The Punched Card: Embodying Punched Card Operations in all types of Business and Industry

Description:

This paperback book has a yellow and turquoise cover. It was published in 1952 by the Punched Card Publishing Company of Detroit, Michigan. The punch card was an early means of date storage that could be read by computers or sorted and calculated by fields by specialized machines. By the 1950s the punched card had moved beyond merely recording census data, and was across the corporate landscape for billing, transportation schedules, libraries, payroll, and inventory management. This book served as a trade publication for the Punched Card Publishing Company, illustrating better business practices and new uses of punch cards and devices for reading them.

Date Made: 1952

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Michigan, Detroit

Subject: Mathematics

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Credit Line: Gift of Tim Bergin

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2013.3049.03Nonaccession Number: 2013.3049Catalog Number: 2013.3049.03

Object Name: documentation

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1.1 cm x 22.2 cm x 28 cm; 7/16 in x 8 3/4 in x 11 1/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-79c6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1446210

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