Tristan Davey’s punch card archive
Tristan Davey’s punch card archive highlights the historical significance of punched cards in accounting and early computing. Once widely used in the 1950s and 60s, these cards have largely faded from public memory. The archive seeks to document and preserve these artifacts for future generations.
- ▪Punched cards were essential for accounting and data collection in the mid-20th century.
- ▪At their peak, millions of punch cards were printed monthly by hundreds of companies.
- ▪The archive aims to preserve the history and significance of these once-ubiquitous items.
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Bits of history...Punched cards were once a ubiquitous part of accounting, data collection and early computing. At their peak of use, in the 1950s and 60s, hundreds of companies around the world printed millions of punch cards every month. Yet within a few years of their obsolescence they all but disappeared from the public consciousness.This archive captures a small selection of these cards and their ephemera, and aims to document and preserve these pieces of history for the future.
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