This is a black and white image of Walter Cronkite, Harold Sweeney, and John Presper Eckert Jr. and a UNIVAC at the 1952 election. Walter Cronkite is on the extreme right of the image holding printouts from the typewriter machine. The caption at the bottom of the image reads "Walter Cronkite, veteran CBS anchorman, is briefed on UNIVAC's fine points by console operator Harold Sweeney during preparations for election night, 1952 while J. Presper Eckert Jr. looks on."
Date
1952 ca.
Dimensions
overall: 8 in x 10 in
Copyright Holder
Public domain
Category
Photograph
Subject
UNIVAC; Cronkite, Walter; Eckert, J. Presper, Jr.; Sweeney, Harold