Skip to content
The Cramped
Celebrating The Unique Pleasures of Analog Writing
  • Home
  • About
  • Site Notes
  • What We Use
  • Why Analog?
  • RSS
Link

How the Index Card Catalogued the World

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Patrick Rhone

How the Index Card Catalogued the World — The Atlantic

I’m not going to quote a single bit of this one because, while I was somewhat aware of the history behind the humble index card, I was unaware of some of the various other things that such a simple invention helped lead to.

Share this:

  • Share
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
Patrick Rhone
View all posts by Patrick Rhone →

Post navigation

Older post
patrickrhone / journal » Blog Archive » Journal Day
Newer post
Reasons to keep a personal journal or sketchbook | Boing Boing
© 2025 The Cramped
Powered by WordPress | Theme: Graphy by Themegraphy