Artifact Details

Title

IBM Applications - Dillard's Department Store

Catalog Number

102645598

Type

Still Image

Description

Black and white. A woman is using a magnetic reader to ring up a shirt purchase for another woman who is standing behind the counter. There is a sign in the back that reads "Dillard's Instant Gift Wrap Available here 75c & $1" On the verso reads "The first retail store system to be delivered by IBM is now in operation at Dillard's department store in Little Rock, Ark. A sales clerk is shown passing an eletronic wand over the magnetic stripe on a merchandise rice tag to ring up a purchase. The new IBM 3650 retail store system features point-of-sale terminals that combine the functions of an advanced cash register with those of a computer entry device. The system speeds up customer transactions and also provides sales data to buyers faster so they can maintain adequate stocks of desired merchandise."

Publisher

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

Identifying Numbers

Other number #1264

Dimensions

overall: 10 x 8

Format

Photographic print

Category

Identification photograph; Publicity photograph

Subject

Computer industry--History; Electronic data processing--History; Computers--History

Credit

Courtesy of Gwen Bell

Lot Number

X7413.2015