Social Security clerk sorts a deck

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Courtesy of the Social Security Administration History Archives
Keywords
Unit record equipment; Data management; Social Security
Object ID
500004195

Each pass through the sorter put just one digit in order. Sorting by one letter required two passes. So, completely sorting by a 20-character name field required that all the cards pass through the machine 40 times.