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Image of DeCharlene Williams in her beauty salon, August 6, 1993
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DeCharlene Williams in her beauty salon, August 6, 1993

DeCharlene Williams (1943-2018) came to Seattle with her first husband in 1958. Williams graduated from Seattle Central College, then attended Edward's Beauty School in Seattle, graduating in 1961. After divorcing in 1965, she worked at a beauty salon and other jobs, saving money to buy her own building. As a single woman of color, she was denied loans by numerous…
ID Number:2000.107.230.38.03
Date:1993
Image of Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, taking a sample for testing at the Monsanto plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973
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Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, taking a sample for testing at the Monsanto plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973

Juanita Jean Collins Neitling (b. 1936), an enrolled member of the Yakama tribe, was the first woman to be hired as a chemical engineer by the Seattle branch of the Monsanto Corporation. Neitling (at the time going by Collins) had spent ten years raising children and working in the home before returning to college to study chemical engineering at the…
ID Number:2000.107.19731216.1.22
Date:1973
Image of Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, checking production at the Monsanto Corporation plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973
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Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, checking production at the Monsanto Corporation plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973

Juanita Jean Collins Neitling (b. 1936), an enrolled member of the Yakama tribe, was the first woman to be hired as a chemical engineer by the Seattle branch of the Monsanto Corporation. Neitling (at the time going by Collins) had spent ten years raising children and working in the home before returning to college to study chemical engineering at the…
ID Number:2000.107.19731216.1.23
Date:1973
Image of Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, at a desk at the Monsanto Corporation plant, Seattle,  December 16, 1973
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Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, at a desk at the Monsanto Corporation plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973

Juanita Jean Collins Neitling (b. 1936), an enrolled member of the Yakama tribe, was the first woman to be hired as a chemical engineer by the Seattle branch of the Monsanto Corporation. Neitling (at the time going by Collins) had spent ten years raising children and working in the home before returning to college to study chemical engineering at the…
ID Number:2000.107.19731216.1.30
Date:1973
Image of Customers on the first day of the new Inner City Farmer's Market, Seattle, August 2, 1975
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Customers on the first day of the new Inner City Farmer's Market, Seattle, August 2, 1975

In August 1975, the Inner City Farmers’ Market opened at 18th Avenue and Cherry Street in Seattle’s Squire Park neighborhood. During the harvest season, farmers from Yakima, Renton, and elsewhere drove in to provide fresh produce to Central Area residents. Here, Renton farmer Joe Torlai weighs zucchini for a customer as others look on. Caption information source: “A New Market…
ID Number:2000.107.19750802.2.17
Date:1975
Image of Customers on the first day of the new Inner City Farmer's Market, Seattle, August 2, 1975
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Customers on the first day of the new Inner City Farmer's Market, Seattle, August 2, 1975

In August 1975, the Inner City Farmers’ Market opened at 18th Avenue and Cherry Street in Seattle’s Squire Park neighborhood. During the harvest season, farmers from Yakima, Renton, and elsewhere drove in to provide fresh produce to Central Area residents. Here, Renton farmer Joe Torlai holds a head of romaine lettuce while he waits for payment. Caption information source: “A…
ID Number:2000.107.19750802.2.22
Date:1975
Image of Cat with six kittens in a foreman's desk drawer at Stetson-Ross Machine Co.,  November 1975
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Cat with six kittens in a foreman's desk drawer at Stetson-Ross Machine Co., November 1975

In November 1975, the feline mascot of the Stetson Ross Machine Company's production room gave birth to six kttens in foreman Earl Lee's desk drawer. Stetson Ross welders Phil Aamont and Larry Bucks had been taking care of the cat since it moved into the company's assembly shop about six months prior. Here, Ross and Bucks admire the new family…
ID Number:2000.107.19751100.1.20
Date:1975
Image of Women at the new Sound Savings and Loan Association, Seattle, May 26, 1977
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Women at the new Sound Savings and Loan Association, Seattle, May 26, 1977

When Sound Savings & Loan Association opened its doors on May 26, 1977, it was the first female-directed savings and loan institution west of the Mississippi. Some 500 shareholders, mostly women, invested $1.3 million to open the thrift bank, and the state of Washington contributed $100,000 to the effort. Billing itself “A Woman’s Place,” Sound Savings focused primarily on savings…
ID Number:2000.107.19770526.1.40
Date:1977
Image of Bill Gates at Microsoft Campus, Redmond, January 22, 1991
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Bill Gates at Microsoft Campus, Redmond, January 22, 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.Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (William H. Gates…
ID Number:2000.107.19910122.2.02
Date:1991
Image of Microsoft campus, March 10, 1991
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Microsoft campus, March 10, 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:2000.107.19910310.1.04
Date:1991
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