refinished c. 1950's vintage american industrial freestanding tabulating machine punch card storage cabinet designed and fabricated by the remington rand, tabulating machine division, elmira, new york. the heavily reinforced cold-rolled steel cabinet contains twenty matching pull-out drawers with integrated handles. the brushed metal finish has been sealed with a clear coat finish. four matching cabinet are available. remington rand (1927–1955) was an early american business machines manufacturer, best known originally as a typewriter manufacturer and in a later incarnation, as the manufacturer of the univac line of mainframe computers. for a time, the word "univac" was recognized as a generic synonym for "computer". remington rand was a diversified conglomerate making other office equipment, electric shavers, etc. their corporate headquarters was housed in the c. 1911 remington rand building, located in new york city. remington rand was formed by the merger of the remington typewriter company, rand kardex company, and powers accounting machine company in 1927. from its inception until 1958, it was led by founder james rand, jr. of north tonawanda, new york. in 1950, remington rand acquired the eckert-mauchly computer corporation, founded by the makers of the eniac, and in 1952, they acquired engineering research associates (era), both of which were pioneers in electronic computing. at that time. the remington typewriters were the first to use the qwerty keyboard layout. remington arms had bought the design from christopher sholes. the remington no.1 was the first model released. all keys were uppercase. the univac i (universal automatic computer i) was the first commercial computer made in the united states. it was designed principally by j. presper eckert and john mauchly, the inventors of the eniac. design work was begun by their company, eckert-mauchly computer corporation, and was completed after the company had been acquired by remington rand. the first univac was delivered to the united states census bureau on march 31, 1951 and was dedicated on june 14 that year. the fifth machine (built for the u.s. atomic energy commission) was used by cbs to predict the result of the 1952 u.s. presidential election. with a sample of 1% of the voting population it predicted eisenhower's win. remington rand also made electric razors. the remington brand of razor was originally produced by a division of remington rand, starting in 1937. measures approximately 10 1/2 x 24 x 25 1/2 inches. two of four identical cabinets remain.