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Gas Sphere, Green Bay, Wisconsin, ca. 1940s
Year:
1940 to 1949
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Photograph of a spherical gasoline storage tank in Green Bay, Wisconsin, possibly constructed for or used by the Institute of Gas Technology or one of its member institutions. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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UNISERVO VIII-C tape drives and UNIVAC 1108/II computer, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1969
Year:
1969
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Description
Photograph of a man working on UNIVAC UNISERVO VIII-C tape drives and UNIVAC 1108 Model II computer in the Computer Science Building (3201 S. Michigan). The UNIVAC 1108/II was one of the most powerful computers in Illinois at the time of its installation, and it replaced the IBM 360/75 located in the Commons basement. Photographer unknown, possibly Dan Ryan. Date of photograph is unknown. Date… more
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Dr. Rollin Dix and UNIVAC computer, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca.1970s
Year:
1969 to 1979
Contributors
Commess, Herb
Description
Photograph of Dr. Rollin Dix with a UNIVAC computer (likely the UNIVAC 1108 Model II). Dr. Dix joined the IIT faculty in 1964, and retired in 2004. Date unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Woman with Univac computer, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1970s
Year:
1969 to 1979
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Description
Photograph of an unidentified woman and a UNIVAC computer (likely the UNIVAC 1108 Model II). Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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The Blue Flame, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, 1970
Year:
1970
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Description
Transparency depicting the car known as the Blue Flame that set the land speed record on October 23, 1970 at Bonneville Flats, Utah. Powered by ignited liquefied natural gas, the car was conceived by Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute colleagues Dick Keller and Ray Dausman and constructed by Reaction Dynamics, Inc. in Milwaukee. Henry R. Linden, then President of the Institute of… more
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