Hewlett-Packard Historical Archive - Hewlett-Packard History

IT BEGINS

Six decades ago, HP's first patent was granted.

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GUESS HOW OLD IT IS

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It's hard to imagine now, but we didn't always have email! Come learn about HP's predecessor technology.

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Explore The Vault

Emily Duncan standing at the bottom of an outdoor staircase in an image dated 1993.

Women’s Voices at HP: Female Employees

Aaron Kennedy, Bess Stevens, Tony G. Coleman, Claude Robinson Jr. & Alice Morrison of the Black functional managers network.

Black History at Hewlett-Packard

Dave Packard as a young man posing beside a car.

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard

Dave Packard as a young man posing beside a car.

In the Beginning: HP Origins

Photo of the restored Hewlett-Packard house with a plaque indicating its listing in the National Historic Register.

Returning to Addison Avenue

Dave Packard speaking with an employee near a CRT monitor displaying 10,000th on its screen in 1977.

Business Breakthroughs: HP Milestones

John Young's CEO of the Year award from Financial World magazine, awarded to him in 1992.

The HP Way: Corporate Culture

A woman's reflection in a wafer of silicon chips featuring HP memristor technology.

Inspired by Innovation

Cover of Watt's Current from April 26, 1946 featuring Helen Culver on the cover seated at a typewriter.

Women’s Contributions to HP

Items from the HP Swag Bag

Marketing Milestones at HP

An ad for the HP 35 featuring the device held in one hand with text emphasizing its portability, power and reasonable price.

Hewlett-Packard Advertising Archives

Dave Packard working with a student as part of the Junior Achievement program in 1959.

Giving Back: HP’s Philanthropy

Front view of the HP 9100A programmable desktop calculator.

Hewlett-Packard Calculator Archives

Woman working with HP's Engineering Graphics System software on an HP 9000 Series 200 engineering workstation computer.

HP Pioneering the PC

A red Daruma doll with eyes open and HPE & HPI written on the bottom half.

HP’s Commemorative Collectibles

3D-printed model of a human hand with movable fingers and wrist.

Promoting 3D Printing

Photo of the HP 3000 minicomputer and a man working at a nearby terminal.

HP Servers: Dealing with Data

A man working at the Swiss screw machine in 1972.

Progress Made in HP Production

A carrying case with 10 smartwatches engineered by HP.

Timely Tech: Hewlett-Packard’s Watches

The HP 7963 storage drive held in someone's hands outside of its case.

HP’s Data Storage Evolution

Barney Oliver and Bill Hewlett showing science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke a prototype of the HP 9100A.

Famous Visitors at Hewlett-Packard

Photo of a microwave signal generator with a crowd gathered around during a demonstration in 1947.

Scientific Instruments at HP

HP's special edition Star Wars laptop, with packing foam resembling TIE fighters and packaging depicting Darth Vader.

HP’s Mobile Devices

Bill Hewlett with a number of female employees during a visit to HP in 1944 when he was a major in the Army.

HP During World War II

The HP DeskJet 500C with several examples of printouts.

In Print: HP Printing & Imaging

Dave Packard shakes hands with an unnamed Japanese official during the formation of Yokogawa Hewlett-Packard.

HP’s International Operations