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Comcast goes public, 1972
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| Title | Comcast goes public, 1972 |
| Description | Comcast founders accept check from public sale of stock. Original caption: "Ralph Roberts, President of Comcast Corp., multi-cable systems operator, receives a check for $2, 754, 2000, the net proceeds from a public underwriting from W. W. Keen Butcher, of Butcher & Sherrerd whose company headed the underwriting syndicate. Comcast, which provides service to 32, 000 subscribers, sold 430, 000 shares of its stock to the public at $7.00 per share. Comcast executives looking on are Daniel Aaron, vice president cable operations and Julian A. Brodsky, treasurer." |
| Date original | 1972 August 1 |
| Decade | 1970s
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| Photographer | Lindelle Studios, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Subjects | Cable television--History--Photographs
Comcast Corporation
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| People | Aaron, Daniel, 1926-2003
Brodsky, Julian A.
Roberts, Ralph J.
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| Collection | Searle Photograph Collection
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| Identifier | SR00272 |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Date digital | 2010 |
| Physical description | 8 x10 inch b&w photograph |
| Holding institution | Barco Library, The Cable Center |
| Copyright | This image is issued by The Cable Center. Use of the image requires written permission from the staff of The Cable Center's Barco Library. All responsibility for questions of copyright that may arise in the use made of reproduced material provided by the Barco Library must be assumed by the user. The Barco Library will provide any information it has available to the user. |
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