Artifact Details
Title
PDP-1 at Parachute Contest roll 2Catalog Number
102749585Type
Still imageDate
ca. 1962Publisher
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Identifying Numbers
| File number | 864 | DEC identification number |
Format
NegativeDescription
There are large format negatives (2.25"x2.25"-probably 120 format film) in an inner envelope with Roll #2 written on it. There are two contact sheets with 11 images from the negatives.There is an "A-frame" structure with "Computing Center", "digital" and PDP-1 on it. Inside is a PDP-1. There are young women in some contact prints. Most of the contact prints follow a parachute descending.
There is a vehicle with an emblem, Civil Air Patrol / USAF Auxillary, which may have been related to the parachute jump. See related items.
Category
Publicity photograph; SnapshotsCollection Title
Digital Equipment Corporation recordsSeries Title
Still images: NegativesCredit
Gift of Hewlett-Packard CompanyLot Number
X2675.2004Related Records
| 102749584 | PDP-1 at Parachute Contest roll 1 |