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Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Public Information Office. (1919 - 04/1983)
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English: A woman with a Hollerith pantograph punch, the keyboard is for the 1940 US census population card(Truesdell p.144). Compare with File:Census pantograph and 1930s keypunches.jpg, which includes the same woman.
Български: Жена използва пантограф тип Холерит за да табулира преброяването на населението в САЩ (1940 година).
Deutsch: Junge Frau beim Codieren der Censusdaten der Vereinigten Staaten mit einem Hollerith Pantographen
Español: Una empleada tabula un censo (1940) en un pantógrafo Hollerith
Français : Une femme compile le recensement des États-Unis à l'aide d'un pantographe Hollerith
Українська: Жінка обробляє результати Перепису населення США (1940 рік).
Date circa 1940
date QS:P571,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q38945047
Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S)
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  • Record group: Record Group 29: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007 (National Archives Identifier: 358)
  • Series: Census Machines, compiled 1890 - 1950 (National Archives Identifier: 513294)
  • NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-29-CM-C(9)
  • 29-CM-C(9)
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current12:33, 19 January 2013Thumbnail for version as of 12:33, 19 January 20132,960 × 2,332 (2.44 MB)Tony Wills (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 23:13, 13 February 2012 this is the FP version, upload other version seperately
10:25, 28 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 10:25, 28 April 20122,960 × 2,332 (4.2 MB)Soerfm (talk | contribs)Auto levels, sharpness
23:13, 13 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 23:13, 13 February 20122,960 × 2,332 (2.44 MB)Mmxx (talk | contribs)Removed lines and scratches
15:46, 14 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 15:46, 14 November 20112,960 × 2,332 (2.15 MB)Yann (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{NARA-image-full |Title=This is a card puncher, an integral part of the tabulation system used by the United States Census Bureau to compile the thousands of facts gathered by the Bureau. Holes are punched in the card according to

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