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The cover of Watt's Current from January 1961 with Patrica Vogt & Wally Brann working on a Dressagraph Multilift Model 1275.
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A Lift: Dressagraph Multilift Model 1275
Patrica Vogt and Wally Brann worked on a Dressagraph Multilift Model 1275, a printer that had a capacity of 50,000 impressions or 25,000 sheets a day. Vogt was one of 2,600 women who worked at Hewlett ...
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Bill and Dave Meet at the Mosaic
In this photo from 1961, HP founders Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett are shown in discussion before Mary Henry’s mosaic mural at the company’s new headquarters. Such scenes were common, as employees and ...
Two women working the Hewlett-Packard exhibit at the Fourth Tokyo International Trade Fair.
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HP at Fourth Tokyo International Trade Fair
Two women worked the Hewlett-Packard exhibit at the Fourth Tokyo International Trade Fair. The booth featured a scale model of the company’s main plant. “The model plus the flanking color transparenci ...
Dave Packard (left) with NYSE President G. Keith Funston (center) and Mortimer Marcus (right), a stock specialist.
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Stock Option: HP on the NYSE
Hewlett-Packard stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 17, 1961, just four years after its 1957 initial public offering.
Photo of the Hewlett-Packard toolroom taken in 1961. A man behind the counter is handing a tool to an HP worker.
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The Tool Kit: Open Access to HP Tools
It was company policy at Hewlett-Packard that employees have open access to tools and parts. Bill and Dave believed that allowing employees freedom in pursuing work projects and hobbies that could aid ...
Three women working on a production line at Hewlett-Packard featuring Lazy Susans in 1961.
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Turntables: Lazy Susans on Production Lines
Lazy Susans were implemented across Hewlett-Packard production lines. Employees could perform complicated technical work on a stationary object, then simply rotate the turntable to perform the same op ...
The Sanborn Viso Cardiette device opened with front panel open showing printing area.
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Via Viso Cardiette: HP and Sanborn
Hewlett-Packard entered the line for medical instruments — and acquired its first East Coast division — with the acquisition of Sanborn Company of Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1961. Founded in 1917, one ...