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Decennial Census of Population and Housing Photos

Many Census Bureau photos of official events and operations are available for free download and use according our Multimedia Usage Policy. Many photos are historical. We stage photos of census or survey taking to protect personally identifiable information from becoming public.

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1950 Electronic Statistical Machine
The "electronic statistical machine" used after the 1950 census combined the operations of the mechanical sorter & counting machine. Year: 1950.
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1950 Custom-built Machines and Computers
1950 Census required specialized and high volume data processing sorting machines and computers equipment.
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1950 Census of Population and Housing - Population Form
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1950 Microfiliming the 1900 Census Records
Census Bureau employees use Recordak Microfilming machines to photograph 76 million records from the 1900 census. Year: 1900
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1950 Census of Population and Housing - Housing Form
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1950 Census Family Interview
Interviewing a family for the 1950 census.
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1950 Key Punch Machines
The Census Bureau employed highly skilled men and women to maintain and custom-build the agency's machinery. Year: 1950
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1950 Census
Only twenty questions were on the 1950 census form.
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1950 Mechanical Punch Card Sorter
The Census Bureau employed highly skilled men and women to maintain and custom-build the agency's machinery. Year: 1950s.
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1950 Electric Sorter
Construction of an Electronic Sorter by the Census Bureau's Machine Tabulation Division. Year: 1950.
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1950 Census Enumerator Interviewing a Family
Census Bureau enumerator interviewing mother with two children.
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1950 Census Bureau Office
1950s aerial view of U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, Maryland. Year: 1950s.
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1950 Electric Sorters
The Census Bureau employed highly skilled men and women to maintain and custom-build the agency's machinery. Year: 1950s.
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1950 Census Interview at a Mobile Home
Enumerator interviewing a woman outside her mobile home.
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1950 Machinists and Technicians
The Census Bureau employed highly skilled men and women to maintain and custom-build the agency's machinery. Year: 1950s.
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1950 Machine Technicians at Work
The Census Bureau employed highly skilled men and women to maintain and custom-build the agency's machinery. Year: 1950s.
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1950 Creating Punch Cards
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1950 Testing Electric Sorter
The Census Bureau employed highly skilled men and women to maintain and custom-build the agency's machinery and computers. Year: 1950.
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1950 Building Electronic Sorters
The Census Bureau employed highly skilled men and women to maintain and custom-build the agency's machinery and computers. Year: 1950.
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Previous Director Roy Victor Peel
Roy Peel was born in 1896 in Des Moines, Iowa. Service in World War I interrupted his college education.
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Notable Alumni Conrad Taeuber
As chief of the Population Division, Taeuber led the expansion of the Census Bureau's demographic program to respond to emerging public policy issues.
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1950 Census Enumerator
Mom and baby take part in the 1950 census.
Page Last Revised - December 16, 2021
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