. Handwritten on mount: Canal Excavation - Tapping Lake Washington, Seattle. Lake Wash. Ship Canal, excavation.
ID Number:2002.3.2023
Date:Circa 1915
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Operation Homestead poster, Seattle, May 1991
Through the 1980s, low-income housing was steadily disappearing in Seattle. Many older downtown apartment buildings which offered affordable housing were condemned by their landowners as, in many cases, it was more profitable to have an abandoned property then to pay for management and upkeep. The direct-action group Operation Homestead, formed in 1988, occupied abandoned buildings to draw attention to this…
ID Number:2002.23.8.7.1
Date:1991
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Ted Williams holding bat during tour of the Kingdome, January 1976
Ted Williams (1918-2002) was one of the most successful hitters in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. He played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox, from 1939 to 1960, though he did not play from 1940 to 1943 in order to serve in World War II and missed most of the 1952 and 1953 seasons when he was recalled…
ID Number:2002.46.2178.13
Date:1976
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Ted Williams touring the Kingdome, January 1976
Ted Williams (1918-2002) was one of the most successful hitters in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. He played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox, from 1939 to 1960, though he did not play from 1940 to 1943 in order to serve in World War II and missed most of the 1952 and 1953 seasons when he was recalled…
ID Number:2002.46.2178.19
Date:1976