Vannevar Bush with homemade heart valve, 1956

Object summary

Title: Vannevar Bush with homemade heart valve, 1956
Object ID: GCP-00003718
Date made: 1956-06-16
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Belmont, 304 Marsh Street
Maker: Daly Associates
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Vannevar Bush, left, shows a heart valve he made out of gold to Edward R. Murrow. They stand in Bush's home workshop in Belmont Massachusetts, a workbench and tools hanging on the wall behind them. Original caption: "Delicate Brain Valve fashioned from gold by Dr. Vannevar Bush in his home workshop in Belmont was shown to Edward R. Murrow, television commentator, before Dr. Bush's recent appearance on a coast to coast telecast." Used in: Boston Herald, Jun 17 1956. Original credit line: Credit Line Please, Photo by Daly Associates, Carl Brunn-William Daly.