UCLA Computer Club Punch Card
date: label: date made
content: 1960s
name: label: maker
content: IBM
notes: label: Description
content: In the 1960s, when UCLA (the University of California at Los Angeles) purchased a commercial computer from IBM, students formed a club where they could share their knowledge of the new machines. At that time, data and programs were entered onto computers using punched cards like this one. The decoration of the card was up to the individual customer. This is a pink eighty-column punch card for an IBM computer. Each column contains the digits from 0 to 9. The background of the card shows the head of a moose propped in front of a log. An open book lies on the left, and magnetic tape is in the mouth of the moose.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles, University of California at Los Angeles
topic: label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Punch Cards
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Douglas W. Jones
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0142.25
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0142.25
label: accession number
content: 1996.0142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: punch card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 19 cm x 8.4 cm; 1/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 5/16 in