Artifact Details

Title

Walter Cronkite and the Univac used in the 1952 election

Catalog Number

102707284

Type

Still Image

Description

This is a black and white negative of Walter Cronkite, Harold Sweeney, and John Presper Eckert Jr. and a UNIVAC at the 1952 election. All the men are wearing suits and ties. 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

Circa 1952

Dimensions

overall: 4 in x 5 in

Category

Photograph