Hollerith Punch Card for the 1900 Census of Population, Replica
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
name: label: maker
content: IBM
notes: label: Description
content: This paper punch card was designed for use in compiling data collected in the 1900 U.S. Census of Population. It includes fields for designating enumeration district, race, sex, age, marital status, number of children, number of children living, place of birth, place of birth of parents, years in the United States, citizenship status, occupation, whether employed, and years of education.
label: Description
content: A mark printed on the bottom edge of the card reads: IBM190916. A mark penciled on the back reads: CHARLES LOCKERBY (/) IBM / WASH. As IBM did not take that name until 1924, the card was not printed for the Census.
label: Description
content: Compare 1988.3098.03. The punch cards with this museum number were received at the museum in 1959 from the Bureau of the Census.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Mathematics
label: web subject
content: Census
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
label: See more items in
content: Tabulating Equipment
label: See more items in
content: Science & Mathematics
label: See more items in
content: Punch Cards
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Herman Hollerith, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0114.08.02
label: accession number
content: 1977.0114
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0114.08.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: punch card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 17 cm x 8.3 cm; 1/32 in x 6 11/16 in x 3 9/32 in