Pink 80-column punch card with square corners and card cut on the top left hand corner. A header reading “Material Detail Transaction Card” is printed above row 0. The card is a data entry card for recording material transactions at the United States of America’s Department of Defence Rocky Mountain Arsenal, a chemical weapons manufacturing facility in Denver, Colorado, United States of America.
The card has a number of fixed length fields separated in the punch area by solid lines with the field labels printed between rows 4 and 5. The Quantity, Standard Price and Extended Amount fields provide space for decimal values by separating the last 2, 3 and 2 digits of each field respectively with a dashed line. The print area at the top of the card repeats the field titles in a condensed format so that fields can be easily identified if print output is provided on the card.
The card has “Rocky Mountain Arsenal” printed the right margin and “SARRM FORM L-40” and “(18 MAR 1974)” printed in the left margin. “Globe 508991” is printed in the bottom margin. The card has column numbers for every column, below the 0 and 9 rows.
Appendix: Field Definitions
| Field Description | Columns | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Month | 1-2 | |
| Day | 3-4 | |
| Yr | 5 | |
| A | 6 | |
| Group | 7-10 | |
| National Id. Number | 11-29 | This appears to be divided into three subfields; 3, 7 and 1 column long respectively. |
| Voucher No. | 21-28 | |
| TRN | 29-30 | |
| DIDO | 31 | |
| Dept. | 32-35 | |
| C/C | 36-37 | |
| Job No. | 38-41 | |
| Work No. | 42-45 | |
| Rev | 46 | |
| [Unlabelled] | 47-51 | |
| Unit | 52-53 | |
| Quantity | 54-62 | Columns 61-62 intended for decimal fractions to two digits |
| Standard Price | 63-70 | Columns 68-70 intended for decimal fractions to three digits |
| Extended Amount | 71-80 | Columns 79-80 intended for decimal fractions to two digits |