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Addison Avenue: Recognizing HP’s Roots
After the property’s mass renovation in 2005, the garage at 367 Addison Avenue remains a recognizable landmark of Hewlett-Packard history.
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Addison Avenue: Restored Garage
The interior of the Addison Avenue garage was fully renovated, capturing the look and feel of Bill and Dave’s workspace in the early days.
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Addison Avenue: Restored Workbench
Part of the garage’s restoration process included outfitting an original workbench, complete with 200A and 200B oscillators.
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Addison Avenue: Staying Original
Throughout the restoration of all three buildings on the Addison Avenue property, craftsmen painstakingly saved as much original material as they could. Rafters with moderate damage were repaired and ...
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Addison Avenue: Stronger with Steel
The garage was given a steel substructure to make it earthquake resistant. It was then rebuilt using its original boards and reclaimed wood from an old barn nearby.
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Addison Avenue: The Garage
The garage at 367 Addison Avenue became a Silicon Valley icon. Dave and Bill worked there in 1938 and 1939 while living on the property, and it was there that they developed Hewlett-Packard’s first pr ...
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An Early Benchmark at Addison Avenue
The Addison Avenue garage proved to be a successful space for Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett to develop technology. Their 200A audio oscillators and 200B oscillators found a home on the workbench.
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Harvey Zieber: HP’s First Employee
Harvey Zieber began working as an assistant to Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in the Addison Avenue garage, making him Hewlett-Packard’s first employee. He was also the only Hewlett-Packard employee be ...
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The Founders Return to Addison Avenue
A half-century after Hewlett-Packard was founded, Bill and Dave returned to the garage where their incredible journey began.
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Welcome to the Garage
Take a tour inside the Addison Avenue garage and learn how it became the birthplace of Silicon Valley.