Artifact Details

Title

Woman seated in front of Univac

Catalog Number

102665183

Type

Still Image

Description

This is a black and white image of a woman seated in front of a Univac computer with console and printer. She is holding a phone receiver and looking towards the left edge of the image. J. Presper Eckert describes this type of computer in his speech "Industry Science & Technology in Last Third of the Century, 1966" as "...general purpose terminal for a computer. It contains a control panel, a high speed line printer, card reading and punching equipment...." (p. 11). Written on verso side is "Fig. 12". Written in pencil on small white strip included with binder is "1337".

Identifying Numbers

Other number Fig 12
Other number OOC 1337

Dimensions

11 x 8 1/2 in.

Format

Photographic print

Category

Publicity photograph; Identification photograph

Subject

Univac (Computer); Eckert, J. Presper, Jr.

Collection Title

J. Pres Eckert papers

Series Title

Photographs

Credit

Purchase of the Computer History Museum

Lot Number

X3115.2005