Framed Photograph of a Hollerith Pantograph Card Punch

Photograph - Hollerith Pantograph Card Punch

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Photograph - Hollerith Pantograph Card Punch
Photograph - Hollerith Pantograph Card Punch

Object Details

Description

This gelatin-silvered photograph shows an early version of the pantograph card punch that Herman Hollerith patented in 1890. The photograph is matted, and has a glass cover and wooden frame.

Four places on the photograph are marked in red ink: 2.

For related object, see MA.312896.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Virginia Hollerith and Lucia Hollerith

date made

ca 1890

ID Number

MA.317982.04

accession number

317982

catalog number

317982.04

Object Name

photograph

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

glass (overall material)

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 1.9 cm x 29.8 cm x 24.4 cm; 3/4 in x 11 23/32 in x 9 19/32 in

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

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Tabulating Equipment

Data Source

National Museum of American History

web subject

Mathematics

Census

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-38f5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_694418