Object Details
maker
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Description
This full-keyboard printing electric adding machine has a block of 12 columns of square tan and white color-coded plastic number keys with a column of function keys to the right. Right of these are two function bars. A narrow carriage, with printing mechanism and paper tape, is at the back. There are 14 type bars in the printing mechanism, and a black ribbon. The machine has no case. There is power cord at the back and a loose gray piece.
A red tag attached to the machine reads: PATENT DEPT. (/) #141. It was model #141 in the collection of the Patent Division of Burroughs Corporation. A metal tag under the keyboard reads: 3448. A metal tag attached to the object reads: DONATED TO (/) The Smithsonian Institution (/) by (/) Burroughs Corporation.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Burroughs Corporation
date made
ca 1950
ID Number
1982.0794.24
catalog number
1982.0794.24
accession number
1982.0794
Object Name
adding machine
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
paper (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 26.3 cm x 30.2 cm x 36 cm; 10 11/32 in x 11 7/8 in x 14 3/16 in
place made
United States: Michigan, Detroit
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_694109