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Bill Gates and Microsoft executives on panel at conference, Redmond, October 10, 1996
On October 10, 1996, Microsoft held a day-long conference at its Redmond headquarters where it unveiled the redesign of Microsoft Network (MSN). When it was originally released, bundled with Windows 95, MSN was a proprietary, fee-based information service, competing with other online services like AOL and CompuServe. The new version moved MSN from a proprietary online server to an Internet…
ID Number:2000.107.19961010.1.09
Date:1996
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Immunex CEO Ed Fritzky, Seattle, March 13, 1997
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:2000.107.19970313.1.02
Date:1997
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Louis Delaurenti, Seattle, March 31, 1997
The DeLaurenti family’s Italian specialty grocery store was established by Pete DeLaurenti in 1946, when he purchased his mother-in-law’s small grocery on the lower level of Pike Place Market. It reopened as “Pete’s Italian Grocery” and soon became a popular specialty market selling gourmet foods, such as special breads, olive oils, and cheeses. Pete’s son, Louis “Louie” DeLaurenti took over…
ID Number:2000.107.19970331.9.07
Date:1997
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Rafael Carrabba in his Queen Anne shop, April 9, 1997
Rafael Carrabba Violins opened in 1985 on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. Carrabba, whose parents were musicians, had his first apprenticeship at age 12 when he worked at David Saunders' violin shop in Seattle, learning enough by age 13 to make himself a violin. Over the next 20 years, he continued to work with master violin makers in Chicago, Philadelphia,…
ID Number:2000.107.19970409.19.11
Date:1997
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David Van Zandt with a cello at his Ballard shop, April 9, 1997
David Van Zandt is a professional violin maker who works with the traditional methods, materials, and forms of the master violin makers of the 17th and 18th centuries. After graduating from the Violin Making School in Salt Lake City in 1983, Van Zandt worked with historical instruments in a New York City violin shop, developing his skills in repair and…
ID Number:2000.107.19970409.20.06
Date:1997
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Anchor and Dewitt Jensen at Jensen Motor Boat Company, Seattle, April 22, 1997
The Jensen Motor Boat Company was founded in 1922 by Tony Jensen (1889-1963), a Danish immigrant and descendant of boat builders. In 1927, Tony, his wife Bessie (1892-1968), and two partners moved the company to 1417 NE Boat Street on Seattle’s Portage Bay. The company specialized in building boats with experimental designs. Sons George (1915-1977) and Anchor (1918-2000) continued the…
ID Number:2000.107.19970422.17.08
Date:1997
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Anchor Jensen, Seattle, April 28, 1997
The Jensen Motor Boat Company was founded in 1922 by Tony Jensen (1889-1963), a Danish immigrant and descendant of boat builders. In 1927, Tony, his wife Bessie (1892-1968), and two partners moved the company to 1417 NE Boat Street on Seattle’s Portage Bay. The company specialized in building boats with experimental designs. Sons George (1915-1977) and Anchor (1918-2000) continued the…
ID Number:2000.107.19970428.12.36a
Date:1997
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Anchor Jensen checking his mailbox, Seattle, April 28, 1997
The Jensen Motor Boat Company was founded in 1922 by Tony Jensen (1889-1963), a Danish immigrant and descendant of boat builders. In 1927, Tony, his wife Bessie (1892-1968), and two partners moved the company to 1417 NE Boat Street on Seattle’s Portage Bay. The company specialized in building boats with experimental designs. Sons George (1915-1977) and Anchor (1918-2000) continued the…
ID Number:2000.107.19970428.13.24
Date:1997
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Bill Gates and Jim Allchin with Windows XP discs, Redmond, August 24, 2001
On August 24, 2001, Microsoft released its new Windows XP operating system to computer manufacturers. In an event on the lawn of the company's Redmond campus, with 350 programmers and their families present, the company distributed briefcases containing Windows XP CDs to representatives of the six largest PC makers in the US. This image shows Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (left)…
ID Number:2000.107.20010824.1.10
Date:2001
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Microsoft programmers applauding completion of Windows XP, Redmond, August 24, 2001
On August 24, 2001, Microsoft released its new Windows XP operating system to computer manufacturers. In an event on the lawn of the company's Redmond campus, with 350 programmers and their families present, the company distributed briefcases containing Windows XP CDs to representatives of the six largest PC makers in the US. This image shows the Microsoft programmers and their…
ID Number:2000.107.20010824.1.31
Date:2001