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Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard presenting a box of gifts during a Hewlett-Packard holiday party in 1947.
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The Hewlett-Packard Holiday Party
The Hewlett-Packard holiday party was a big affair, featuring both bonus checks and, before the company got too large, gifts.
Dave and Lucile Packard announcing raffle winners in 1945.
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The Homefront: HP Promotes War Bonds
Hewlett-Packard was a regular booster of war bonds. Company publications exhorted employees to maintain high participation levels, and Dave and Lucile Packard hosted raffles at war bond rallies to hel ...
Photo of the corporate seal embossing stamp for Hewlett-Packard (side view).
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The Incorporation of Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company formally incorporated in 1947 — prior to that, it had been a private partnership between Bill and Dave. An embossing stamp gave the new corporation its own seal.
Exterior of the Redwood Building at 395 Page Mill Road. This was the first company-owned building.
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The Redwood Building at HP
Hewlett-Packard’s wartime expansion necessitated that the company construct their first company-owned building, at 395 Page Mill Road, in 1942. It was nicknamed “the Redwood Building,” and constituted ...
Photo of Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett working at a workbench in the 1940s.
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The Wartime Partnership
Bill Hewlett served in the United States Army during World War II, serving most of his stint in Washington, D.C. and rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Dave Packard ran the young company while ...
A photo from 1940 showing the use of open spaces where employees could see each other but have their own individual space.
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The Way We Work: Open Spaces at HP
The use of open spaces with employees able to see and communicate with each other while having their own workstations came early in the company’s manufacturing history, and remained thereafter.
Copy of Watt's Current from August 16, 1946 with Marjorie Kidd, Barbara Ames and others working in the Drafting Department.
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Top Draft Pick: HP’s Drafting Department
Marjorie Kidd, Barbara Ames and others worked in the Drafting Department during the war years. A separate issue of Watt’s Current ran a profile on Ames (second from right), noting that she was “indeed ...
Photo of Vic Carson working at a workbench.
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Vic Carson: HP’s First Lab Employee
Vic Carson (left) was the first Hewlett-Packard employee dedicated to lab work and R&D. Thousands would follow in his footsteps, with HP Labs becoming a dedicated division in 1966.
Photo of a microwave signal generator with a crowd gathered around during a demonstration in 1947.
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Well Equipped: HP WW2 Tech
World War II had brought Hewlett-Packard into its first involvement in radar and microwave technologies. After the war, and continuing for more than two decades, Hewlett-Packard would be an industry l ...
A Watt's Current article on Willard Jones.
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Willard Jones: Diversity Pioneer at HP
Willard Jones was Hewlett-Packard Company’s earliest-known African American employee, having joined the company by December 1943. Jones’ position with the company isn’t clear, but he clearly fit right ...