On Aug 17, 2014, at 12:38 PM, drlegendre . <drlegendre at gmail.com> wrote:
First thing I notice is that the date, model and
serial numbers are
hand-struck into the badge - they are not part of a sequential, machine
rolled series. This means that anyone could have struck those numbers into
a blank plaque at any given time. It also certainly dates from 1963 or
later, fwiw.
I also find it odd that it's engraved by the Bureau of Census - it may have
been in use there, sure, but if this had been presented as a commemorative
to one of the principal individuals involved in the project, wouldn't you
expect it to bear their name? It's almost as if the Bureau of Census made
up & presented this item, rather than execs or department heads from
Remington-Rand.
It?s not clear it is *by* the Bureau of Census. It is certainly correct that SN#1 went
there, and I can easily imagine Univac marketing department making up a bunch of these to
celebrate their first sale. Whether it was made at that time, or many years later, is
anyone?s guess.
paul