Men and women working at many rows of Assembly line methods in a post-war Burroughs factory. Key pads and some gears are visible on most of the machines on the line.
Created:
1946
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
An assembly room full of workers building unidentified components and instruments for aircraft. A large clock reading 3:47 can be seen in the center foreground of the image. Plymouth facility, Department 138.
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Several women with their backs to the camera, stand at large tilted boards wire the harnesses. The woman in foreground is binding wires together following a schematic on paper pinned to the work surface. The other women are engaged in similar work.
Created:
1957?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Workers assembling F4000 electronic sorters at the Plymouth, Michigan, plant. Eleven men are shown working on five sorters. A man in the foreground is using an oscilloscope to check circuits.
Created:
1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Exterior of Burroughs Machine Co. with hundreds of employees standing in front of the building and on lower rooftop. A few people have climbed trees and a light pole in front of the facility.
Created:
1906
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Two women in dresses, jackets, and hats pose by machines with belts and pulleys connected to the ceiling of the factory. One woman is standing in foreground, one in middle-ground. The diagonal line formed by repetition of belts connecting large and small wheels create a visually dynamic photograph.
Created:
1910?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Eight employees doing various tasks. The automatic assembly line protrudes from the right into the center of the room. A handwritten sign hanging in the background reads: "Did you turn off your Switch????"
Created:
1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A man places a completed gryosyn in a crate with eleven other gyrosyns. Two additional gyrosyns can be seen to his right. Testing work stations and equipment can be seen in the background.
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Fourteen employees in clean room jackets, caps, and booties, do on disk files. Flying head assemblies can be seen hanging on racks in the center and left of the room.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Three women using drill presses to manufacture parts. Two drill presses bear the manufacturer label of the Chas. G. Allen Company. Companion image to ID no. 283.
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A long row of men working with drill press machinery which are driven by belts and wheels hanging from the ceiling of the factory. Two men are standing behind the row of workers, against the windows.
Created:
1915?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Factory scene showing several men operating punch presses. The images is visually dynamic, with strong diagonal lines created by the position of the machinery and operators.
Created:
1948
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A woman using a drill press to manufacture brackets. The drill press bears the manufacturer label of the Chas. G. Allen Company. Companion image to ID no. 280.
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Man assembles gears for the millionth machine manufactured by Burroughs. Trays of parts are in the foreground and other employees visible are visible in the background.
Created:
1926
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A middle aged man seated at a work bench assembling the millionth machine manufactured by Burroughs. Tools and parts on either side of machine are clearly visible : factory window panes form background.
Created:
1926
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Two boys are looking at Burroughs Advertising posters and machine parts on a display table in the Plymouth, Michigan, factory. A cluster of adults, also looking at the display table, can be seen on the left of the image. The far right panel promotes Burroughs' Defense Products and features the crate of gyrosyns seen in image ID no. 319 as its gr...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Three Burroughs Adding machines and calculators are set up on a long table. A crowed of people are looking at the machines and two girls are trying the machines. Two Advertising signs over the table are visible and read (right to left) "Introducing the Director 200, Try It!," "Investigate before you Calculate! See the Burroughs Calculator with M...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Burroughs factory exterior and parking lot. Many people are walking around the building, and a small sign with an arrow reads: "Open House Entrance." Companion image to ID no. 356 and no. 357.
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Donald Pero and Fernando Rietmann of the Sao Paulo, Brazil, plant watch as Fred Niemi, Supervisor of Assembly, Erection and Final Adjusting of Series P machines, inspects a partially assembled gear box.
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A woman test an A-4 gun sight. "Calibration test fixture RTL-5201 B" instruments are on the work table to her right and left. She is pressing a toggle switch on the machine to her right.
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Three men doing quality control testing of memory units, possibly for the B5500. Sign on back wall reads "Zero Defect[s] with " Progress Precision" in a circle at the center. An oscilloscope on a cart stands next to the foremost unit.
Created:
1968
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A woman sits at a small desk operating a ten key machine which is connected to the new commercial inspection machine. Her key strokes activate the inspection machine, which executes the same strokes on the machines being tested. A man is looking at the paper tape on one of the machines being tested. Companion image to ID no. 348 and no. 347.
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
View of a woman's hands operating a Burroughs ten key adding machine. The machine is placed in front of a line of machines undergoing quality control testing with the "new mechanized commercial inspector." Companion image to ID no. 347 and no. 349.
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Automated quality control tests using a "new mechanized commercial inspector." Close up of the testing mechanism and the paper tape feed of a ten-key adding machine. Companion image to ID no. 348 and no. 349.
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
The Royal Couple and various officials standing in the lobby of the Burroughs Strathleven, Scotland, facility. Included in the entourage are Burroughs' President, John S. Coleman (on the queen's left), and Strathleven Factory Manager, James T. FitzGerald (far left of the image). April 16, 1953
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
The queen looks on as workers test Adding machines and calculators during her tour through Department 32 of the Burroughs Strathleven facility. April 16, 1953.
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Mr. Coleman and Mr. FitzGerald watch the queen's reaction to a display of eight Adding machines and calculators in Department 5 of the Strathleven facility.
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Queen Elizabeth II looks on as three Burroughs employees assemble Adding machines and calculators. A variety of officials escorting the queen can be seen around her, and obstruct a view of the rest of the factory interior. Burroughs President, John S. Coleman stands at the far left. April 16, 1953
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
