Visual History of Silicon Valley
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The 1980s
 Autodesk's original building: 150 Shoreline, Building B, Room 20 in Mill Valley |
 Stanford's first workstation (Computer History Museum) |
 SUN's founders (Computer History Museum) |
 SUN's first building: 2310 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara |
 SUN's first building: 2310 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara |
 SUN's first building: 2310 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara |
 SUN's second building: 2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View |
 SUN's headquarters in the western campus of the Agnews Development Center: end of Palm Drive, Santa Clara |
 SUN's headquarters in the western campus of the Agnews Development Center: end of Palm Drive, Santa Clara |
 SUN's headquarters in the western campus of the Agnews Development Center: end of Palm Drive, Santa Clara |
 SUN's headquarters in the western campus of the Agnews Development Center: end of Palm Drive, Santa Clara |
 SUN's headquarters in the western campus of the Agnews Development Center: end of Palm Drive, Santa Clara |
 SUN's headquarters in the western campus of the Agnews Development Center: end of Palm Drive, Santa Clara |
 SUN's headquarters in the western campus of the Agnews Development Center: end of Palm Drive, Santa Clara |
 SUN's headquarters in the western campus of the Agnews Development Center: end of Palm Drive, Santa Clara |
 SUN's headquarters in the western campus of the Agnews Development Center: end of Palm Drive, Santa Clara |
 SUN's headquarters in the western campus of the Agnews Development Center: end of Palm Drive, Santa Clara |
 SUN's headquarters in the western campus of the Agnews Development Center: end of Palm Drive, Santa Clara |
 SUNcity on Willow Rd (1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park) |
 SUNcity on Willow Rd |
 SUNcity on Willow Rd |
 SUNcity on Willow Rd |
 SUNcity on Willow Rd |
 SUNcity on Willow Rd |
 SUNcity on Willow Rd |
 SUNcity on Willow Rd |
 SUNcity on Willow Rd |
 The birthplace of Yahoo (1994): 110 Pioneer Way, Mountain View |
 Cisco's first office, Bosack's home: 199 Oak Grove Avenue in Atherton |
 Cisco's first office, Bosack's home: 199 Oak Grove Avenue in Atherton |
 Cisco campus on Tasman Dr |
 Cisco campus on Tasman Dr |
 Cisco campus on Tasman Dr |
 Cisco campus on Tasman Dr |
 Cisco campus on Tasman Dr |
 Cisco's first building: 1360 Willow Road, Menlo Park |
 Cisco's second building: 1525 O'Brien building, Menlo Park |
 Cisco's second building: 1525 O'Brien building, Menlo Park |
 Cisco's second building: 1525 O'Brien building, Menlo Park |
 Cisco's second building: 1525 O'Brien building, Menlo Park |
 Electronic Arts' original building (1982): 1450 Fashion Island Blvd, San Mateo |
 Electronic Arts' original building (1982): 1450 Fashion Island Blvd, San Mateo |
 Electronic Arts' campus: 250 Shoreline Dr, Redwood City |
 Electronic Arts' campus: 250 Shoreline Dr, Redwood City |
 Electronic Arts' campus: 250 Shoreline Dr, Redwood City |
 Former 3Com building on Betsy Ross |
 Former 3Com building on Betsy Ross |
 IBM PC of 1981 |
 Commodore 64 (Computer History Museum) |
 Activision's original office (3255-2 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara) |
 Former Synoptics buildings on Great America Pkwy @ Mission College Blvd |
 Former Synoptics buildings on Great America Pkwy, now Yahoo |
 Former Synoptics buildings on Great America Pkwy @ Mission College Blvd |
 Synaptics on Scott Blvd, Santa Clara |
 The Omex/Precision Instruments building where Oracle started out as Software Development Laboratories (1977): 2323 Owen Street, Santa Clara |
 The Omex/Precision Instruments building where Oracle started out as Software Development Laboratories (1977): 2323 Owen Street, Santa Clara |
 Oracle's first office 19 Davis Dr, Belmont, CA |
 Oracle's first office 19 Davis Dr, Belmont, CA |
 Oracle |
 Oracle |
 Oracle |
 Oracle |
 Oracle |
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 Stevens Creek Blvd & DeAnza Blvd in Cupertino, the "Crossroads" |
 The site of the Olivetti Advanced Technology Centers, one of the first outposts of European manufacturers: 10430 DeAnza Blvd, Cupertino |
 The site of the Olivetti Advanced Technology Centers, one of the first outposts of European manufacturers: 10430 DeAnza Blvd, Cupertino |
 Stevens Creek Blvd & DeAnza Blvd in Cupertino, the "Crossroads" |
 Stevens Creek Blvd & DeAnza Blvd in Cupertino, the "Crossroads" |
 Stevens Creek Blvd & DeAnza Blvd in Cupertino, the "Crossroads" |
 Stevens Creek Blvd & DeAnza Blvd in Cupertino, the "Crossroads" |
 Stevens Creek Blvd & DeAnza Blvd in Cupertino, the "Crossroads" |
 Synopsis |
 Symantec's origina building: 306 Potrero, Sunnyvale |
 Genentech's campus in South San Francisco |
 Genentech's campus in South San Francisco |
 Genentech's campus in South San Francisco |
 Genentech's campus in South San Francisco |
 The wall of Genentech's original building in South San Francisco |
 Genentech's campus in South San Francisco |
 South San Francisco's industrial area |
 South San Francisco's industrial area |
 The original place of Grid Systems, now Intuit, originally founded in 1982 in Mountain View before it moved to Fremont in 1987 (2535 Garcia Ave, Mountain View) |
 Grid Systems (2535 Garcia Ave, Mountain View) |
 Grid Systems (2535 Garcia Ave, Mountain View) |
 The first Adobe building was where Google building 45 stands in 2020 (1585 Charleston Road, Mountain View) |
 The first Adobe building (1585 Charleston Road, Mountain View) probably looked like this neighbor |