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Noel Balantac working in lab at Immunex, Seattle, December 12, 1989
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:2000.107.095.22.05
Date:1989
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Dace Krasts working in lab at Immunex, Seattle, December 13, 1990
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:2000.107.095.22.06
Date:1990
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Immunex manufacturing and development center, Bothell, October 15, 1992
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:2000.107.095.22.07
Date:1992
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Product technician inspecting package at IMRE Corporation lab, Seattle, March 1, 1993
IMRE Corporation, one of Seattle's pioneering biotechnology companies, was founded in 1981, and went public in 1983. Their major product, the Prosorba Column, invented by CEO Frank R. Jones, filters immune complexes from blood plasma to treat some immune diseases, and was the first device of its kind to receive FDA approval, granted in 1987. The company rebranded as Cypress…
ID Number:2000.107.095.22.08
Date:1993
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Dave Walter, Jeremy Jaech, and Ted Johnson meeting about Axon, Seattle, October 19, 1990
Three former Aldus executives (Jeremy Jaech, Dave Walter, and Ted Johnson) established Axon Corporation in Seattle in 1990, to create business graphics software for use on personal computers. Later known as Visio Corporation, they created the design product Visio, which became Microsoft Visio when Microsoft bought the company in 2000. Both Jaech and Johnson would continue to work on the…
ID Number:2000.107.097.39.01
Date:1990
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New Hope Baptist Church pastors at local dry cleaner, October 8, 1992
Rev. Dr. Robert Jeffrey served nine years as Senior Pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church in Roanoke, VA before relocating to Seattle in 1986 to become the Senior Pastor of the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, where he still serves as of 2019. Throughout his career, Jeffrey has advocated for those locked out of economic opportunity. In 1988, Jeffrey founded the…
ID Number:2000.107.098.35.04
Date:1992
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John Chakirian and Gregory Taylor at Liberty Orchards candy factory, Cashmere, WA, August 1978
Liberty Orchards was founded in the early 20th century by Armenian immigrants and brothers-in-law Mark Balaban and Armen Tertsagian. The family grew apples and pears, but storage challenges stimulated the development of candy products, notably Aplets and Cotlets, versions of Eastern Mediterranean Turkish delight. By the end of the 20th century, following a boost from the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair,…
ID Number:2000.107.113.12.01
Date:1978
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Liberty Orchards employee David Firth pouring candy into cooling tray, Cashmere, WA, August 1978
Liberty Orchards was founded in the early 20th century by Armenian immigrants and brothers-in-law Mark Balaban and Armen Tertsagian. The family grew apples and pears, but storage challenges stimulated the development of candy products, notably Aplets and Cotlets, versions of Eastern Mediterranean Turkish delight. By the end of the 20th century, following a boost from the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair,…
ID Number:2000.107.113.12.02
Date:1978
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Terry Lindeman of DataGem at computer, January 13, 1993
Terry E. Lindeman founded DataGem Corp. in 1989, originally offering programs that made Windows work better for users via "shareware." As of 2019, DataGem is still in business in Seattle, offering database consulting and design based on Microsoft technologies. In this photo, Lindeman sits in front of his desktop computer. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and…
ID Number:2000.107.113.30.01
Date:1993
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Craig McCaw holding cell phone, September 1986
Craig McCaw (b. 1949) was an early investor in cellular technology. McCaw's father owned a cable TV company in Centralia which Craig and his brothers inherited and ran together under Craig's leadership. In 1981, McCaw began buying cellular licenses in cities across the US, and in 1987 he sold the cable TV business and fully transitioned the company to cellular…
ID Number:2000.107.121.04.01
Date:1986