Was (wer) ist People's Computing Company - definition
![[[Charles Ranlett Flint]] had already created several successful consolidations, including creating industrial giant [[U.S. Rubber]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles Ranlett Flint.jpg?width=200 "[[Charles Ranlett Flint]] had already created several successful consolidations, including creating industrial giant [[U.S. Rubber]].")
![1917 [[organizational chart]]. This style of chart, pyramids divided into five parts, was required by Patterson and one of the many things Watson brought from NCR to CTR.<ref>Crowther, Samuel (undated). ''John H. Paterson – The Romance of Business'', Geoffrey Bliss</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tabulating Machine Co Organization Chart.jpg?width=200 "1917 [[organizational chart]]. This style of chart, pyramids divided into five parts, was required by Patterson and one of the many things Watson brought from NCR to CTR.<ref>Crowther, Samuel (undated). ''John H. Paterson – The Romance of Business'', Geoffrey Bliss</ref>")
![IBM songbooks with Think signs in several languages and [[punched card]]s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Think signs in several languages.em.jpg?width=200 "IBM songbooks with Think signs in several languages and [[punched card]]s")
![''Enterprise'']], built 1863.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enterprise (sternwheeler 1863).jpg?width=200 "''Enterprise'']], built 1863.")
![''Onward'']], built to navigate the [[Tualatin River]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Onward steamboat 1867.jpg?width=200 "''Onward'']], built to navigate the [[Tualatin River]].")
![Snake]] rivers.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PTCo ad 07 May 1863.jpg?width=200 "Snake]] rivers.")
![[[Stock certificate]] of the People's Transportation Company, issued to Asa A. McCully.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PTCo stock cert 1865.jpg?width=200 "[[Stock certificate]] of the People's Transportation Company, issued to Asa A. McCully.")
![[[Stereocard]] photograph of [[Carleton Watkins]], showing steamers in 1867 at the P.T. Company boat basin. One steamer on left is in the drydock. Probably all vessels shown belonged to the People's Transportation Company.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Panorama of Oregon City and the Willamette falls, by Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916.png?width=200 "[[Stereocard]] photograph of [[Carleton Watkins]], showing steamers in 1867 at the P.T. Company boat basin. One steamer on left is in the drydock. Probably all vessels shown belonged to the People's Transportation Company.")
![''Albany'']] at left, in drydock, circa 1874. Across the falls can be seen the new ship canal, built by the P.T. Company's competitor, the [[Willamette Falls Canal and Locks Company]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steamers Alice and Albany at Oregon City circa 1874 image 2.jpg?width=200 "''Albany'']] at left, in drydock, circa 1874. Across the falls can be seen the new ship canal, built by the P.T. Company's competitor, the [[Willamette Falls Canal and Locks Company]].")
Wikipedia
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) was a holding company of manufacturers of record-keeping and measuring systems subsequently known as IBM.
In 1911, financier and noted trust organizer, "Father of Trusts", Charles R. Flint amalgamated (via stock acquisition) four companies: Bundy Manufacturing Company, International Time Recording Company, the Tabulating Machine Company, and the Computing Scale Company of America; creating a fifth company – the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company.
CTR was initially located in Endicott, New York The amalgamated companies had 1,300 employees and manufactured a wide range of products, including employee time-keeping systems, weighing scales, automatic meat slicers, and punched card equipment.
CTR was renamed as the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1924.
The individual companies continued to operate using their established names until the businesses were integrated in 1933, and the holding company was eliminated.
