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A Pinkerton guard leans on a display case containing the original manuscript of "Cybernetics" by Norbert Wiener.

Original captions: "Pinkerton guard, William Solimine, with priceless manuscript of "Cybernetics. AUTHOR! AUTHOR! // More than 140 authors were present to help the MIT Press celebrate its first Authors' Day, together with 100 others at a luncheon in the Sala de Puerto Rico on May 5. Sponsored jointly by the Press and the Coop, the day was a smashing success. The fair-like atmosphere in the book department of the Coop boosted book sales throughtout the week, but on Author's Day, book sales rose to three times the average daily total. Part of the reason may have been the grand total of 685 free MIT press paperbacks given to purchasers at the Authors' Day reception.", "William Solimine", Original credit line: "T T Photo by Bob Lyon", Used in: Tech Talk 5/19/1966