EAC 436458 Punch Card
date: label: form date
content: 1960
label: date used
content: ca 1960
name: label: user
content: Sivowitch, Elliot
label: creator
content: General Services Administration
notes: label: Description
content: This cream-colored punch card with dark blue printing is the statement of earnings and deductions for E. N. Sivowitch, issued by the General Services Administration. Elliot Norman Sivowitch was a specialist in television and radio history at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History for 40 years. The card, which dates from the early 1960s, was found among his files after his retirement in 2000. It is in excellent condition – never folded, spindled, or mutilated! His bi-weekly net pay after taxes and deductions was $122.75 (about $1,075 in 2018 dollars).
label: Description
content: The initials "EAC" in the name of the card stand for Electronic Accounting Card Company, a firm in High Point, North carolina established in 1957 and operated into 1968, when it was purchased by Control Data Corporation. Edgar Snider, the founder of EAC, would go on to establish the High Point Electronic Card Company, the National Electronic card Company, and National Electronic Computer Supplies, all makers of punch cards.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Personal Communication, Victoria Shipman, April 13, 2022.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.3105.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2018.3105
label: catalog number
content: 2018.3105.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: punch card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.7 cm x 18.7 cm; 3 7/16 in x 7 3/8 in