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Charles De Gaulle’s Campaign: Visiting HP
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 rou ...
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Ciao: Sanborn Products Arrive in Italy
Acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1961, the Sanborn Division and its products became increasingly popular throughout the 1960s. By 1965, Sanborn had introduced intensive care equipment while its famed Vi ...
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Constructing a Cathode-Ray Tube
Workers assembled cathode-ray tube electron guns required for the 175A oscilloscope. By the early 1960s, the HP Tube Lab produced virtually all CRTs used in Hewlett-Packard oscilloscopes. Women were a ...
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Cooperation: HP’s Colorado Springs Facility
Dedicated in 1963, Hewlett-Packard’s Colorado Springs facility was home to production for the company’s thriving oscilloscope business.
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Cubicles Don’t Change HP Collegiality
By the 1960s, cubicles had caught on for administrative personnel, but they didn’t change the collegiality that characterized Hewlett-Packard workspaces.
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Doctor’s Orders: HP Acquires Sanborn
Hewlett-Packard entered the field for medical electronics with the acquisition of the Sanborn Company of Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1961. Sanborn continued as a distinct division within Hewlett-Packar ...
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Protected: Early Policies for Success
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Easily Conveyed: Moseley Production
Production employees went to work on the conveyor line at the Moseley division facility. The division was Hewlett-Packard’s first foray into the printing and imaging industry, following Hewlett-Packar ...
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Equal Opportunity Focus at HP
The 1960s brought a new scrutiny to race and inequality in the United States. Dave Packard explained to managers what this climate meant for Hewlett-Packard Company, an organization that always abhorr ...
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Ercil Joseph Breaks Calibrating Record
In 1962, associate Ercil Joseph earned recognition when she set the calibrating record for Hewlett-Packard’s 608 signal generator, calibrating 24 units in a single day. Women like Joseph were welcomed ...