IBM Z27004 Library Card
IBM Z27004 Library Card
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- Description
- Some universities used compact punch cards as library cards. Historian of technology Robert Friedel had this one at George Washington University. Note to the phrase “Do not fold, staple, or mutilate.” This warning – or the more widely known “Do not fold, spindle or mutilate” – was printed on cards intended for circulation among those unfamiliar with handling such cards.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Library Card
- maker
- George Washington University
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall:.1 cm x 6 cm x 8.3 cm; 1/32 in x 2 3/8 in x 3 9/32 in
- ID Number
- 1990.3129.01
- catalog number
- 1990.3129.01
- nonaccession number
- 1990.3129
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert Friedel
- subject
- Mathematics
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Punch Cards
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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