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55588 LEO II/2, W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol


Description of Photograph

Photograph of the second LEO II at tobacco firm W.D. & H.O. Wills in Bristol (installed Sep 1958), the first LEO machine ordered by an external company. An unidentified operator sits at the console and the Samastronic printer is visible in the background on the right.
W.D. & H.O. Wills were the forerunners of Imperial Tobacco.
Published in Bird, Peter  LEO - The First Business Computer  (Wokingham: Hasler, 1994), plate 39.

Provenance
Collected by Peter Bird as part of his research for his book LEO - The First Business Computer (1994).


Date: c1958

Photographer: Unidentified

Physical Description: 1 photographic print; black and white

Archives Hub References: CMLEO/PB/PH/2/55588
PJB/3/2/91

Other References: DCMLEO20190510038
                  
                  
                  
                  
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