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Photo, Print, Drawing Photographs for an exhibition ("A Computer Perspective")

About this Item

Title

  • Photographs for an exhibition ("A Computer Perspective")

Summary

  • Photographs assembled and used in exhibition sponsored by IBM, and a book based upon the exhibition. Most images are copy photographs used to create "History Wall," a timeline (1890-1950) showing the origins and development of computing machinery (from ca. 1830), and computers (from early analog computers in the 1920s). Images include portraits, and portrait photographs beginning ca. 1850, of mathematicians and scientists--early pioneers in computer development--such as Charles Babbage, Herman Hollerith, Wallace J. Eckert, Albert Einstein, Alan Turing, and John Von Neumann; many types of calculating machinery--including punch-card and time-keeping machinery; electric typewriters, data processing systems, and people using machines; close-up and interior views of computers and machinery, including circuitry and chips; and images of graphics, three-dimensional objects, typography, and illustrations; close-up and details of exhibition panels; scale models of exhibit; design layouts, and installation; visitors viewing the exhibition. Includes images of Charles Eames, Ray Eames, and Eames Office staff at work.

Names

  • Fleck, Glen, photographer
  • Office of Charles and Ray Eames, designer
  • Office of Charles and Ray Eames, photographer
  • International Business Machines Corporation, client

Created / Published

  • 1960-1980, bulk 1969-1971.

Headings

  • -  Office of Charles and Ray Eames--People--1960-1980
  • -  Office of Charles and Ray Eames--Exhibitions & displays--1960-1980
  • -  International Business Machines Corporation--Exhibitions & displays--1960-1980
  • -  Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1960-1980
  • -  Calculators--1830-1950
  • -  Computers--1920-1980
  • -  Computer circuits--1920-1980
  • -  Machinery--1830-1950
  • -  Punched card systems--1830-1950
  • -  Mathematicians--1830-1950
  • -  Scientists--1830-1950
  • -  Architectural models--1960-1980

Format Headings

  • Book illustrations--1830-1980--Reproductions--1960-1980.
  • Contact sheets--1960-1980.
  • Gelatin silver prints--1960-1980.
  • Periodical illustrations--Reproductions--1960-1980.
  • Photographic prints--1850-1980--Reproductions--1960-1980.

Genre

  • Contact sheets--1960-1980
  • Gelatin silver prints--1960-1980
  • Photographic prints--1850-1980--Reproductions--1960-1980
  • Book illustrations--1830-1980--Reproductions--1960-1980
  • Periodical illustrations--Reproductions--1960-1980

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Organized into 2 LOT subdivisions.
  • -  Finding aid available in Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
  • -  LOT title devised; few photographs have individual captions.
  • -  Eames office inventory location: NB053, NB054, NB055, NB056, NB057, and NB130.
  • -  Corresponding negatives in series LC-E10, LC-E11, LC-E12, LC-E13, LC-E17, and LC-E160.
  • -  Many of these photographs are copies of images in books, magazines, and items from various collections, including the IBM Archives. For a list of institutions and a key to images in the book see Office of Charles and Ray Eames' A computer perspective, 1973; the remaining photographs were taken by Charles Eames, Ray Eames, or other Eames Office staff members, including Frank Charron, Glen Fleck, Alex Funke, Ted Organ, and Bill Tondreau. A few photographs taken by Jerry Masey.
  • -  Some project information from Neuhart's Eames design: the work of the office of Charles and Ray Eames, 1989.
  • -  Exhibition on display at the IBM Corporate Exhibit Center, 590 Madison Avenue, New York, New York from February 17, 1971 through mid 1975.
  • -  Forms part of the collection known as the "Work of Charles and Ray Eames."
  • -  Gift; Ray Eames; 1989; (DLC/PP-1989:150).

Medium

  • 1,117 contact sheets (6,122 images) : b&w and some color ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
  • 344 photographic prints : b&w and color ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
  • 18 items : photomechanical print ; 8 x 11 in. + 19 p. text.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13201 (G) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Work of Charles and Ray Eames (Library of Congress)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98518462

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, Designer, and Client International Business Machines Corporation, Fleck, Glen, and Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, photographer. Photographs for an exhibition "A Computer Perspective". New York, 1960. to 1980, Bulk 1969 to 1971. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98518462/.

APA citation style:

Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, D. & International Business Machines Corporation, C., Fleck, G. & Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, photographer. (1960) Photographs for an exhibition "A Computer Perspective". New York, 1960. to 1980, Bulk 1969 to 1971. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98518462/.

MLA citation style:

Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, Designer, and Client International Business Machines Corporation, photographers by Fleck, Glen, and Office Of Charles And Ray Eames. Photographs for an exhibition "A Computer Perspective". to 1980, Bulk 1969 to 1971. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/98518462/>.