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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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John Jessen of Electronic Evidence Discovery in his office, Seattle, November 12, 1993
John H. Jessen founded Electronic Evidence Discovery, Inc. in 1988 after a lawyer friend asked his advice about searching for evidence stored on personal computers (PCs). Jessen realized that electronic information stored on company computers could also be important to corporate legal work, and used his knowledge of both business and computers to launch his new company. In 2008, Electronic…
ID Number:2000.107.19931112.1.11
Date: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
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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
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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
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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
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Gay couple having cake after registering a domestic partnership, Seattle, September 6, 1994
The Domestic Partnership Registration Ordinance, passed in August 1994, offered unmarried couples in long-term committed relationships--including lesbians, gays and heterosexuals--an opportunity to document those relationships by registering a domestic partnership with the Seattle City Clerk's Office. Largely symbolic, the ordinance did not grant any benefits or legal obligations. Domestic Partnership registration is still (2017) offered by the City of Seattle.September…
ID Number:2000.107.19940906.10.04
Date:1994
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Gay couple registering a domestic partnership at the Municipal Building, Seattle, September 6, 1994
The Domestic Partnership Registration Ordinance, passed in August 1994, offered unmarried couples in long-term committed relationships--including lesbians, gays and heterosexuals--an opportunity to document those relationships by registering a domestic partnership with the Seattle City Clerk's Office. Largely symbolic, the ordinance did not grant any benefits or legal obligations. Domestic Partnership registration is still (2017) offered by the City of Seattle.September…
ID Number:2000.107.19940906.10.10
Date:1994
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Ben Slivka of Microsoft, August 9, 1996
Software developer Ben Slivka worked at Microsoft from 1985 to 1999. Slivka worked on OS/2, MS-DOS 6.0 and 6.2, and Windows 95 before leading the programming team in charge of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 3.0, the third version of the web browser in a little over a year. This photograph of Ben Slivka accompanied an article about the frantic pace of…
ID Number:2000.107.19960809.1.29
Date:1996
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Quốc Nam choosing music for Saigon Radio, Seattle, August 21, 1996
Quốc Nam founded Saigon Radio in October 1993 as the first Vietnamese-language radio program in the Pacific Northwest. Nam was formerly a Vietnamese military officer, and he immigrated to the United States in 1976. He lived in Kansas City, Seattle, and San Jose and founded newspapers in each city. Nam moved back to Seattle in 1993 and launched Saigon Radio…
ID Number:2000.107.19960822.5.14
Date:1996