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- Bob Metcalfe - Bob Metcalfe is an iconoclast with strong opinions and boundless energy. When he reflects on his multifaceted, successful career, Bob Metcalfe considers himself to have been a lucky man, always in the right place at the right time.
- February 08, 2011
- Collections - Video
Bob Metcalfe
Bob Metcalfe is an iconoclast with strong opinions and boundless energy. When he reflects on his multifaceted, successful career, Bob Metcalfe considers himself to have been a lucky man, always in the right place at the right time.
- Serial Innovator - Creator of Ethernet, venture capitalist and networking engineer Bob Metcalfe talks technological innovation and what it takes to stay on the cutting edge of invention.
- June 01, 2014
- Collections - Article
Serial Innovator
Creator of Ethernet, venture capitalist and networking engineer Bob Metcalfe talks technological innovation and what it takes to stay on the cutting edge of invention.
- Transceiver, Section of the Original Ethernet, 1973-1974 - This is a section of the original Ethernet, developed by Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in 1973. PARC was a center of innovation; this pioneering internetworking architecture was developed to connect (PARC-developed) personal computers to (PARC-developed) laser printers. Ethernet has changed business and home computing and has reigned for thirty years as a global standard.
- 1973-1974
- Collections - Artifact
Transceiver, Section of the Original Ethernet, 1973-1974
This is a section of the original Ethernet, developed by Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in 1973. PARC was a center of innovation; this pioneering internetworking architecture was developed to connect (PARC-developed) personal computers to (PARC-developed) laser printers. Ethernet has changed business and home computing and has reigned for thirty years as a global standard.
- Librarian Ken Metcalf, December 21, 1959 - Detroit native Ken Metcalf earned degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Michigan. He joined the Edison Institute -- today's The Henry Ford -- as librarian in 1954. He later became deputy archivist as well. Metcalf expanded the library's holdings, contributed to museum exhibits, wrote multiple books, and frequently presented at professional and civic organizations.
- Collections - Artifact
Librarian Ken Metcalf, December 21, 1959
Detroit native Ken Metcalf earned degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Michigan. He joined the Edison Institute -- today's The Henry Ford -- as librarian in 1954. He later became deputy archivist as well. Metcalf expanded the library's holdings, contributed to museum exhibits, wrote multiple books, and frequently presented at professional and civic organizations.
- Reprint of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Gasoline Engines, 1910-1930 -
- 1910-1930
- Collections - Artifact
Reprint of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Gasoline Engines, 1910-1930
- Trade Card for Sohmer Pianos, Sohmer Piano Co., 1882-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1882-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Sohmer Pianos, Sohmer Piano Co., 1882-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Edison Institute Librarian Kenneth Metcalf, April 21, 1958 - Detroit native Ken Metcalf earned degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Michigan. He joined the Edison Institute -- today's The Henry Ford -- as librarian in 1954. He later became deputy archivist as well. Metcalf expanded the library's holdings, contributed to museum exhibits, wrote multiple books, and frequently presented at professional and civic organizations.
- April 21, 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Institute Librarian Kenneth Metcalf, April 21, 1958
Detroit native Ken Metcalf earned degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Michigan. He joined the Edison Institute -- today's The Henry Ford -- as librarian in 1954. He later became deputy archivist as well. Metcalf expanded the library's holdings, contributed to museum exhibits, wrote multiple books, and frequently presented at professional and civic organizations.
- Trade Card for Ball's Health Preserving Corsets, 1880-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Ball's Health Preserving Corsets, 1880-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Trade Card for Ball's Health Preserving Corsets, 1880-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Ball's Health Preserving Corsets, 1880-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Trade Card for Ball's Health Preserving Corsets, 1880-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Ball's Health Preserving Corsets, 1880-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.