The Addison Avenue Garage: Unpacking the Origins of Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto
In a one-car garage behind a modest Palo Alto rooming house, two recent Stanford graduates launched a partnership that would become the foundational myth of Silicon Valley. This article traces the precise chronology, geography, and contested narratives of Hewlett-Packard’s earliest days, from the first audio oscillator sold to Walt Disney Studios to the landmark preservation of the garage itself.