Regional Census of Hamilton County

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Title	Regional Census of Hamilton County
Subject	Ohio--Census
Time Period	1930s
Place	Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	Reverse reads: "Regional Census of Hamilton County, Ohio was started November 12, 1936, employing a maximum of 331 persons but at present only 45 are employed on the project. The appropriation under W.P.A. amounts to $86,589, $72083 of which has been spent to date. The sponsors, The Regional Department of Economy Security, appropriated $2,275 as their share. The Census of Hamilton County was taken as one of the first and necessary steps to understanding the employment problem of the County. The census is an enumeration of the individuals living in Hamilton county as of May 31, 1936, classified according to age, color, nativity, sex, schooling, occupation, industry, religion, etc. The statistical tabulation is done by means of punched cards. A card is punched for each person enumerated. Picture No. 1 shows the automatic electric key punch in operation. This machine is used to punch coded information on the cards. Twenty-six key punches were used to punch some 575,000 cards. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer. Federal Project No. 1 (Writers') 7-6-36. Cincinnati, Ohio."
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Date of Original	July 6, 1936
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B03F10_008_1.tif
Image Height	4857
Image Width	5988
File Size	87279876 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2010-03-17
Date modified	2010-05-10

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