Vintage Control Rooms

Black and white images of historical control room setups, featuring various communication and monitoring devices used in reactors and laboratories.

1970S Two Men Sitting At Console Computer Room Mission Control Center Houston Texas Usa

Steel table, component to reactor R1.

Control point, component to reactor R1.

Trådradiolaboratorium, telescopic.

Boat radio station supplied by Standard Radio & Phone AB in 1964. At the far right main transmitter type ST 1200 for middle wave, coastal telephony and short wave. 1.2 kilowatt effect.

Presidential train communications car and White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff. Presidential train communications car. White House Army Signal Agency Staff equipment; wall of controls and two microphones on table. Unidentified location.

Electronic computer at the Milan Polytechnic. 1955.

1970S Two Men Sitting At Console Computer Room Mission Control Center Houston Texas Usa

1960S 1970S Man Seated Keyboard Work Station Rca Information System Data Processing Mainframe

A881366 U12N MISTY ECHO BLDG 12-909 RECORDING FACILITY DONOHOE (PROJECT ENGINEER) DEC 7 88 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 12/7/1988 BLDG 12-909; BLDG 12-909 RECORDING FACILITY; COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS & COMPUTATIONAL EQUI; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MISTY ECHO; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; RECORDING FACILITY; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; U12N MISTY ECHO BLDG 12-909 historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

View of a photograph of the television (TV) monitor in the MCC showing a picture being transmitted from the color TV camera mounted on the parked Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at the Hadley-Apennine Landing Site showing the liftoff of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module (LM) Ascent Stage from the Lunar surface. MSC, Houston, TX

1970s NASA computer room ca. 1974

A770545 NON-EVENT COMPUTER ROOM LEO BRADY (Project Engineer) MAR 11 77 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 3/11/1977 BRADY, LEO; COMPUTER ROOMS; COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS & COMPUTATIONAL EQUI; COMPUTERS BY FUNCTIONS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; KEYBOARDS (COMPUTER); MONITORS, MONOCHROME; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; OBSOLETE; ROOMS & BUILDING AREAS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; COMPUTER ROOM historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Telemuseum's 25th anniversary 1962. The selector monitor.

A820177 SANDIA COMPUTER ROOM NEW EQUIPMENT LEO BRADY (PROJECT ENGINEER) FEB 16 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 2/16/1982 BRADY, LEO; COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS & COMPUTATIONAL EQUI; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NEW EQUIPMENT; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SANDIA COMPUTER ROOM; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Automatic Data Processing Center USDA 1969 early computers.

A830491 SANDIA COMPUTER ROOM NEW EQUIPMENT LEO BRADY (Project Engineer) APR 15 83 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/15/1983 CABLES; COMPUTER FACILITIES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; FACILITIES; FACILITIES INFO TECHNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT; MONITORS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NEW EQUIPMENT; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; SANDIA COMPUTER ROOM; TEST SITES; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Mainframes in a computer lab

Trip to Bermuda: White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) communications equipment preparations, personnel, and city views. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) communications equipment inside an unidentified room in Bermuda, set up for President John F. Kennedy's meetings with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Great Britain.

Securicor central room monitoring 27,000 alarm systems throughout Britain, 24 hours a day. 1970

C-141 KAO CAT equipment

A88520 GENERAL TEST AREA 12 RECORDING SYSTEM NELSON (PROJECT ENGINEER) MAY 3 88 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 5/3/1988 AREA 12; CONTROL PANEL (ELECTRICAL); CONTROL PANELS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; GENERAL TEST; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; RECORDING EQUIPMENT; RECORDING SYSTEM; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

The telephone station Malmskillsgatan 30, Stockholm. Lace and expedition selector stand for reversing expedition tables.

OPERADORAS DE CLAVIJAS. Location: EDIFICIO TELEFONICA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Mike Yettaw and Donavon Hoover providing air-to-ground communications to the Johnson Space Center during STS-92.

"Roving Eye" Receiving Terminal.Left to right are the picture monitor; sound receiving and communication equipment; vision receiver (on table), communication transmitter and aerial direction indicator on top of picture wave form monitor. October 15, 1954. (Photo by BBC Television Service).

B732181 U12E ALCOVE #1 STROB (Project Engineer) Jun 4 73 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/4/1973 CONTROL CENTER; CONTROL CONSOLE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL UNIT; DATA PROCESSING; DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT; DATA SYSTEMS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; ALCOVE #1 historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Operator panel, Henrichshuette, Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A Milva in the telephone exchange in the Bunker at the Headquarters General Staff in the Princess Julianakanne, The Hague.

A technician monitors a console in the control room at the Rocket Propulsion Lab I-32 site. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MineSvep Hanö Changes.Hano (depicted - name)

Anefo photo collection. Firato 1971 in Rai Amsterdam. September 9, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Journalist 2nd Class Sheri Bayshore, standing, watches as Journalist SEAMAN Aitchison takes notes for the final edit of a taped story that will be aired on a local Navy Broadcasting Service news program. Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Automatic wave. >>

A730120 INSTRUMENTATION TRAI B-72 RACK # 2 S.SANDGREN (Project Engineer) JAN 1 73 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/1/1973 COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS & DATA PROCESSING; CONTROL CENTER; CONTROL CONSOLE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL UNIT; DATA PROCESSING; DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT; DATA RECORDERS; DATA SYSTEMS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; TRAILERS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; INSTRUMENTATION TRAI historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

View of the Flight Dynamics Officer (FDO) console in the Mission Control Center (MCC) during the flight of STS41-G. The officer at the FDO console appears to be examining the large screens in front of him which are displaying lists of data.

Vintage photograph. Faith Lillibridge working on the NORC, built by IBM, Most powerful computer in existence at the time, Columbia University, New York City, New York State, USA, 1954

White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff advance trip to Costa Rica. White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff trip to Costa Rica in advance of President John F. Kennedy's visit; WHCA officer, Ronald Danielson (left), and others set up equipment.

An interior view of the control room used to verify and record the scores of aircraft participating in the air-to-air combat training exercise William Tell '82. Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '82 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-88-04994. Country: Unknown

Technicians man their computer consoles in the launch control center of the Eastern Test Range. Country: Unknown

Telephone exchange. Early model of LM Ericsson's re -exchange.

Functional portrait of telegraphists. Part of object series AVDKM 530574 up to 530580.

A view of the Tartar guided missile systems control console in the combat information center aboard the guided missile destroyer USS RICHARD E. BYRD (DDG 23). Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Västerljung. Interior of the cover station.

Vintage Photograph. Two large pieces of IBM equipment.

Radio transmitter from 1923 is tested by Jan Westas, Apple, 1969.

A computer control console at the Boeing Company laboratory. The computer is used for flight control simulation and integration tests during a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft undergoing a ground vibration test during a re-engine program. Base: Wichita State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Exterior view of the T-37 flight simulator. The Air Force's joint pilot training program is active at Reese AFB. Ground and air EGRESS training is an integral part of the Air Force/Naval pilots survival education. Exterior view of the T-37 flight simulator. The Air Force's joint pilot training program is active at Reese AFB. Ground and air EGRESS training is an integral part of the Air Force/Naval pilots survival education.

John Bienick, CHIEF of Technical Support Branch, adjusts a unit of the 1/2-inch video 40 machine deck at the Joint Visual Information Agency. Base: Tobyhanna Army Depot State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

M/S Trelleborg. Radio cabin

Apollo Capsule simulator

Västerljung. Signal stand, back. 1925.

A technician monitors a console in the control room at the Rocket Propulsion Lab I-32 site. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Arkö (depicted - name).Arkö (depicted - name)

Low voltage space with switchboard

New York, New York, 1954Woman using a new IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Data Processing Machine in the office. She's working at the "electronic brain" while the IBM RAM unit at left has a 6,000,000 digit memory.

Orbiter 105 Crew Module Flight Deck Displays and controls

A data Processing technician works in the programming/recovery section of the Navy Regional Data Automatic Center. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AT THE 60-INCH TELESCOPE.

Seeker line selection stand on marker station.

Mainframe in a computer lab

An engineer works with a computer panel in the telemetry ground testation room of the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL). Base: Hanscom Air Force Base State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. TV failure equipment by "pirates" stolen from City-Thea to the stolen fault equipment. August 3, 1981

CLEAN CONTROL ROOM

DA-ST-89-09527. Base: Washington Dc State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Caption: Eniac - First Electronic Computer Machine Photo: Smithsonian inst.neg.nr B. 7811.

Radioman 1ST Class Maroney uses a teletype machine in the Technical Control Department at the Naval Telecommunications Center. Base: Hampton Roads, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Hr.ms. Buyskes (1973-2003). Work on board by Sergeant Radio radar engineer A.C. Bosschaart.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Control panel of the electronic processing system IBM-1620. On the control panel, the CALCOMP 565 electronic coordination via control panel is placed. September 1963. Arnhem, Gelderland

1960s ANTIQUATED COMPUTER WITH TELEPHONE MODEM

Harper Flange package instrument rack mounted in C-141 KAO Aircraft

Command Centre, Documentation Centre Government Bunker, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff advance trip to Costa Rica. White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff trip to San José, Costa Rica, in advance of President John F. Kennedy's visit; two unidentified men set up equipment.

COMPUTER FOR THE 150-FOOT TOWER TELESCOPE IN THE NEW COMPUTER ROOM.

The combustion chamber for the Combustion Integrated Rack section of the Fluids and Combustion Facility (FCF) is shown opened for installation of burn specimens. The FCF will be installed, in phases, in the Destiny, the U.S. Laboratory Module of the International Space Station (ISS), and will accommodate multiple users for a range of investigations. This is an engineering mockup; the flight hardware is subject to change as designs are refined. The FCF is being developed by the Microgravity Science Division (MSD) at the NASA Glenn Research Center. (

Arrangement of simulators and trainers at the operational school on the new port in Den Helder.

A Milva in the telephone exchange in the Bunker at the Headquarters General Staff in the Princess Julianakanne, The Hague.

A student at the U.S. Air Force Weapons Controller School operates an SOCC consoles in the school's updated operations room. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Semaphone official (PTT call system), the channel on LOPIK for the semaphone. September 17, 1964. Lopik

England - Bomb Switch Installation In A Plane.

Vintage Photograph. Vintage computer nostalgia: revisiting retro technology from the 80s.

Crosser Three Kronor Cruiser Three Kronor, Needle Filter for Radio Disturbances.Crosser Three Kronor Cruiser Three Crowns, Needle Filter for Radio Disturbances

A730123 INSTRUMENTATION TRAI B-72 RACK # 6 S.SANDGREN (Project Engineer) JAN 1 73 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/1/1973 COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS & DATA PROCESSING; CONTROL CENTER; CONTROL CONSOLE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL UNIT; DATA PROCESSING; DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT; DATA RECORDERS; DATA SYSTEMS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; TRAILERS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; INSTRUMENTATION TRAI historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

SWITCHBOARD IN MT. WILSON POWER HOUSE.

Old dilapidated CRT course plotter display on board submarine at Unification park in Gangneung, South Korea, Asia

VIEW OF THE NEW CONTROL CONSOLE FOR THE 60-INCH TELESCOPE.

1960s 1970s COMPUTER TERMINAL RCA SPECTRA 70 VIDEO DATA TERMINAL COMPUTERS APPLIANCES TECHNOLOGY

MESA DE CONTROL DE UN ESTUDIO DE TELEVISION.

Photograph showing the P.A.X 50-line Extensible switchboard wired throughout in Geon PVS sheathed cable, chosen because of it's excellent electrical properties and the wide range of colours in which Geon PVC sheathing may be made - a property which helps rapid identification of any particular circuit.

1970S Of Woman Behind Tv Studio Control Panel Making Adjustments To Microphone

A view of the control console, with three screens and hand control, used to operate and control the laser pointing telescope and turret, which is mounted on top of an NKC-135 airborne laser laboratory (ALL) aircraft. Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vintage Photograph. Assistant Range Officer at Emergency District Control during Discoverer X Launch.

S84-26332 (3 Feb 1984) --- Robert E. Castle, integrated communications officer (INCO), plays an important role in the first television transmission from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger. Castle, at a console in the Johnson Space Centers mission operations control room (MOCR) in the mission control center, is responsible for ground controlled television from the orbiter on his shift. Here, the Westar VI satellite is seen in the cargo bay just after opening of the payload bay doors.

Interior view of the Mission Control Center

Data Processing Technician 2nd Class Trice uses a computer terminal to track a user's request in the Navy Regional Data Automatic Center. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

This console and its compliment of computers, monitors and commmunications equipment make up the Research Engineering Test Station, the nerve center for an aerodynamics experiment conducted by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.The equipment was installed on a modified Lockheed L-1011 Tristar jetliner operated by Orbital Sciences Corp., of Dulles, Va., for Dryden's Adaptive Performance Optimization project. The experiment sought to improve the efficiency of long-range jetliners by using small movements of the ailerons to improve the aerodynamics of the wing at cruise conditions.

Close-up of name button table, each button in the table represents a name call.

A881360 U12N MISTY ECHO BLDG 12-909 RECORDING FACILITY DONOHOE (PROJECT ENGINEER) DEC 7 88 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 12/7/1988 BLDG 12-909; BLDG 12-909 RECORDING FACILITY; COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS & COMPUTATIONAL EQUI; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MISTY ECHO; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; RECORDING FACILITY; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; U12N MISTY ECHO BLDG 12-909 historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Refrigerator M110. Open.

Apollo Capsule simulator

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