DD-ZN12945 Punch Cards for the Iowa State University Computation Center

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Object Details

maker

Data Documents, Incorporated

Description

Both of these cream colored eighty-column punch cards have a blue stripe across the top. They have rounded corners and are truncated in the right corner. The centers show a logo of Iowa State University. Text near the bottom of each card reads: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY COMPUTATION CENTER AMES, IOWA 50010. Text at the bottom near the center reads: DD-ZN12945.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Douglas W. Jones

date made

1960s-1970s

ID Number

1996.0142.14

catalog number

1996.0142.14

accession 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

place used

United States: Iowa, Ames

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Computers & Business Machines

Punch Cards

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-44ab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_690501