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Two researchers working in a lab at Hewlett-Packard's Page Mill Road facility.
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HP Merges Industry and Science Together
Hewlett-Packard was founded on the belief that science and industry had much to offer one another. So, while some areas within Hewlett-Packard facilities looked and operated like industrial factories, ...
Sanborn plant employees teaching assembly techniques to a group of women at the Cambridge Community Center.
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HP Teaches Assembly Techniques
At a time when few women were pursuing careers in tech, and fewer electronics companies were willing to hire women for fear of turnover, HP was actively training women for careers in the industry. Her ...
A three-page article entitled Four HP Women: Counterparts Around the World.
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HP Women Around The Globe
By the mid-1960s, Hewlett-Packard employed more than 2,600 women, making up 37 percent of the company’s total workforce. In 1964, the company profiled four of those women from around the world. The pi ...
Behind the scenes photo from Hewlett-Packard's HP-TV television studio in the 1960s.
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HP-TV Studio: Quiet on the Set
Hewlett-Packard’s first in-house HP-TV television studio began at Page Mill Road around 1967. Since then, video has been an integral communication strategy for the company and has routinely been used ...
A company announcement from Dave Packard announcing the company's first Equal Opportunities Manager.
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HP’s First Equal Opportunities Manager
Hewlett-Packard always had a nondiscrimination policy in hiring, but its understanding of how best to address racial inequality evolved continuously throughout its existence. In 1968, CEO Dave Packard ...
A photo of three women working in an office performing marketing and public relations duties.
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HP’s Marketing & PR Get Sophisticated
By the 1960s, Hewlett-Packard’s marketing and public relations operations were centralizing and growing more sophisticated, with more standardized branding and messaging in advertising across product ...
Photo of Jean Kimes.
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Jean Kimes: Minority Education Leader
In 1968 Jean Kimes took a leave of absence from the Microwave Division to work with adult and juvenile minority education programs in San Francisco, where she spent much of her time helping her studen ...
John Young's CEO of the Year award from Financial World magazine, awarded to him in 1992.
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John Young: From Engineer to CEO
Hewlett-Packard’s rapid growth and unique company culture meant that employees who embraced the company ethos could go far. The young engineer on the far right watching a microwave product test is Joh ...
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Keeping Count: Sanborn/Frommer Model 75
HP’s Sanborn/Frommer Model 75 electronically counted the red and white blood cells in samples, offering researchers and medical staff a faster, easier and more accurate method than manual counts. Desi ...
A photo of the HP 8551 microwave spectrum analyzer.
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Key Measurables: HP 8551
The 8551 was Hewlett-Packard’s first microwave spectrum analyzer. It was capable of measurements in ranges far beyond anything else available at the time. It expanded the market fivefold and became th ...