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JTC E-8450 6698 Punch Cards Marked with Bell System Logo

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Punch card marked with Bell System Logo
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  • Punch card marked with Bell System Logo
  • Punch card marked with Bell System Logo

    Object Details

    maker

    Jersey Tab Card Corporation

    Description

    These two eighty-column paper punch cards were made for Bell Telephone Laboratories. One is cream-colored with a blue stripe, the other cream-colored with an orange stripe. The cards have rounded corners and are truncated in the uppler right corner. Columns 1 to 50 and 73 to 80 have the digits 0 to 9 in each column. The intervening columns have a variety of letters and punctuation marks. A Bell System logo is in the center of the card. A mark on the right side reads: GE 600 SELF INTERPRETING CARD. A mark along the bottom toward the left reads: BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES, INCORPORATED. A mark along the bottom toward the right reads: GE 600 CHARACTER SET. A mark along the left side reads: E-8450 (10-65) JTC 6698.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Douglas W. Jones

    date made

    ca 1965

    ID Number

    1996.0142.06

    catalog number

    1996.0142.06

    accession number

    1996.0142

    Object Name

    Punch Cards, Group Of 2

    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

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    Punch Cards

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Mathematics

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1e89-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_690493

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