Accountant - The enumeration division 1924 Jigsaw Puzzle

Colorized photo 1924, Nov 24 Original Title: Bonus Bureau, Computing Division Location: Washington, DC This is what you call a multi-processor computer. In actual terms they are Arithmometer's, and this is the computing section. These machines are electric, or parts of it are. It creates a spreadsheet of sorts. The operator inputs the data, either by hand or punch card. And the machine does the rest. The computations often take as long as 2 minutes to complete. And they were as noisy as they appear to be. I don't know if it was deafening or not, but I would imagine it would be quite a bit louder than today's computer or calculator. Makes you wonder what people will think of our modern offices a 100 years from now.