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Oral history interview with William H. Gates Sr., May 19, 2010
Interview with William H. Gates II conducted by Marsha King at KCTS Studios in Seattle for the Experienced Leaders Oral History Project in May 2010. Gates was a retired attorney, philanthropist, and father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Topics discussed include his work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, his background, and his involvement with a number of organizations.
ID Number:2019.35.16.5
Date:2010
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Oral history interview with Carl R. Meurk, July 21, 2011
Interview with Carl R. Meurk, a retired senior executive with Todd Pacific Shiipyards, conducted by Marsha King at KCTS Studios in Seattle for the Experienced Leaders Oral History Project in July 2011. Topics discussed include his background, his military service, and his career.
ID Number:2019.35.16.12
Date:2011
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Oral history interview with Tomio Moriguchi, April 20, 2010
Interview with Tomio Moriguchi conducted by Marsha King at KCTS Studios in Seattle for the Experienced Leaders Oral History Project in April 2010. Moriguchi was the CEO of the Uwajimaya supermarket chain in Seattle from 1965 to 2007. Topics discussed include his family's incarceration during World War II, the family business, and his advocacy work.
ID Number:2019.35.16.13
Date:2010
Ephemera
Loudeye Technologies annual report, 2000
Seattle entrepreneur Martin Tobias founded Loudeye Corporation as Encoding.com in 1997. The company, which focused on encoding audio and video files for distribution over the internet, changed its name to Loudeye Technologies in 1999. Loudeye’s 2000 initial public stock offering was extremely successful, and the company was valued at $1.4 billion at the time. It expanded into the European market…
ID Number:2019.58.2
Date:2000
Photograph
Mortensen Livery Barn in South Park, Seattle, circa 1907
South Park is located south of Seattle on the west bank of the Duwamish River. Once a separate city, it became part of Seattle in 1907, around the time this photo was taken. During this period, many of South Park’s residents were farmers who supplied produce to Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Mortensen’s Livery Stable, shown here, would have been a…
ID Number:2019.92.8
Date:1907
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B.F. Middleton Groceries cart, Seattle, circa 1900
B.F. Middleton moved to Seattle after the 1889 Great Fire and settled in South Park in the Duwamish Valley in 1893. He ran a large grocery business and general store at 8207 Dallas Avenue in South Park’s business district. This image shows the store’s horse-drawn delivery wagon. Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times: November 11, 1956, p. 57.
ID Number:2019.92.11
Date:1900
Postcard
Postcard to Seattle Brewing & Malting Company, October 1905
In 1893, three Seattle breweries – Claussen-Sweeney, Bay View, and Albert Braun – merged to form the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company. The company launched a new brand, Rainier Beer, and by the end of 1893 was brewing one million gallons per year. In 1905, the company required 25 horse teams to deliver the daily demand for Rainier in Seattle…
ID Number:2020.15.4
Date:1905
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Black Pages, Seattle, Summer 2020
The economic component of racial inequity has inspired many to look for new opportunities to support Black-owned businesses. In 2019, Justice Jones started the Seattle Black Pages, a directory of Black-owed businesses in the Seattle area, with a digital-only launch of the first guide. Increased interest and support led the publishing of the first printed edition in 2020. The pocket-sized,…
ID Number:2020.48.2
Date:2020
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Precision Engineering, Inc. brochure, Seattle, circa 1978
Precision Engineering began as a crankshaft repair shop in 1948. In 1968, the company moved to 1231 Director Street near the border of Seattle and Tukwila, joining other industrial operations near the Duwamish River. By 1978, the firm had plants in Seattle and Portland that specialized in the manufacturing and repair of hydraulic equipment, particularly for the lumber and construction…
ID Number:2021.86.5
Date:Circa 1978
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The Gear Works brochure, Seattle, circa 1999
The Gear Works was founded in 1946 by Ingwald Ramberg in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood. By the 1990s, the family-owned company had grown to become one of the largest gear-manufacturing companies in North America. Its huge gears were used in wind turbines, large earth moving equipment, NASA aerospace projects, and more. The company also repaired and replaced the gear boxes…
ID Number:2021.86.7
Date:Circa 1999