Object Details
Description
“Newsweek” Magazine, 84 pages, February 22, 1982, $1.50. Pages 50-56 in the Business Section is entitled “To Each His Own Computer.” The lead picture is James Egan standing next to a display of computers and software in the New York City ComputerLand store.
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
Credit Line
In memory of James S. Egan
date made
1982
ID Number
2017.3153.08
nonaccession number
2017.3153
catalog number
2017.3153.08
Object Name
magazine
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 27.2 cm x 20.8 cm x .2 cm; 10 23/32 in x 8 3/16 in x 3/32 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1867084