Remington Rand Tabulating Machine, Model 3, Type 3200

Description:

This machine is roughly the size and shape of a corner mailbox but much denser. It has a gray metal exterior. Its purpose was to translate and print statements from the numerical and alphabetical information fed in on punched cards. The printing mechanism is on top and the hopper for cards, at the center. Controls for determining what is printed are in front of the print mechanism and on the right side.

A mark on the front reads: Remington (/) Rand. A mark on a metal tag on the left front reads: Model 3 (/) Type Number 3200. A mark on another tag reads: A.F.L.-C.I.O (/) HEADQUARTERS (/) 37.

This machine is part of a Remington Rand accounting system owned by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, an important American labor union formed by the merger of the A.F.L. and the C.I.O. in 1955. According to Diebold & Associates, in 1956 the model 3200 alone cost $19,900 to $26,000. It also could be rented for $305 to $455 a month.

References:

John Diebold & Associates, "Remington Rand Model 3 Alphabetic Tabulator," Automatic Data Processing Equipment, Chicago: Cudahy Publishing Company, 1957. The report, dated June 29, 1956, is in section 4B 660.1, pp. 1–6.

Remington Rand Univac, Manual of Instructions for Operation the Remington Rand Alphabetical Tabulator Model 3, New York: Remington Rand Univac, no date. Remington Rand purchased Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company, developers of the UNIVAC computer, in 1950.

Sperry Rand Corporation, Remington Rand Univac Model 3 Tabulator, Sperry Rand Corporation, 1960. This is part of 1997.3012.04, and it did not come with the object. Sperry merged with Remington Rand in 1955.

Accession file.

Date Made: ca 1955

Maker: Remington Rand

Location: Currently not on view

Web Subject: MathematicsLabor Unions

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Gift of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MA.336296Accession Number: 305981Catalog Number: 336296

Object Name: tabulating machine

Physical Description: metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 134 cm x 87 cm x 80 cm; 52 3/4 in x 34 1/4 in x 31 1/2 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-3ffb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_694431

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