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January 25, 1955. "Becton Dickinson Co., Rutherford, New Jersey. Mr. Becton's office. Fellheimer & Wagner, client." Anyone got a match? Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
with the cacti is Arizona Highways, January 1955. Arizona Highways is published by the State of Arizona Department of Transportation. They have a pretty good production value for a government program.
It looks just like the teacher's lounge in my high school in 1960.
Just looking at the furniture pains my posterior.
Why do the January 24th and May 16th copies of Aviation Week have the same cover? Am I missing something?
[The covers are ads. - Dave]
I see four. Now you won't find a single ashtray in the entire building, let alone one room.
There's probably more on the other side of the room. Such a fundamental change. Back then, not finding an ashtray (whether you smoked or not) would have seemed out of place. Now, finding one is the out-of-place artifact.
They have upgraded their Western Electric telephone to the 500 series; these were bakelite plastic and were used from the early 1950's to the 1980's, with many still in use.
"Aviation Week" set out for visitors to read; Hank Becton, son of one of the founders, was a licensed private pilot, and occasionally flew to inspect potential factory expansion locations.
Seems to be the May 16, 1955 copy of Aviation Week on the table.
[Actually it's the January 24 issue. - Dave]
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