JTC 73752 Punch Card Associated with the MIT Information Processing Center

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JTC 73752 Punch Card Associated with the MIT Information Processing Center

Object Details

user

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

maker

Jersey Tab Card Corporation

Description

This cream-colored eighty-column punch card has an orange stripe across the top. It shows the logo of the MIT Information Processing Center. A mark along the left edge reads: INFORMATION PROCESSING CENTER. A mark along the right edge reads: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. A mark along the bottom edge at the left reads: JTC73752. A mark along the bottom edge toward the right reads: Printed in U.S.A.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Douglas W. Jones

date made

1960s-1970s

ID Number

1996.0142.26

catalog number

1996.0142.26

accession number

1996.0142

Object Name

Punch Card

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 made

United States: New Jersey, Union

place used

United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-21d2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_690513