IBM E32368 Punch Cards with Carnegie Mellon University Logo

Description:

These two eighty-column paper punch cards are cream-colored with a yellow stripe across the top. The corners of the cards are rounded, with the upper right corner truncated. A row of column numbers is between every other row of digits.

Each card is marked with the Carnegie Mellon University logo at the center, including the initials CMU. A mark on the bottom left reads: IBM E32368.

Date Made: 1960s-1970s

Maker: IBM

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Mathematics

Subject:

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Credit Line: Gift of Douglas W. Jones

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1996.0142.07Catalog Number: 1996.0142.07Accession Number: 1996.0142

Object Name: Punch Cards, Group Of

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 19 cm x 8.4 cm; 1/32 in x 7 15/32 in x 3 5/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1e8a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_690494

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