IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This machine was used to punch paper ...

From the early 20th century into the 1970s, Americans used punched cards to enter data into tabulating equipment and then electronic computers. This is an early key-operated punch, based on patents of ...

Credit: Maria Dryfhout/Shutterstock.com. This month, the U.S. Census Bureau undertakes the 24th national census, beginning with Census Day on April 1. Today's tools for data collection include the ...

IBM turns 100 years old on Thursday, and what a trip the company has made from its origins in punch cards and "calculating machines." Here, a brief history of innovation from the tech powerhouse. From ...

Statistician and inventor Herman Hollerith became known as the father of modern automatic computation for his electric tabulating system, which revolutionized the US census. He was recruited to work ...