Object Details
maker
Remington Rand
Description
This machine is roughly the size and shape of a corner mailbox but much denser. It has a gray metal exterior. Its purpose was to translate and print statements from the numerical and alphabetical information fed in on punched cards. The printing mechanism is on top and the hopper for cards, at the center. Controls for determining what is printed are in front of the print mechanism and on the right side.
A mark on the front reads: Remington (/) Rand. A mark on a metal tag on the left front reads: Model 3 (/) Type Number 3200. A mark on another tag reads: A.F.L.-C.I.O (/) HEADQUARTERS (/) 37.
This machine is part of a Remington Rand accounting system owned by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, an important American labor union formed by the merger of the A.F.L. and the C.I.O. in 1955. According to Diebold & Associates, in 1956 the model 3200 alone cost $19,900 to $26,000. It also could be rented for $305 to $455 a month.
References:
John Diebold & Associates, "Remington Rand Model 3 Alphabetic Tabulator," Automatic Data Processing Equipment, Chicago: Cudahy Publishing Company, 1957. The report, dated June 29, 1956, is in section 4B 660.1, pp. 1–6.
Remington Rand Univac, Manual of Instructions for Operation the Remington Rand Alphabetical Tabulator Model 3, New York: Remington Rand Univac, no date. Remington Rand purchased Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company, developers of the UNIVAC computer, in 1950.
Sperry Rand Corporation, Remington Rand Univac Model 3 Tabulator, Sperry Rand Corporation, 1960. This is part of 1997.3012.04, and it did not come with the object. Sperry merged with Remington Rand in 1955.
Accession file.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
date made
ca 1955
ID Number
MA.336296
accession number
305981
catalog number
336296
Object Name
tabulating machine
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 134 cm x 87 cm x 80 cm; 52 3/4 in x 34 1/4 in x 31 1/2 in
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Tabulating Equipment
Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
web subject
Mathematics
Labor Unions
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_694431