Starting in the early 20th century, various industries were attracted to Sunnyvale. Hendy Iron Works relocated here from San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. After WWII, aerospace companies like Lockheed and Ford Aerospace Division became major employers. In the 1970’s, the design and manufacture of integrated circuits on silicon chips turned Sunnyvale into the center of Silicon Valley; nearby companies included Hewlett Packard, Intel and National Semiconductor. The mid-1990’s saw the birth of the internet, resulting in the “dot com boom” which continues today with companies like Yahoo and Google with offices here.
City of Destiny display
early industries
business artifacts
X-Ray shoe fitter
Sunnyvale radio broadcast operation artifacts
Hendy Ironworks display
Moffett Field exhibit
early Moffett views
Moffett Field 1945
Lockheed exhibit
Lockheed Missiles
Blue Cube building relic (currently on display by Lockheed exhibit)
Technology Timeline Upstairs Display
Museum High Tech Timeline
vacuum tube
transistor radio display
Emerson transistor radio
transistor radios
mobile flip phones
Timeline space exhibit
Apollo XI model
Software Timeline 1970s
Atari C380 Video Pinball
Atari Touch Me 1978
Nintendo Game Boy 1989
pets.com became a symbol of the Dot Com Bust
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