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Image of Bill Gates and Paul Allen at Sonics-Portland game, Seattle, March 11, 2003
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen at Sonics-Portland game, Seattle, March 11, 2003

Microsoft, a multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington, was founded by Bill Gates (1955-) and Paul Allen (1953-2018) in 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company moved to Bellevue, Washington in 1979 and incorporated in 1981. Paul Allen left Microsoft in 1983 after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. In 1986, he founded Vulcan, Inc. with his sister Jody…
ID Number:2000.107.20030311.CD01.02.001
Date:2003
Image of The Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes newsletter, Seattle, August 3, 1981
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The Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes newsletter, Seattle, August 3, 1981

Filipino American labor activists Silme Domingo (1952-1981) and Gene Allen Viernes (1951-1981) were murdered in Seattle on June 1, 1981, while attempting to reform the Local 37 of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) and organizing against Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda Marcos.At first, authorities thought the murder was an isolated incident and concluded with the…
ID Number:2002.23.4.37.1
Date:1981
Image of Ric Weiland's graduation photo from Stanford, 1976
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Ric Weiland's graduation photo from Stanford, 1976

Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.34
Date:1976
Image of Ric Weiland's Microsoft business card, circa 1986
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Ric Weiland's Microsoft business card, circa 1986

Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.35
Date:Circa 1986
Image of Ric Weiland's Microsoft business card, circa 1980
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Ric Weiland's Microsoft business card, circa 1980

Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.36
Date:Circa 1980
Image of Microsoft business card, circa 1980
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Microsoft business card, circa 1980

Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.37
Date:Circa 1980
Image of Ric Weiland's Microsoft business card, circa 1975
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Ric Weiland's Microsoft business card, circa 1975

Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.38
Date:Circa 1975
Image of Mike Schaefer, Ric Weiland, and their dog Kofi, circa 2002
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Mike Schaefer, Ric Weiland, and their dog Kofi, circa 2002

Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.39
Date:Circa 2002
Image of Bill Gates and Paul Allen at Microsoft offices, Bellevue, 1981
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen at Microsoft offices, Bellevue, 1981

This photo shows Microsoft founders Paul Allen (right) and Bill Gates standing in their Bellevue, Washington, office in 1981. Large computers and shelves of reel-to-reel computer tapes line the walls. At the time, Microsoft employed around 85 people. Caption information source: The Oregonian, October 15, 2018, retrieved at https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2018/10/paul_allen_was_the_idea_man_wh.html
ID Number:2007.45.001.30.02
Date:1981
Image of Students’ Army Training Corps group on steps of Washington State Museum, University of Washington campus, 1918
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Students’ Army Training Corps group on steps of Washington State Museum, University of Washington campus, 1918

The establishment of Students' Army Training Corps (SATC) units during World War I was authorized by the Selective Service Act of 1917, and implemented by the newly created Committee on Education and Special Training of the US War Department. The short-lived SATC program utilized the facilities, equipment, and faculty of colleges and universities to select and train officer candidates and…
ID Number:2009.32.1
Date:1918
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