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Image of Demonstrators protesting China's human rights record prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 19, 1993
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Demonstrators 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:2000.107.19931119.4.14
Date:1993
Image of APEC conference attendees posing together at Tillicum Village, Blake Island, November 20, 1993
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APEC conference attendees posing together at Tillicum Village, Blake Island, November 20, 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:2000.107.19931120.2.23
Date:1993
Image of APEC conference attendees waving from boat at Tillicum Village, Blake Island, November 20, 1993
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APEC conference attendees waving from boat at Tillicum Village, Blake Island, November 20, 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:2000.107.19931120.4.13
Date:1993
Image of APEC conference attendees walking to briefing area at Tillicum Village, Blake Island, November 20, 1993
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APEC conference attendees walking to briefing area at Tillicum Village, Blake Island, November 20, 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:2000.107.19931120.5.13
Date:1993
Image of APEC conference attendees standing together at Tillicum Village, Blake Island, November 20, 1993
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APEC conference attendees standing together at Tillicum Village, Blake Island, November 20, 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:2000.107.19931120.6.05
Date:1993
Image of Visio president Jeremy Jaech, Seattle, March 21, 1997
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Visio president Jeremy Jaech, Seattle, March 21, 1997

Jeremy Jaech and two other Aldus executives established Axon Corporation in Seattle in 1990 to create business graphics software for personal computers. At the time, little had been developed in the way of drawing tools with business applications. To fill the need, Jaech and his colleagues founded Visio Corporation and created the design product Visio. Some 800 people worked for…
ID Number:2000.107.19970321.15.27
Date:1997
Image of Police officer pointing gas launcher at protesters at WTO protest, Seattle, November 30, 1999
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Police officer pointing gas launcher at protesters at WTO protest, Seattle, November 30, 1999

The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991130.1.21
Date:1999
Image of Election voter using touch screen at Martha Lake school, Lynnwood, September 18, 2002
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Election voter using touch screen at Martha Lake school, Lynnwood, September 18, 2002

Various voting methods and machines have been used in U.S. elections, such as hand-counted paper, mechanical lever machines, punch-card machines, scanned paper ballots, and direct-recording electronic devices. Forays into electronic voting machines have been stymied by unfounded conspiracy theories about the safety of voting machines, and despite the use of electronic technology by election officials, the system continues to be…
ID Number:2000.107.20020917.CD02.04.001
Date:2002
Image of Hunter Floyd, co-founder of Seattle Veterans Museum, December 6, 2002
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Hunter Floyd, co-founder of Seattle Veterans Museum, December 6, 2002

The Seattle Veterans Museum was founded in 2001 by two veterans, reserve Army Captain Hunter Floyd and Navy Lieutenant Todd Crooks. It began with Crooks collecting his father's uniform and gear from WWII, then grew as he collected mementos and items from other conflicts in US history. When Floyd and Crooks realized that Seattle did not have a local museum…
ID Number:2000.107.20021206.CD01.03.001
Date:2002
Image of New Year's fireworks show at Space Needle, Seattle, January 1, 2003
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New Year's fireworks show at Space Needle, Seattle, January 1, 2003

Seattle's Space Needle has hosted a fireworks show annually since 1982, with the pyrotechnics mounted along the entire Space Needle structure. This image captures the January 2003 New Year's Space Needle fireworks display at Seattle Center, with the iconic structure transformed into a huge fireworks show. Caption information source: "At the needle, grins from year to year - Air of…
ID Number:2000.107.20021231.CD04.02.001
Date:2002
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