Female bank employees with accounting machines
Title
Female bank employees with accounting machines
Description
Black and white image of five different women seated at desks. One woman sits at a typewriter, while the woman behind her appears to be working with paper accounting material. The three women on the left side of the image all sit before accounting machines, which performed typewriting, ten-key, and other computational functions necessary for keeping track of banking transactions. Considered early forerunners of the modern computer, machines like this were replaced with business computers in the 1960s and 1970s. Museum records identify these women as employees of Commercial National Bank, which occupied the building where the U. S. Bank is now in downtown Hillsboro, on the corner of 2nd and Main Streets.
[back] [stamped] Hillsboro Studio, 146 E Main St., H. E. McMullen, Phone 3571.
Creator
McMullen, Herbert E., Hillsboro Studio, Hillsboro, Oregon
Date Created
circa 1950s
Subject
Women--Employment
Banks and banking
Accounting machines
Economic History
Work
Scientific History
Place
Hillsboro, Oregon
Medium
gelatin silver prints
Language
English
Identifier
WCMpic_014333
Rights
Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.
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Source
Robert L. Benson Research Library, Five Oaks Museum
Type
Still Image