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Charles De Gaulle’s Campaign: Visiting HP

Bill Hewlett shows Charles de Gaulle some products during a tour of HP's headquarters in Palo Alto in 1960. Enlarge
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Date: ca.1960

Bill Hewlett (right) taught Charles de Gaulle (center, in the double breasted jacket) about Hewlett-Packard on a tour of the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto. At the time, de Gaulle was serving roughly his second year as President of France.

Tags: 1960 • 1960s • Bill Hewlett • Charles de Gaulle • facility • Palo Alto • Stanford Research Park

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