General information

Call No.:

300-1-8:1/28

Part of series

HU OSA 300-1-8 Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: General Records: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Public Affairs Photographic Files

Located at

Archival photo box #1 / No. 28

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 300-1-8_001-028

Legacy ID

rfe_workflow_028

Date

1980

Level

Item

Primary Type

Still image

Language

English

Notes

The black and white prints of RFE/RL were donated to OSA by the Hoover Institute, California in year 2015. The images are duplicates of those held at Hoover. The originals, and most probably the negatives are with the donor as well. OSA only received the paper prints with captions, and digitized the entire collection in year 2018.

Content

Form/Genre

Photograph

Contents Summary

In the Engineering Maintenance Section shop Michael Geppert checks a repaired tape recorder before returning it to duty. Geppert is wearing casual clothes and is sitting in front of a bench with a tape recorder, either Ampex or Studer, and control instruments on it, cables hanging out of them. In the bottom right corner of the photo there is a frequency generator and oscillator. In the background more equipment, rolls of tape, books and brochures are seen. There is an overhead lamp and a clock reading 3:45. Cf.HU OSA 300-1-8:1/27, HU OSA 300-1-8:1/29

ORIGINAL CAPTION:

Munich - The Engineering Maintenance Section of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty repairs and reinstalls all electric and electronic equipment, including that in the ever-expanding area of computers. Here Michael Geppert checks a repaired tape recorder before returning it to duty.

Context

Associated Names

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Copyright holder)

Associated Places

Munich

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Munich

Germany

Collection Specific Tags

Ampex machine, clock, Cold War, frequency generator, lamp, machine, man, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, repair, tape recorder