Woman operating a UNIVAC printer in a library – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic print captures Woman operating a UNIVAC printer in a library in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Woman operating a UNIVAC printer in a library
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A woman sits at the controls of a UNIVAC printer, a machine that turned computer output into printed text, and the setting is a library rather than the data center where such equipment usually lived. That pairing is what makes the picture worth a second look. UNIVAC, built by the Eckert-Mauchly company and later sold under Remington Rand, was among the first commercial computers in the United States, and by the 1950s and 1960s libraries were beginning to experiment with automation for cataloging and records. The scene captures an early moment when computing was still new enough to seem out of place among the card catalogs and reading tables.
| Original scan | 6,268 × 5,110 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15437_Totherescuemanylibrariansbelie |
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