http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/19/the-1950-us-census/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:48:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/19/the-1950-us-census/#comment-142672 Modern Mechanix: “Yesterday’s tomorrow, today” | History Now Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:01:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/19/the-1950-us-census/#comment-142672 [...] The 1950 U.S. Census (1950) This article describes the 1950 U.S. census and the advanced technology used both to collect and analyse the data. With a population of 45 million, it was a massive undertaking. Census enumerators were given aerial photographs to help them find every house in their district. The results were then fed into punch card machines capable of processing 1,000 cards, each one representing a census form, per day. [...] [...] The 1950 U.S. Census (1950) This article describes the 1950 U.S. census and the advanced technology used both to collect and analyse the data. With a population of 45 million, it was a massive undertaking. Census enumerators were given aerial photographs to help them find every house in their district. The results were then fed into punch card machines capable of processing 1,000 cards, each one representing a census form, per day. [...]

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