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Michael Dice roasting coffee at Starbucks, January 1983
In this photo, Michael Dice, coffee roaster at Starbucks, pours coffee beans from the roaster drum into the cooling tray. According to the Post-Intelligencer caption, the machine uses a German drum heated by gas-fired hot air.
ID Number:2000.107.039.02.02
Date:1983
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Steve Hamilton roasting coffee beans at Seattle's Best Coffee, March 22, 1991
Seattle's Best Coffee started out as the Wet Whisker, a Vashon Island ice cream and coffee shop founded by Jim Stewart. In the early 1980s, the name changed to Stewart Brothers Wet Whisker, then to Stewart Brothers Coffee. Business began to expand, and new shops opened in Bellevue and Pike Place Market around 1984. In 1991, the company was renamed…
ID Number:2000.107.039.02.03
Date:1991
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Matthew Radford moving Seattle's Best Coffee bags at warehouse, Vashon Island, March 22, 1991
Seattle's Best Coffee started out as the Wet Whisker, a Vashon Island ice cream and coffee shop founded by Jim Stewart. In the early 1980s, the name changed to Stewart Brothers Wet Whisker, then to Stewart Brothers Coffee. Business began to expand, and new shops opened in Bellevue and Pike Place Market around 1984. In 1991, the company was renamed…
ID Number:2000.107.039.02.07
Date:1991
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Steve Duzan of Immunex, February 1984
Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostin) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001 Immunex was…
ID Number:2000.107.053.02.01
Date:1984
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Steve Duzan, Bob Nowinski and Bill Gates at Technology Northwest II symposium, February 27, 1987
In February 1987, the MIT Enterprise Foundation sponsored a symposium called Technology Northwest II in Seattle. This photo from the symposium shows, from left to right, Immunex founder Steve Duzan, Genetic Systems founder Bob Nowinski, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates talking before a panel discussion. Caption information source: "Insider Tip: Think Small Business," by Richard W. Larsen, Seattle Times, March…
ID Number:2000.107.053.02.02
Date:1987
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Steve Duzan and Michael Kranda of Immunex, February 15, 1991
Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostin) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001 Immunex was…
ID Number:2000.107.053.02.03
Date:1991
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Mark Eppley of Traveling Software, December 21, 1990
Mark Eppley founded Traveling Software in Bothell in 1983 to create products to help people work remotely, mainly to move files between laptops and office desktops. Rebranded as LapLink.com in 1999, after its most notable product at the time, later software like PCmover would keep the company profitable and growing. As of 2019, the company is still in business as…
ID Number:2000.107.057.01.01
Date:1990
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Models posing in fashions from Frugallily's Thrift Store, Seattle, April 22, 1982
In this image, two models display fashions from Frugallily's, a Planned Parenthood thrift shop located at 2215 East Madison Street on the edge of the Cherry Hill neighborhood. Store manager Gayle Hayes, left, wears a hand-painted, watered silk velvet Adele Simpson dress and Ultrasuede coat. Samuel Jones, right, an accountant at Planned Parenthood, wears a custom-made Littler tuxedo. Caption information…
ID Number:2000.107.060.27.01
Date:1982
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International News model at fashion show, Seattle, September 9, 1985
In this image a model wears an oversized shirt from Seattle clothing brand International News. The company was started in 1983 by Mike Alesko, a former executive vice president at Brittania. It was also partly owned by Raj Shah of Shah Safari, another Seattle clothing manufacturer. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, July 7, 1985, page C1Caption information source: The…
ID Number:2000.107.060.30.01
Date:1985
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UNIONBAY sportswear model at Preline fashion show, Seattle, July 18, 1985
In this image, a model shows off holiday-resort fashions from UNIONBAY as part of Seattle Preline, an apparel marketing event held three times per year from 1977-1991 during which Seattle clothing manufacturers introduced their new lines to major retail buyers. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, February 14, 1985, page G1
ID Number:2000.107.060.30.02
Date:1985