SI Neg. 83-14878. Date: na...Grace Murray Hopper at the UNIVAC keyboard, c. 1960. Grace Brewster Murray: American mathematician and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was a pioneer in developing computer technology, helping to devise UNIVAC I. the first commercial electronic computer, and naval applications for COBOL (common-business-oriented language). ..Credit: Unknown (Smithsonian Institution)
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Blue Funnies 37 months ago | reply
This is a really intriguing photo, and I love that UNIVAC, but honestly? The first thing I thought when I saw this was, "Wow! Black guy!"
ImagesOfGomi 37 months ago | reply
I thought the same thing. For a photo from 1960, I see one black guy, one Indian (?) guy and one white guy, surrounding ol' granny Hopper (Dr. Hopper is one of the coolest people in American computer history, I think). You won't see as diverse a photo of an IT staff until the '90s, I think.
iltaadler 28 months ago | reply
Yes, I use this in a class I teach, and I want to know who are these people?!!!!
Is this real or some pre civil-rights publicity photo?
army boy2 22 months ago | reply
yaaaay a black guy who is he?