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IBM 026 Printing Card Punch, Fondren Library, Rice University
(1966-04)The automated charging system was created by IBM. -
Invitation to the Formal Opening of Rice Institute, addressed to Dr. James Edwin Thompson, President of Victoria University of Manchester
(1912)Invitations such as this one were sent out to delegates from the world's universities to invite them to celebrate the opening of Rice Institute and to make a statement about the kind place Rice was to be. The invitation ... -
Jane Griffin and Martin Graham in front of R1 computer, Rice University Computer Project
(1959)In 1956, three Rice University faculty members, Zevi Salsburg, John Kilpatrick, and Larry Biedenharn, brought supercomputing to the school for the first time in the form of the R1 computer. While it wasn’t the first computer ... -
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Joel Cyprus wiring a rack in the Control section of the R1 computer, Rice University
(1959)In 1956, three Rice University faculty members, Zevi Salsburg, John Kilpatrick, and Larry Biedenharn, brought supercomputing to the school for the first time in the form of the R1 computer. While it wasn’t the first computer ... -
John F. Kennedy speaking at Rice Stadium, Rice University
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Jones College Beer Bike entrance, Rice University
(1983)Before the Beer Bike parade became a tradition with floats, the colleges would ride in a car or on motorcycles to get to the track in the Rice Stadium parking lot. -
Lead programmer John Iliffe in front of Arithmetic Unit Racks of the R1 computer, Rice University
(1959-02-28)In 1956, three Rice University faculty members, Zevi Salsburg, John Kilpatrick, and Larry Biedenharn, brought supercomputing to the school for the first time in the form of the R1 computer. While it wasn’t the first computer ... -
Lee's Owls performing during Homecoming sign-up, Rice Institute
(1951)The first Homecoming and Reunion occurred in 1919.
