New machine to speed up statistics of census of 1940. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Back in 1870, it took 7 years to compile statistics from the facts taken by census takers, but in the next 10 years, Herman Hollerith invented a 'unit tabulator,' shown on left of photo being operated by Operator Ann Oli
4 x 5 in. or smaller
- Date
- 1939
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 10,004 × 7,943 pixels
Public domainsafest
Reason: Harris & Ewing collection, given to the Library of Congress without copyright restrictions.
Read from: Commons licence category: PD-Harris-Ewing; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page; permission field: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Inf.
Credit line
"New machine to speed up statistics of census of 1940. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Back in 1870, it took 7 years to compile statistics from the facts taken by census takers, but in the next 10 years, Herman Hollerith invented a 'unit tabulator,' shown on left of photo being operated by Operator Ann Oli" (1939). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_machine_to_speed_up_statistics_of_census_of_1940._Washington,_D.C.,_Dec._2._Back_in_1870,_it_took_7_years_to_compile_statistics_from_the_facts_taken_by_census_takers,_but_in_the_next_10_LCCN2016876696.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 290435.
More like this
CENSUS BUREAU. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. TABULATING MACHINE
1919 · Library of Congress
CENSUS BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. TABULATING MACHINE
1917 · Library of Congress
Baltimore, MD. To facilitate handling of the individual master card, it is necessary that the identifying information represented by the holes which have ben punched in the card, shall be easily read by the human eye. From the gang punch machine, therefore the master card is taken to an interpreting
1937 · Library of Congress
Social Security board goes into the census reports. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12-37. Anticipating heavy demand for proof of age in connection with Social Security benefits, the Census Bureau began today to film ? 26,000,000 names that have been recorded in the last two censuses. These two censuses wil
1937 · Library of Congress
Tabulating machines, Census
1909–1940 · Library of Congress
Treasury prepares to release flood of Social Security checks. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. January 1 will see the Treasury's Division of Disbursement taking upon the additional duty of issuing thousands of checks each month to social security beneficiaries. They are now making 2,000 addressograph plat
1939 · Library of Congress
Tabulating machines at F.H.A.
1937 · Library of Congress
Baltimore, Md. The 'work' cards, by means of which constant check is kept on what is being done with each block of social security account applications, are punched in the Production and Control Section. Each hole in each 'work' or operation card represents a letter or a numeral. When translated, th
1938 · Library of Congress