The tabulating machine was an electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information stored on punched cards. Invented by Herman Hollerith, the machine was …

Aug 14, 2024 · Herman Hollerith's tabulator consisted of electrically-operated components that captured and processed census data by "reading" holes on paper punch cards. The primary …

The Nazi regime employed thousands of people in 1933 to 1939 to record national census data onto Hollerith punch cards. The SS used the Hollerith machines during the war to monitor the …

Herman Hollerith (born February 29, 1860, Buffalo, New York, U.S.—died November 17, 1929, Washington, D.C.) was an American inventor of a tabulating machine that was an important …

Hollerith’s machine was a practical and critical hit. In 1890, the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia awarded Hollerith the prestigious Elliott Cresson Medal for his “machine for tabulating large …

This proved sufficiently successful that Hollerith machines were selected to compile the data accumulated in the 1890 U.S. Census of population. Hollerith’s system found use not only in …

The Hollerith electric tabulating machine could be used with a keyboard rather than a card reader. In this illustration, a clerk working on the 1890 Census is manually entering the number of …

Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was a German-American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for …

Hollerith machines were used to calculate the 1890 United States census. His Tabulating Machine Company accomplished the calculation of population in less than six months, and the rest of …

Dec 11, 2025 · The Hollerith Machine represents the weaponization of information technology. The Nazi regime used these machines to cross-reference data, identifying individuals with …