Artifact Details

Title

MIT Whirlwind exhibit at The Computer Museum

Catalog Number

102656971

Type

Still Image

Description

This is a color image from the 1991 “People and Computers” exhibit at The Computer Museum in Boston. The mannequin at the computer console represents original Whirlwind computer operator Joe Thompson. Behind a reader rail is a video loop showing Whirlwind in action from the 1951 news program, “See it Now,” hosted by Edward R. Murrow. There is a Museum visitor at the right of the photograph looking at this screen and a partial display of the exhibit label to the left of the photograph.

Publisher

The Computer Museum

Dimensions

8 x 10 in.

Format

Photographic print

Category

Publicity photograph; Identification photograph

Credit

Courtesy of Gwen Bell

Lot Number

X7413.2015