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Wayne Hamilton at Nintendo Distribution Center, North Bend, 1992
In this image, Wayne Hamilton shows off two of the four “automated guided vehicles” that run Nintendo of America’s distribution center in North Bend, Washington. Hamilton was Nintendo’s director of distribution. The vehicles automatically move pallets of game cartridges through the facility using electronic paths embedded in the floor and carry them to the automated storage and retrieval shelves (visible…
ID Number:2000.107.19921222.5.31
Date:1992
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Drummer at Festival Sundiata, February 1993
Festival Sundiata is an celebration of the art and culture of people of African descent, held annually at Seattle Center since 1980. The festival includes music, spoken word, food, art displays, and other programs, creating an opportunity to bring together diverse communities for a weekend of fun and education. Here, a drummer performs at the 1993 Festival Sundiata at the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930204.3.44
Date:1993
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Colman Elementary School students working at computers, Seattle, February 8, 1993
In 1991, Seattle voters approved a $22 million technology levy for schools, ensuring that nearly all schools would have enough classroom computers for their students. At the same time, the disparity between children's access to computer technology at home was stark. In 1993, administrators at Colman and Hawthorne elementary schools, located in largely minority neighborhoods in Seattle’s Central Area and…
ID Number:2000.107.19930208.8.20
Date:1993
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Colman Elementary School students working at computers, Seattle, February 8, 1993
In 1991, Seattle voters approved a $22 million technology levy for schools, ensuring that nearly all schools would have enough classroom computers for their students. At the same time, the disparity between children's access to computer technology at home was stark. In 1993, administrators at Colman and Hawthorne elementary schools, located in largely minority neighborhoods in Seattle’s Central Area and…
ID Number:2000.107.19930208.8.23
Date:1993
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An Tran surrounded by family and friends at Sea-Tac Airport, February 23, 1993
In 1954, An Tran sent six of her children from their home in North Vietnam to South Vietnam to escape the impending rule of the North Vietnamese communist government. An and her husband, Tau Nguyen, followed their children but were captured at the border and sent to separate jails. Tau escaped to South Vietnam, but An was returned to the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930223.12.36
Date:1993
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Ken Griffey, Jr. at press conference announcing Nintendo game, Seattle, May 11, 1993
In May 1993, Nintendo of America and Major League Baseball held a press conference at the Kingdome to announce an agreement between 23-year-old Mariners center fielder Ken Griffey, Jr. and Nintendo to produce the Redmond corporation's first attempt at a game named after a live character. Billed as the most realistic baseball video game ever, the game featured real Major…
ID Number:2000.107.19930511.1.05
Date:1993
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Ken Griffey, Jr. at press conference announcing Nintendo game, Seattle, May 11, 1993
In May 1993, Nintendo of America and Major League Baseball held a press conference at the Kingdome to announce an agreement between 23-year-old Mariners center fielder Ken Griffey, Jr. and Nintendo to produce the Redmond corporation's first attempt at a game named after a live character. Billed as the most realistic baseball video game ever, the game featured real Major…
ID Number:2000.107.19930511.1.08
Date:1993
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Center Park housing residents protesting proposed Metro bus changes, Seattle, May 18, 1993
Center Park is a subsidized public housing complex in the north Rainier Valley, designed to provide accommodations for people with disabilities. From the early 1970s, people living at Center Park had access to a customized Metro bus, nicknamed “the love bus” by residents, designed to handle 16 wheelchairs. In May 1993, Metro announced it would be eliminating the Center Park…
ID Number:2000.107.19930518.4.02
Date:1993
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Herman McKinney in downtown Seattle, May 1993
Herman McKinney (1938-2014) was a community leader in Seattle who spent decades advocating for equal opportunity in corporate hiring, and for diversity in graduate education. McKinney left a career in banking to pursue social work, receiving a MSW degree from University of Washington in 1968. He the joined the staff at UW, serving as Assistant Dean of the Minority Division…
ID Number:2000.107.19930520.5.04
Date:1993
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Fortune cookies at Tsue Chong Co., Seattle, July 16, 1993
Tsue Chong Company was founded in 1917 by Gar Hip Louie on South Jackson Street in Seattle’s Chinatown neighborhood. Gar Hip founded the company as a noodle factory to supply the numerous local Chinese restaurants. In 1924, Gar Hip’s son Fat Yuen Louie took over the business, moving it to 8th and King Street. In the 1950s, Fat Yuen’s wife,…
ID Number:2000.107.19930716.3.35
Date:1993