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#FOSDIC190091
Description: FOSDIC (Film Optical Sensing Device for Input to Computers).
First developed in 1953 for the 1960 Census of Population and Housing. This
equipment scans reels of micofilmed census questionnaires to capture responses
which are transferred to magnetic tape readable by computers. (Source: U.S.
Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing: 1960, Procedural History) Photo Credit: U.S.
Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in
news media and public information products. |
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#FOSDIC001
Description: FOSDIC (Film Optical Sensing Device for Input to Computers).
First developed in 1953 for the 1960 Census of Population and Housing. This
equipment scans reels of micofilmed census questionnaires to capture responses
which are transferred to magnetic tape readable by computers. (Source: U.S.
Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing: 1960, Procedural History) Photo Credit: U.S.
Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO) Free to use in
news media and public information products. |
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#Histo01h Description: Woman operating the
Hollerith Pantograph, Census Bureau
Year: 1940
Photo Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office
(PIO) Free to use in news media and public information products. |
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#Histo03h Description: Hand
punch machine used in 1940 Year: 1940 Photo
Credit: U.S. Census Bureau, Public Information Office (PIO)
Free to use in news media and public information products. |