As a schoolboy growing up in New York City in the 1870s, Herman Hollerith often managed to sneak out of the schoolroom just before spelling lessons. His teacher noticed and one day locked the door; ...

1890: The U.S. Census Bureau uses a tabulating machine for the first time. Freed of the laborious process of hand-sorting its data, the bureau is able to produce a complete census within two years.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During the 1880s the engineer Herman ...

Statistician and inventor Herman Hollerith became known as the father of modern automatic computation for his electric tabulating system, which revolutionized the US census. He was recruited to work ...

Commissioned by the United States Census Bureau to make counting people easier, the device would lead to the creation of IBM After the United States Census Bureau dispatched its workers across the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. By the late 19th century, the U.S.

Hollerith House was built in 1911 by inventor Herman Hollerith. Gordon Beall To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and ...

Hollerith House was built in 1911 by inventor Herman Hollerith. Gordon Beall To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and ...

The first automatic data processing system. Developed by Herman Hollerith, a Census Bureau statistician, the machine was first used to count the U.S. census of 1890. It was so successful that ...