Artifact Details

Title

IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing System

Catalog Number

102641428

Type

Still Image

Description

B&W, view of IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing System on patterned tile floor with a carpet(?) in center. Black wall, left background; vertical blinds, center background; windows with horizontal blinds and white wall on right background. Three men in suits. One man at right looking at output from printer. Another man at left side turning away from a tape drive unit. One man in center, back, on arm chair in front of a control panel. Large circular, black ventilation port at center top in ceiling. Verso: "NOS-70" in black ink, upper right corner. "P4112" in black pencil, sideways, center left edge. "1952 FIRST "701"" in black ink, sideways, lower left.

Date

1952

Publisher

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

Identifying Numbers

Other number NOS-70
Other number P4112

Dimensions

8 1/8 x 10 in.

Format

Photographic print

Category

Identification photograph; Publicity photograph

Subject

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

Credit

Courtesy of Gwen Bell

Lot Number

X7413.2015