Termatrex Card Rack with Punch Cards

Description:

This green vertical file holds five groups of plastic cards with cards colored differently in each group. A small tab is attached to the top of each card. A mark on the bottom of one card reads: TERMATREX SYSTEMS R (/) RANDOM NUMERIC CARD (/) RE-ORDER NO. RN-TC-1000. A mark on another card reads: c 1960 JONKER Corporation (/) GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND (/) PRINTED IN U.S.A. A mark on the rack reads: JONKER.

For a description of the Termatrex data retrieval system, with references, see 1993.0132.01. For a card reader, see 1993.0132.02. For documentation, see 1993.3065.

Date Made: ca 1969

Maker: Jonker Business Machines, Inc.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Maryland, Gaithersburg

Web Subject: MathematicsSubject: Conservation History

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Tabulating Equipment, Science & Mathematics, Punch Cards

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Credit Line: Transfer from Smithsonian Institution Conservation Analytical Laboratory

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1993.0132.03Catalog Number: 1993.0132.03Accession Number: 1993.0132

Object Name: card rack with punch cards

Physical Description: metal (overall material)plastic (overall material)Measurements: overall: 32.1 cm x 26.7 cm x 22.2 cm; 12 5/8 in x 10 1/2 in x 8 3/4 inoverall: 12 3/4 in x 9 in x 10 in; 32.385 cm x 22.86 cm x 25.4 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9fd1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1214018

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