Punch Card with Letter of Request
date: label: date made
content: 1963
name: label: maker
content: Remington Rand Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This letter from Smithsonian curator Bernard Finn to the Defense Document Center is a carbon copy of his 1963 request for copies of military articles. The request was filled by ASTIA (Armed Services Technical Information Agency) in Arlington, VA.
label: Description
content: The cream colored punch card was used by ASTIA to fill the request. It has 90 columns, is marked MACHINEFORM – DO NOT MUTILATE on the left edge, Printed in U.S.A. REMINGTON RAND 0-31963-RI M on the right edge, and ASTIA Form 1 Jul 60 DOCUMENT REQUEST AND RECEIPT on the bottom edge. The card is punched with circular holes as was typical for UNIVAC cards.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Science & Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3122.05
label: nonaccession number
content: 2017.3122
label: catalog number
content: 2017.3122.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: punch card and letter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26.8 cm x 20.3 cm; 10 9/16 in x 8 in
label: Measurements
content: letter: 26.8 cm x 20.3 cm; 10 9/16 in x 8 in
label: Measurements
content: card: 8.2 cm x 18.6 cm; 3 7/32 in x 7 5/16 in