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Image of Demonstration outside Burlington Northern headquarters in favor of extending Burke-Gilman trail, Seattle, March 3, 1988
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Demonstration outside Burlington Northern headquarters in favor of extending Burke-Gilman trail, Seattle, March 3, 1988

After the success of the initial stretch of the Burke-Gilman Trail along Lake Washington, walkers, joggers, and bikers pressed for a western extension. Burlington Northern had just sold property that included several vacated stretches of rail, and the city had been planning to buy these. While the Montana-based purchasers said they would not block the trail, not everyone was convinced.…
ID Number:2000.107.029.17.05
Date:1988
Image of Bill Gates in his office at Microsoft, January 1984
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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
Image of Bill Gates at a meeting of financial analysts at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, July 25, 1991
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Bill Gates at a meeting of financial analysts at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, July 25, 1991

Microsoft, a multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington, was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company moved to Bellevue, Washington in 1979 and incorporated in 1981. The company has grown to become the world's largest software maker and a leader in cloud enterprise technology.In 1991, Microsoft and technology company IBM…
ID Number:2000.107.073.18.03
Date:1991
Image of Microsoft campus, Redmond, 1991
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Microsoft campus, Redmond, 1991

Microsoft, a multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington, was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company moved to Bellevue, Washington in 1979 and incorporated in 1981. The company has grown to become the world's largest software maker and a leader in cloud enterprise technology.In 1986, Microsoft moved its headquarters from…
ID Number:2000.107.073.25.27
Date:1991
Image of Paul Allen in his office, Bellevue, circa 1990
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Paul Allen in his office, Bellevue, circa 1990

Paul Allen was born in Seattle in 1953 to Ken and Faye Allen, a librarian and a teacher, respectivelly. In 1975, Allen and his high school friend Bill Gates started Microsoft. In 1983, Paul Allen left Microsoft after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. After he completed treatment, he opened his software company Asymetrix in 1985, and a year later he…
ID Number:2000.107.073.26.01
Date:Circa 1990
Image of Skid-steer loader clearing grounds for new Microsoft plant, Bothell, December 30, 1987
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Skid-steer loader clearing grounds for new Microsoft plant, Bothell, December 30, 1987

Microsoft, a multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington, was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company moved to Bellevue, Washington in 1979 and incorporated in 1981. The company has grown to become the world's largest software maker and a leader in cloud enterprise technology. This photo shows construction of a…
ID Number:2000.107.125.10.01
Date:1987
Image of Nancy Lofurno readying Microsoft product shipments, Bothell, December 19, 1991
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Nancy Lofurno readying Microsoft product shipments, Bothell, December 19, 1991

Microsoft, a multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington, was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company moved to Bellevue, Washington in 1979 and incorporated in 1981. The company has grown to become the world's largest software maker and a leader in cloud enterprise technology. In this photo, Microsoft employee Nancy…
ID Number:2000.107.125.10.02
Date:1991
Image of Highline College Afro-American Society members at press conference, May 21, 1968
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Highline College Afro-American Society members at press conference, May 21, 1968

On May 21, 1968, a group of students from the Afro-American Society at Highline College met with college president Dr. M.A. Allen to discuss a set of demands made by the society, an affiliate of the Congress of Black Student Unions. The college agreed with the students on a number of points, such as the hiring of Black teachers, administrators,…
ID Number:2000.107.131.22.01
Date:1968
Image of Norm Rice and others touring the proposed Seattle Commons site, August 10, 1993
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Norm Rice and others touring the proposed Seattle Commons site, August 10, 1993

Seattle politician Norman Blann Rice (1943-) was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1978. Rice served eleven years, participating as chairs of the Energy, Finance, and Budget committees, and was Council President for one term. From 1989 to 1997 Rice served two terms as the 49th mayor, becoming Seattle's first African-American mayor. Rice has remained a civic leader…
ID Number:2000.107.152.12.04
Date:1993
Image of Bob Satiacum at protester's encampment outside Fort Lawton, Seattle, March 18, 1970
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Bob Satiacum at protester's encampment outside Fort Lawton, Seattle, March 18, 1970

On March 8, 1970, about 100 members and sympathizers of United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupied Fort Lawton, a 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. They were inspired by the passage of a bill signed by President Richard Nixon, which granted non-federal entities the ability to obtain surplus federal lands for…
ID Number:2000.107.160.15.01
Date:1970
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