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Description: | Punch card systems were the forerunners of computers. They had been used by the War Office to store and retrieve information about the millions of men and women in the forces during the Second World War.
After the war, companies such as London Transport (L.T.) began using punch card systems to keep records of their staff. L.T. was a pioneer using such technologies, partly because they employed so many people; over 100,000 in 1949.
Miss E Davies and Miss L Stokely of the central record of staff statistics are shown operating a Hollerith machine. This sorted cards that were punched with holes to record staff details. The position and number of these holes was read to produce statistical data. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Work | Temporal: | 1949 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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