Artifact Details

Description

This is a black and white image of J. Presper Eckert, smiling, standing on the left and the Reverend Leon H. Sullivan standing on the right. Reverend Sullivan is smiling and is holding a scissor and has just cut the ribbon. According to OOC, the man in the center might be the Reverend Thomas J. Ritter. They are attending the dedication of a Univac Solid State 80 computer to the Philadelphia-based Opportunities Industrialization Center. Stamped on verso side is "Credit Line OK T. FRANKLIN COMMERCIAL PORTRAITS FASHION 2443 N. 26TH STREET BAldwin [sic] 9-1603 PHILA. 32, PA."
Written in pencil on small white round label on original protective sleeve is "1255-25"

Date

1967-03-07

Photographer

Franklin, T.

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Other number

OOC 1255-25

Dimensions

10 x 8 in.

Format

Photographic print

Category

Publicity photograph; Identification photograph

Subject

Univac Solid State 80 (Computer); Opportunities Industrialization Center; Sullivan, Leon H.; Eckert, J. Presper, Jr.

Collection Title

J. Pres Eckert papers

Series Title

Photographs

Credit

Purchase of the Computer History Museum

Lot Number

X3115.2005