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McBee Keysort B86791X Punch Card

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McBee Keysort B86791X Punch Card
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  • McBee Keysort B86791X Punch Card
  • McBee Keysort B86791X Punch Card

    Object Details

    maker

    McBee Company

    Description

    This paper, unused punch card is tan with a brown stripe across the top and bottom on both sides. All edges have punched holes, thirty-six across the top and bottom, thirty along each side. A mark in the bottom left corner reads: B96791X / Registered / McBEE KEYSORT [written inside an outline of a key] / U S PAT OFF.
    This edge punched card was designed to organize the research data for a Smithsonian study of the birds of Isla Grande.
    Reference:
    Accession file.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of David Bridge

    date made

    ca 1960

    ID Number

    2017.0179.01

    accession number

    2017.0179

    catalog number

    2017.0179.01

    Object Name

    punch card

    Physical Description

    paper (overall material)

    Measurements

    overall: 16.5 cm x 19 cm; 6 1/2 in x 7 15/32 in

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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/ng49ca746b3-6f20-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1846496

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