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Item
Title
A69326-3
Date(s)
- 1952-09-22 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Tabulating equipment at Pacific First Federal. Punch card technology was developed in the mid-1880's by Herman Hollerith to help handle tabulation of data for the 1890 census. James Powers, working for the Bureau of Census developed a different type of card punch for the 1910 census. Powers left the Bureau to start his own business which merged with Remington Typewriter Company and Rand Cardex to form Remington Rand in 1927. Ordered by Remington Rand, Inc.
Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan Association (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Remington Rand Co. (Rowayton, Ct.);