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A 1949 photo of an IBM keypunch operator in the Bond Redemption Department

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Kendall Harmon

“A total of 37 punchings was made for every bond.”

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2 comments on “A 1949 photo of an IBM keypunch operator in the Bond Redemption Department”

  1. robroy says:
    October 5, 2011 at 6:03 am

    I actually took computer course which required computer punch cards for the programs. Dropped one box having my program with hundreds of steps/cards. Had to put it back in order. Ugh.

  2. Betsybrowneyes says:
    October 5, 2011 at 6:56 am

    In the late 60s, early 70s, chapel attendance was taken at Grove City College by turning in signed punch cards. I even remember we used punch cards in an accounting course at Penn State in the early 70s. How quickly things seem to have changed!