Photo from the UCLA History Project shows a UCLA dorm room in 1984. There is a boombox in evidence, but no computer. Indeed one student seems to be typing on a strange apparatus. Can anyone remember what that was?
I lived in Sproul Hall in 1984. The room looks similar, but I think that this picture was taken a little earlier -- maybe '79,'80? The long hairstyle looks like the late 70' as well as the bedcover. (In '84, we already used the comforters of today (solid colors, not bedspread type). Also, the typewriter really looks much older than '84.
This photo is no earlier than 1984 because the wall poster in the upper right of the room depicts Sam the Olympic Eagle, mascot of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
Photo from the UCLA History Project shows a UCLA dorm room in 1984. There is a boombox in evidence, but no computer. Indeed one student seems to be typing on a strange apparatus. Can anyone remember what that was?
That looks like a standard underwood typewriter
ReplyDeletebut in 1984 we had the Canon type star 5 .
I lived in Sproul Hall in 1984. The room looks similar, but I think that this picture was taken a little earlier -- maybe '79,'80? The long hairstyle looks like the late 70' as well as the bedcover. (In '84, we already used the comforters of today (solid colors, not bedspread type). Also, the typewriter really looks much older than '84.
ReplyDeleteThis photo is no earlier than 1984 because the wall poster in the upper right of the room depicts Sam the Olympic Eagle, mascot of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
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