1970 Seismic Experiment Package Society For and similar items

SEISMIC EXPERIMENT PACKAGE From the MAN ON THE MOON (SP-160) Print Set 13" x 18" full color SVE Picture-Story Print Singer Education Training Products, Produced and Distributed by SVE (Society For Visual Education Inc.), copyright 1970 SVE (1919-1995) was a for-profit educational publisher dedicated to new technologies, including film, film strips, and records. Founded in 1919 by Harley L. Clarke, a utilities magnate and Forest Ray Molton, an anatomy professor at the University of Chicago, in the form of a medieval guild. The aim to produce films for use in schools. Within three years the company was failing. Clarke sold the company to Marie Witham who continued the business on a smaller scale. SVE has had various owners and sponsors over the years, including Rand McNally Co., Singer, General Precision Equipment Corporation, and The Discovery Channel. SVE appears privately owned 1991-1995 by Susan Issacs. The print is complete and in VERY GOOD condition with some overall wear that includes tack holes in each corner of every card and a few other smaller staple holes. The card has the name of a school stamped on the back and some other ex-library information written on it.