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ComputerLand Photograph

Object Details

Description
This 5" x 7" black and white photograph shows James Egan in front of a software display at the ComputerLand store in NYC. On the back, written in pencil are the dates 1981-82.
James Egan, Joseph Alfieri, Robert Kurland, and Thomas Vandermeulen of Facks Computer, Inc. were the owners of the first ComputerLand store in Manhattan.
ComputerLand was a nationwide chain of retail computer stores. They opened their first store in 1976 in Hayward, California. By 1990 most stores had closed and in early 1999 the company officially disbanded.
The objects in accession 2017.0321 and non-accession 2017.3153 are related.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Credit Line
In memory of James S. Egan
Measurements
overall: 12.6 cm x 17.8 cm; 4 31/32 in x 7 in
Object Name
photograph
ComputerLand Photograph, black and white, James Egan, 1981-82.
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