The Univac Computing Center of the Franklin Institute Laboratories
Philadelphia, PA: Franklin Institute, 1960. Very Good. Item #48735
Philadelphia: The Franklin Institute, n.d., ca. 1960. Large computer printed dot-matrix portrait of Benjamin Franklin (37.5x108cm) on conjoined printout paper. Accompanied by a small pictorial souvenir palm card titled "The Automaton" in original Franklin Institute envelope. Print-out folded with brief splitting along the perforation of two segments, else a Very Good example.
Possibly unrecorded souvenir printout portrait of Benjamin Franklin using exclusively &s and Ws at the Univac Computing Center at the Franklin Institute. The Universal Automatic Computer was purchased by the Institute in 1956, occupying an entire floor of the premises and used both for research and as a public exhibition.
This printout was likely a souvenir for the exhibition, the portrait accompanied by an explanation of the laboratories, "equipped with highly efficient computing machines for the solution of specific problems in research and development programs for business and industry..." This is followed by a detailed floorplan of the Univac installation, complete with observation room for the public. At the bottom of the print out: "This entire demonstration was printed in less than twenty-five seconds."
No examples traced in the auction record, the trade, or OCLC as of July, 2026.
Price: $1,500.00