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Airline Computer Network

Date: 09 26 1984
Description: A woman uses an early commercial computer network that allows travel agents to book their own flights without the use of a telephone.
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1977
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks featuring a color illustration of a computer monitor with arms placing trucks on a map of the United States. In...
Photograph

Check-in at the Airport

Date: 
Description: Congressman David R. Obey (right) at the check-in counter at a Wisconsin airport. This view from behind the counter shows a woman checking his ticket and t...
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Cafe on the Square

Date: 10 09 2014
Description: Interior view of three young men sitting at a bar facing the window of a cafe, shaded by an outdoor awning. The building across the street has a glass faca...
Photograph

Johnson Public House

Date: 04 25 2015
Description: View across street towards a bicycle and traffic barrel standing on the sidewalk in front of a coffee shop. A sign above the first floor windows reads: "Jo...
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New IBM Machines at North Western Railroad Yard

Date: 08 29 1958
Description: R. E. Gilbert posing behind a desk-sized IBM machine, known as a integrated-data processor. Gilbert holds in his hand a punched paper roll containing up-to...
Photograph

New IBM Machines at North Western Railroad Yard

Date: 08 29 1958
Description: North Western railroad yard employee John Eith is shown with punch cards in hand by a new IBM "accounting apparatus". He is "awaiting information from one ...

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