Robert Shearman Clip 1: Working for IBM at the 1964 World's Fair
Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Robert Shearman
Date: Time Period: 1964 - 1965; 2014-08-22; Interview recorded: Aug 22, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:22
Creator: Robert Shearman interviewed by Abigail Banks
Identifier: aql:18415 shearman_robert_clip1
Description: Mr. Shearman was hired by IBM in 1963 and invited to work at the IBM pavilion during the Fair. He was originally reluctant to do so but decided it was a good opportunity. IBM paid for new suits from Chips Tailors for every employee who worked at the Fair. Shearman began training with IBM in Spring 1964 and was assigned to work as Systems Engineer at the pavilion. He worked on the Character Recognition Display at the pavilion, where visitors hand-wrote dates on an IBM punchcard and the computer would pull up the New York Times headline from the date they wrote down.
Creator :
Robert Shearman interviewed by Abigail Banks
Date :
Time Period: 1964 - 1965; 2014-08-22; Interview recorded: Aug 22, 2014
Summary/Description :
Mr. Shearman was hired by IBM in 1963 and invited to work at the IBM pavilion during the Fair. He was originally reluctant to do so but decided it was a good opportunity. IBM paid for new suits from Chips Tailors for every employee who worked at the Fair. Shearman began training with IBM in Spring 1964 and was assigned to work as Systems Engineer at the pavilion. He worked on the Character Recognition Display at the pavilion, where visitors hand-wrote dates on an IBM punchcard and the computer would pull up the New York Times headline from the date they wrote down.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Exhibitions
Relation :
Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Robert Shearman
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition.; Total running time: 0:02:22
Identifier :
aql:18415 shearman_robert_clip1
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Exhibitions
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Exhibitions
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