PhillyHistory.org posts historical technology photos for Philly Tech Week

To celebrate the second annual Philly Tech Week presented by AT&T, the Department of Record’s PhillyHistory.org highlighted a handful of technology shots.

Some of the shots are featured currently here, including the above shot of Water Department computers in August 1959 at 29th and Cambria.

Here are some others linked up:

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