IBM Type 285 Tabulator (1933) and IBM Type 80 Model 1 Sorter (1925)
Catalog Number
102645460
Type
Still Image
Description
B/W, Perspective view of an IBM Type 285 Tabulator (center of photo) and an IBM Type 80 Model 1 Sorter (left foreground) . A third piece of equipment at right foreground is unidentified. Three women in dresses are standing in front of each machine, looking at the machine or handling cards into the machine. Parquet wood floor, office environment. White walls; five pictures hanging on the far wall. Telephone and fire extinguisher seen at far left back, attached to a column. Verso: "P4387" in black pencil, sideways, center left side near edge. "1238 / 75" in light, black pencil in center. "COPYRIGHT ENQUIRES TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM" stamped in black ink, at the center. "96" in blue ballpoint ink, sideways on a white label (1" x 1-1/2") at the upper right edge. "EARLY 1900'S EARLY TABULATING MACHINES", on a loose piece of lined paper (3-7/8" x 8-1/2") associated with the photo. [9/26/2005 JJL]
Identifying Numbers
Other number
1238/75
Other number
96
Other number
P4387
Dimensions
8 x 10 1/8 in.
Format
Photographic print
Category
Identification photograph; Publicity photograph
Subject
Computer industry--History; Computers--History; Electronic data processing--History
