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Gerber Scientific Instrument Company
Records,
1911-1998 |
Extent and Forms of Material: 65.5 cubic feet, including
photographs, videotapes and one film (162 boxes)
Creator: Gerber Scientific Instrument Company
Abstract: Records document the Gerber Scientific Instrument
Company and its four subsidiaries: Gerber Garment Technology, Inc., Gerber Scientific
Products, Inc., Gerber Systems Corp., and Gerber Optical, Inc. Gerber Scientific
designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services computer aided design
and computer aided CAD/CAM systems. The records include correspondence, memoranda,
product literature, trade literature, patent records, instruction manuals, proposals,
engineering records, photographs, technical reports, drawings, press releases,
and newspaper clippings.
Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; archivescenter@si.edu;
202-633-3270; www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives
Collection Number: AC0929
Processing Note: Processed by Bob Ageton (volunteer), Jennifer
Dannenberg (intern), Adrienne Cain (intern) and Frank Robinson (archives technician),
supervised by Alison L. Oswald, archivist, March 2007.
© 2008 by the Smithsonian Institution. All rights reserved.
 Information for users of
the collection
Conditions Governing Access: The collection
is open for research use.
Physical Access: Researchers must handle unprotected
photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies
of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the
Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an “as
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original materials are available on reference video or audio tapes.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use: Copyright
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concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from
Archives Center: fees for commercial use.
Preferred Citation: [Title and date of item],
Gerber Scientific Instrument Company Records, 1911-1998, Archives
Center, National Museum of American History, box number X, folder
number XX, digital file number XXXXXXXX
Container listing: series 10, 11, 12
Series 1 :::
Series 2 :::
Series 3 ::: Series
4 ::: Series
5 ::: Series
6 ::: Series 7
::: Series 8
::: Series 9
::: Series 10
::: Series 11
::: Series 12
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SERIES
10, PATENT RECORDS, 1911-1985 |
| 145 |
1 |
Vitaminized Liquor,1929-1985
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2 |
Instrument for Measuring
Interpolating, 1950-1971 |
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3 |
Variable Scale, 1946-1970 |
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4 |
Derivimeter, 1957 |
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5 |
Graphanalogue (Great
Britain), 1957-1962 |
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6 |
Graphanalogue, #2,843,935,
1958-1968 |
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7 |
Annuities Due on Foreign
Patents, Equameter, 1961-1968 |
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8 |
Variable Scale Copyright,1964-1979 |
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9 |
Variable Scale Copyright,
1978 |
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10 |
Equameter, 1965 |
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11 |
Derivimeter-Copyright,
Registration # 202575, 1983 |
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12 |
Power Series-Equameter,
1984 |
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13 |
Fourier Series Equameters,
1984 |
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14 |
Equameter, 1985 |
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15 |
Data Reading Apparatus,
1958-1963 |
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16 |
Data Read Applications,
1963 |
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17 |
Scanner, 1943, 1962,
1967 |
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18 |
Desalination, 1911-1964 |
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19 |
Desalination-Power,
1962-1964 |
| 146 |
1 |
Data Reading Apparatus
(GOAT), 1936-1965 |
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2 |
Desalination, 1961-1966 |
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3 |
X-Y Plotter, 1947-1968 |
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4 |
Drive for Line Drawing,
Plotters Stepmotor Correction, 1969-1974 |
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5 |
Drive for Line Drawing,
Plotters Stepmotor Correction, 1968-1969 |
| 147 |
1 |
Drive for Line Drawing,
Plotters Stepmotor Correction, 1968 |
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2 |
Drive for Line Drawing,
Plotters Stepmotor Correction, 1966-1967 |
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3 |
Drive for Line Drawing,
Plotters Stepmotor Correction, 1959, 1963-1965 |
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4 |
VP-622 Verifier Plotter,
Print Head, 1965 |
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5 |
VP-622 Verifier Plotter,
Dynamic Balancing, 1965 |
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6 |
Stepping Motor Drive,
1964, 1966, 1969-1970 |
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7 |
48-46 Stepping Motor
Drive, undated |
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8 |
Stepping Motor Drive,
undated, 1966, 1968, 1970 |
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9 |
Stepping Motor Drive,
1962-64 |
| 148 |
1 |
Stepping Motor Drive,
1965-66, 1968, 1972 |
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2 |
Stepping Motor Drive,
1938, 1944, 1947,1950-1951,1954, 1956, 1958-1961, 1963 |
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3 |
Stepping Motor Drive,
1954, 1964-1965 |
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4 |
In Re: Bendix, 1965-1969 |
| 149 |
1 |
Title Search, Bendix
File II, 1970-1971 |
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2 |
VP-622 Verifier Plotter,
1940,1953, 1962, 1965-69, 1971, 1973 |
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3 |
Stepping Motor Patents,
1936,1959,1960-1964 |
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4 |
Stepping Motor Patents,
1942, 1947-1948,1951-1957, 1963-1964 |
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5 |
VP-622 Verifier Plotter,
Rubber coupling for stepping motor, 1965 |
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6 |
VP-622 Verifier Plotter,
Rack Cover, 1965 |
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7 |
VP-622 Verifier Plotter,
1965-1966 |
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8 |
Copyright Registration,
1962, 1964 |
| 150 |
1 |
Device for High Precision
Drilling of Small Holes, 1965 |
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2 |
Search-CalComp, File
3, 1961, 1975 |
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3 |
Search-CalComp, 48-64,
France, 1969 |
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4 |
Search-CalComp, 48-64,
Austria-Switzerland, 1970 |
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5 |
Search-CalComp, 48-64,
Germany-Holland, 1965-1966, 1970 |
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6 |
Search-CalComp, 48-64,
Great Britain, 1970 |
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7 |
Search-CalComp, 48-64,
Italy, 1962, 1966 |
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SERIES
11, LECTRA SYSTÈMES CASE, 1968-1990 |
| 151 |
1 |
Lectra case materials,
1968-1971 (progress reports on GerberCutter) |
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2 |
Lectra interrogatories
Nos. 9 and 10, undated |
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3 |
Lectra, 1981-1987 |
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4 |
Lectra, 1985-1986,
undated |
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5 |
Lectra, 1986-1990 |
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6 |
Lectra, 1984-1989
(Competition files with Gerber Garment Technology) |
| 152 |
1 |
Lectra requests Numbers,
19-22, undated |
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2 |
Lectra requests Numbers
24 and 30, undated |
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3 |
United Kingdom Lectra
case materials, 1969-1970 |
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4 |
Deposition of David
R. Pearl, 1985 |
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5 |
Deposition of David
R. Pearl, 1987 |
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6 |
Deposition of David
R. Pearl, 1988 |
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7 |
Cross Examination
of David R. Pearl, 1990 |
| 153 |
1 |
Lectra 1981-1987 (prospectus
and selling documents) |
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2 |
Exhibits, 1989 and
undated |
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3 |
Lectra, 1987-1990 |
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4 |
Lectra, 1990-1992 |
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5 |
Gerber Bristle Blocks,
1976-1984 |
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SERIES
12, AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS, 1986-1998 |
| 154 |
OV 929.1 |
Interview with H.
Joseph Gerber, undated
Total Running Time: 5:18
3/4" U-matic |
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OV 929.2 |
Bobbin Show
on WSB-TV (2)
Interview with H. Joseph Gerber and Frederic Rosen,
1995
Total Running Time: 4:00
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.3 |
National Medals
Gerber
Presentation, undated
Total Running Time: 3:00
1/2" VHS
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OV 929.4 |
H. Joseph Gerber
National
Medal of Technology, 1994
Tape 1 of 2
Total Running Time:
15:00
BetaCam SP |
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OV 929.5 |
H. Joseph Gerber
National
Medal of Technology, 1994
Tape 2 of 2
Total Running Time:
10:00
BetaCam SP |
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OTC 929.1 |
Joseph Gerber Interviewed
by Ross Miller, undated
Total Running Time: 23:30
Audio
Cassette Tape |
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OTC 929.2 |
Calvalcade of
America:
"Young
Man in a Hurry, undated
Total Running Time: 34:00
Audio
Cassette Tape |
| 155 |
OV 929.6 |
AccuMark-300
Sales
and Marketing Video, 1989
Total Running Time: 4:00
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.7 |
AccuMark Silhouette,
undated
Total Running Time: 17:20
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.8 |
Joe Ganete:
AccuMark
Demo, undated
Total Running Time: 56:30
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.9 |
Machine Demonstrations,
undated
Silhouette: 8:00
C-Axis: 2:00
AccuPlot-310:
2:00
AccuRoller: 3:00
Total Running Time: 15:00
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.10-11 |
Advanced Technology
for the Apparel Industry (2 Copies), undated
Total Running
Time: 8:50
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.12-13 |
Building For Your
Future (2 Copies), undated
Total Running Time: 18:36
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.14 |
Building with PDM,
undated
Total Running Time: 5:18
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.15 |
Compo - Gerber
GMS
- 80: Stitching, undated
Total Running Time: 6:00
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.16 |
Computer-Aided Design
at TRW Systems, undated
Total Running Time: 9:00
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.17 |
Computer-Controlled
Plotting, undated
Total Running Time: 13:00
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.18 |
Cutting Edge, undated
Total
Running Time: 20:00
1/2" VHS |
| 156 |
OV 929.19 |
Gerber Optical, Inc.
Elite
Lens Edger, Undated
Total Running Time: 7:00
1/2" VHS
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OV 929.20 |
Metromedia Technologies:
Details, Details, 1993
Total Running Time: 8:10
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.21 |
Ford Motor Company,
Product Research:
Surface Generation by Computer, undated
Total
Running Time: 3:30
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.22 |
Gerber Garment Technology
(GGT) System 70:
Pattern Processing Method, undated
Total
Running Time: 15:25
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.23 |
Numerically-Controlled
Cutting:
Gerbercutter System 70, undated
Total Running
Time: 13:00
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.24 |
Gerber Digital Point
Plotter:
Model GP - 30 - DV, undated
Total Running Time:
21:30
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.25 |
Gerber Drum Plotter,
undated
Total Running Time: 10:30
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.26-27 |
Gerber Equameter (2
Copies), undated
Total Running Time: 16:40
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.28 |
Gerber Scientific
Products, Inc. "GDS II Training, undated
Total Running Time: 77:30
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.29 |
GFT, undated
Total
Running Time: 16:30
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.30 |
Gerber Garment Cutting
Technology from Gerber Garment Technology (GGT), undated
Total
Running Time: 7:53
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.31 |
IMB, 1991
Total
Running Time: 10:30
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.32 |
Gerber Garment Technology:
"Gerber Mover, undated
Total Running Time: 7:00
1/2"
VHS |
| 157 |
OV 929.33 |
Gerber Garment Technology:
"It's All About Choice, undated
Total Running Time: 30:00
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.34 |
Gerber Garment Technology:
IMB, 1991
Total Running Time: 10:30
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.35 |
Gerber S-2 Scanner,
undated
Total Running Time: 17:00
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.36 |
Gerbermover, undated
Total
Running Time: 7:30
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.37 |
Gerber Garment Technology
(GGT) at Stone Manufacturing, undated
Total Running Time:
15:30
3/4" U-matic |
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OV 929.38 |
The Gerber Scanner
II:
Training Demonstrations, 1988
Total Running Time:
64:00
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.39 |
Gerber Variable Scale
(2 Copies), undated
Total Running Time: 53:30
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.40 |
People Are Talking,
undated
Total Running Time: 14:00
1/2" VHS |
| 158 |
OV 929.41 |
Sales Person Working
Copy, undated:
Building for Your Future
Building for Your
Future: PDM
Gerbercutter S-3200
Gerber Garment Technology
(GGT) Niebuhr Spreader
Mover Industrial II
Furniture Matching
People
Are Talking
PDM Bobbin Overview
Total Running Time: 120:00
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.42 |
Gerber Optical, Inc.:
Premier Lab, undated
Total Running Time: 10:20
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.43 |
Gerber Scientific
Products:
"Plotter Demo, 1998
Total Running Time: 4:50
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.44 |
Gerber Scientific,
Inc.:
4135 Photoplotting Systems, undated
Total Running
Time: 8:38
3/4" U-matic |
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OV 929.45 |
Gerber Optical, Inc.:
SGX Surface Generator, undated
Total Running Time: 6:25
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.46 |
S-93 HP Gerbercutter:
Sales and Marketing Video, undated
Total Running Time:
9:15
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.47 |
Gerber Garment Technology
(GGT) International:
"A Soviet Experience, 1988-1991
Total
Running Time: 18:00
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.48 |
Gerber Optical, Inc.:
SG-8 Surface Generator, 1991
Total Running Time: 7:30
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.49 |
Gerber Garment Technology:
"Using the Pattern Design System, 1986
Total Running
Time: 80:00
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.50 |
Gerber Garment Technology:
"The World of Gerber, undated
Total Running Time: 16:56
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.51 |
Gerber Garment Technology:
"World of Solutions, 1993
Total Running Time: 12:30
1/2"
VHS |
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OF 929.1 |
Super 8mm color, silent
camera original reversal, 1969 November 15
400 ft
Contains:
boating, family, fishing, birthday celebration for older woman
Gerber
Scientific Instrument Company Open House with exterior and
interior shots, ribbon cutting, and machinery. Conference
room meeting and a banquet with speaker. |
| 162 |
OV 929.52 |
National Medal of
Technology Awards Ceremony, 1994
Total Running Time: 9:40
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.53 |
Gerber Garment Technology,
undated
Model 1434
Total Running Time:
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.54 |
Analog and Digital
X-Y Positioning Systems, undated
Total Running Time:
1/2"
VHS |
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OV 929.55 |
Automatic Artwork
Generation, undated
Total Running Time:
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.56 |
Numerically Controlled
Cutting Gerbercutter System 70, undated
Total Running Time:
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.57 |
Optical Line Follower/2075
Precision Drafting Graphics, undated
Total Running Time:
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.58 |
Numerically Contolled
Sewing GMS-80, undated
Total Running Time:
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.59 |
Mask Making by Comouter,
undated
Total Running Time:
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.60 |
Department of the
Navy Naval Ship Engineering Center, undated
Total Running
Time:
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.61 |
Gerber Variable Scale,
undated
Total Running Time:
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.62 |
Israel Film Company
A
Sticth in Time, undated
Total Running Time:
1/2" VHS |
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OV 929.63 |
Getting to know the
Cliftex Corporation, undated
Total Running Time:
1/2"
VHS |
Series 1 :::
Series 2 :::
Series 3 ::: Series
4 ::: Series
5 ::: Series
6 ::: Series 7
::: Series 8
::: Series 9
::: Series 10
::: Series 11
::: Series 12
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