Framed Photograph of a Hollerith Pantograph Card Punch
Object Details
- date made
- ca 1890
- Description
- This gelatin-silvered photograph shows an early version of the pantograph card punch that Herman Hollerith patented in 1890. The photograph is matted, and has a glass cover and wooden frame.
- Four places on the photograph are marked in red ink: 2.
- For related object, see MA.312896.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- web subject
- Mathematics
- Census, US
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Computers & Business Machines
- Tabulating Equipment
- Credit Line
- Gift of Virginia Hollerith and Lucia Hollerith
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- MA.317982.04
- accession number
- 317982
- catalog number
- 317982.04
- Object Name
- photograph
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.9 cm x 29.8 cm x 24.4 cm; 3/4 in x 11 23/32 in x 9 19/32 in
- Record ID
- nmah_694418