Punch Board for a Hollerith Pantograph Card Punch

Punch Board for Hollerith Pantograph Card Punch

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Object Details

maker

Hollerith, Herman

Description

This is the celluloid plate from the front of a pantograph card punch. The instrument was patented by Herman Hollerith and used in the U. S. Census of population in 1890. A mark on it reads: THE HOLLERITH ELECTRIC TABULATING SYSTEM (/) System Patented January 8th 1889.

Compare MA.312896.

Reference:

Leon E. Truesdell, The Development of Punch Card Tabulation in the Bureau of the Census 1890–1940, Washington: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1965, pp. 43–44.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Virginia Hollerith and Lucia Hollerith

date made

ca 1890

ID Number

MA.317982.03

accession number

317982

catalog number

317982.03

Object Name

punch board

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .3 cm x 30 cm x 12 cm; 1/8 in x 11 13/16 in x 4 23/32 in

place made

United States: District of Columbia, Washington

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Tabulating Equipment

Science & Mathematics

Data Source

National Museum of American History

web subject

Mathematics

Census

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-38f4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_694417