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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1846496