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NY World's Fair, Nimatron

1940

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NY World's Fair, Nimatron
  • Title
  • NY World's Fair, Nimatron
  • Creator
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation
  • Date
  • 1940
  • Identifier
  • 20170320-hpichswp-0090
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP424_B002_F127_I01
  • Description
  • A woman with the Nimatron at the New York World's Fair in 1939. Caption reads: "Electric Brain to Match Wits with Word's Fair Visitors. Her opponent a playful electric brain, Miss DeVere Martin pits her wits against the Nimatron, to be a feature attraction at the Westinghouse exhibit in the New York World's Fair of 1940. The rows of lamps, above, substitute for stacks of matches used ordinarily in playing this ancient Chinese game."
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    New York World’s Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
  • Source
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation Photographs, 1886-1996, MSP 424, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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