Apple Computer, 1987
Please note that some historical materials may contain harmful content and/or descriptions. Learn how we're addressing it.
Folder information
- Title:
- Apple Computer, 1987
- Description:
- This resource contains newspaper articles about a 1987 Apple computer commercial which featured a high school student who refused to dissect a frog. Apple withdrew the commercial because it was being perceived as an animal rights commercial, which Apple said was distracting from their goal of selling computers.
- Topics:
-
Animal Protection
- Subjects:
-
Advertising
Animal welfare
Frogs
Student movements
Vegetarians
Vivisection -- Protest movements
- Original Format:
-
Archival collection
- Item identifier:
- mc00236_2599404_20210414_11467
- Created Date:
- Names:
-
Apple Computer, Inc.
more info on Apple Computer, Inc.
- Digital Project:
-
Animal Turn
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- Tom Regan Papers 1786-2016 (bulk 1966-2006) (MC00236) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
- Funding:
- This resource was created with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), an independent, nonprofit organization that forges strategies to enhance research, teaching, and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities of higher learning. CLIR's Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives awards program, which is generously supported by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, supports the creation of digital representations of unique content of high scholarly significance that will be discoverable and usable as elements of a coherent national collection.