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Rhonda Bridges sorting chips at Tim's Cascade factory, Algona, Washington, January 22, 2003
Tim's Cascade Snacks was founded in 1986 by Tim Kennedy, along with members of his family and business partner Jeff Leichleiter. The group began working at a warehouse in Auburn, Washington to make thick-sliced chips, hand-stirring them with special rakes in kettles of oil and spicing them by hand in small batches. The brand quickly became a Northwest favorite and…
ID Number:2000.107.200301.CD01.31.001
Date:2003
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Ukulele players at Dusty Strings, Seattle, January 5, 2003
Ray Mooers and Randy Hudson first encountered a traditional hammered dulcimer in 1977, quickly became fascinated with them, and decided to build them as a hobby. In 1979, they turned this hobby into a business called Dusty Strings. In the 1980s, they began to build harps as well, and Ray’s wife Sue finished the instruments and sewed the cases. They…
ID Number:2000.107.20030105.CD02.03.001
Date:2003
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Christian Wong serving customer at Chocolati Café, Seattle, January 17, 2003
Seattle entrepreneur Christian Wong bought Sutliff Candy and the former CBM Chocolate Co., creating Sutliff Candy & Promotions Co., a retail business specializing in confectionery treats. Wong expanded the business in 2003, opening the first Chocolati Cafe in the Green Lake neighborhood. As of 2025, the company has three additional cafes in Wallingford, Greenwood, and at the downtown public library…
ID Number:2000.107.20030117.CD01.02.001
Date:2003
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Customers sitting outside at Chocolati Cafe, Seattle, January 17, 2003
Seattle entrepreneur Christian Wong bought Sutliff Candy and the former CBM Chocolate Co., creating Sutliff Candy & Promotions Co., a retail business specializing in confectionery treats. Wong expanded the business in 2003, opening the first Chocolati Cafe in the Green Lake neighborhood. As of 2025, the company has three additional cafes in Wallingford, Greenwood, and at the downtown public library…
ID Number:2000.107.20030117.CD01.02.002
Date:2003
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Tim Kennedy at Tim's Cascade factory, Algona, Washington, January 22, 2003
Tim's Cascade Snacks was founded in 1986 by Tim Kennedy, along with members of his family and business partner Jeff Leichleiter. The group began working at a warehouse in Auburn, Washington to make thick-sliced chips, hand-stirring them with special rakes in kettles of oil and spicing them by hand in small batches. The brand quickly became a Northwest favorite and…
ID Number:2000.107.20030122.CD03.001
Date:2003
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Larry Jacobson at RealNetworks, Inc. Seattle, January 28, 2003
RealNetworks is a Seattle-based digital media company founded in 1994. Originally known as Progressive Networks, the company pioneered streaming media technology in the early days of the internet. It developed RealAudio and RealVideo technologies and the RealPlayer software, which allowed users to stream audio and video over the web long before it became mainstream. Over time, the company shifted its…
ID Number:2000.107.20030128.CD01.001
Date:2003
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Joy Krahner in her office at Boeing, Seattle, January 14, 2004
According to a 2000 National Organization on Disability/Harris survey, the number of developmentally disabled people employed in the United States was 32 percent, despite the desire to work by 67 percent of all unemployed individuals with developmental disabilities. At the time, The Boeing Co. spent about $200,000 a year to employ six neurodivergent workers in a variety of roles, such…
ID Number:2000.107.20040114.CD02.01.001
Date:2004
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Flier protesting ITT stockholders' meeting, Seattle, May 8, 1974
In May 1974, stockholders of the international conglomerate ITT held their annual meeting in Seattle. The Coalition to Stop ITT called for picketing and a rally on May 8 to protest the corporation’s involvement with the U.S. government in the U.S., Chile, South Africa and other countries. This flier details the group’s concerns and lists the speakers for the rally:…
ID Number:2002.23.1.25.2
Date:1974
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Poster forthe Anti-Inaugural Ball at Red & Black books, January 21, 1989
This poster advertises "Another Anti-Inaugural Ball," a party organized by Seattle's Red & Black Books and held the weekend of the inauguration of George H. W. Bush as U. S. president. The party included entertainment by local band Rumors of the Big Wave and was emceed by comedian Peggy Platt. Opened as a collective in 1979, Red & Black Books…
ID Number:2002.23.7.56.1
Date:1989
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Starbucks founders posing outside their store, Seattle, February 1979
American coffee company Starbucks Corporation was founded in Seattle in 1971 by partners Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker. Sold to Howard Schultz in 1987, the company quickly expanded beyond Seattle and now operates almost 24,000 locations worldwide.In this image the three founders hold cups of coffee outside of the “original Starbucks,” actually the second location of the original…
ID Number:2002.46.3067
Date:1979