Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of women workers on assembly line at the International Telemeter Corporation, ca.1940. In the foreground at center extending into the background, eight women works can be seen sitting along a table. In front of each woman, a smooth rectangular slab with a raised axle structure at its center rests upon the table. Connected to this axle, a rectangular electronic board can be seen. In some cases two columns support the other end of the board, while other woman show the board slanted at an angle. In the foreground, a woman holds a pair of pliers and finely adjusts the board. Also on the table, two spools of wiring can be seen near two small boxes. To the far right, frustum-shaped glass containers are visible hanging slightly above the surface of the table. Inside the container, a small cylindrical object can be seen. Additional containers can be seen in the background and on the top shelf of the desk in the extreme foreground to the right. In the background to the left, a "Coca-Cola" machine is visible near a smaller box labeled "Pepsi-Cola". Above these machines, a circular clock hangs beside several encased wires. In the extreme background at center, a group of men can be seen. Back of photoprint reads: "Assembling cores on memory planes at the International Telemeter Corporation. There are memory planes holding as few as 1000 cores and others with over 32,000. The size depends on the capacity of the electronic memory. At present these planes are assembled by hand. Telemeter, however, is developing methods for automating this operation so that the cost of Ferrite-core memories may be reduced".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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