ComputerLand NYC Franchise Agreement

ComputerLand NYC Franchise Agreement

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Description
This loose-leaf binder contains a copy of the franchise agreement between ComputerLand Corp. of California and Facks Computer, Inc. of New York dated January 1980. The binder also contains a manilla folder with newspaper clippings and legal documents concerning a legal dispute over the ownership of the franchise.
James Egan, Joseph Alfieri, Robert Kurland, and Thomas Vandermeulen of Facks Computer, Inc. were the owners of the first ComputerLand store in Manhattan.
ComputerLand was a nationwide chain of retail computer stores. They opened their first store in 1976 in Hayward, California. By 1990 most stores had closed and in early 1999 the company officially disbanded.
The objects in accession 2017.0321 and non-accession 2017.3153 are related.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
document binder
binder, three-ring
binder, loose-leaf
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 29.5 cm x 24.5 cm x 2.7 cm; 11 5/8 in x 9 21/32 in x 1 1/16 in
ID Number
2017.3153.09
nonaccession number
2017.3153
catalog number
2017.3153.09
Credit Line
In memory of James S. Egan
subject
Mathematics
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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