IBM Z27004 Library Card
date: label: date made
content: 1978
name: label: maker
content: George Washington University
notes: label: Description
content: Some universities used compact punch cards as library cards. Historian of technology Robert Friedel had this one at George Washington University. Note to the phrase “Do not fold, staple, or mutilate.” This warning – or the more widely known “Do not fold, spindle or mutilate” – was printed on cards intended for circulation among those unfamiliar with handling such cards.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Punch Cards
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Friedel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.3129.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.3129.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1990.3129
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Library Card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 6 cm x 8.3 cm; 1/32 in x 2 3/8 in x 3 9/32 in