Object Details
maker
Dalton Adding Machine Company
Description
This gray-green manually operated ten-key printing adding machine has two rows of white plastic number keys, including complementary numbers for subtraction. There are multiply and non-add keys on the left, and backspace and subtract keys on the right.
The multiply key acts like a repeat key - multiplication is strictly by repeated addition. The place indicator is above the keyboard, with a metal correction key to the left of it. Above and to the right are release, total, and subtotal keys. The printing mechanism and “4”” carriage are toward the back. The ribbon is black. The non-print key is next to the ribbon.
There is a place for a 2-1/2” paper tape, but no paper tape. Above the platen is a serrated edge to tear the paper. A zero value appears before a total. The metal crank with wooden handle is on the right. There are metal feet, but no evidence of any rubber padding.
The machine is marked on the front: Dalton (/) ADDING, (/) LISTING AND (/) CALCULATING MACHINE. The serial number below the crank is: NO170913.
This example came to the Smithsonian from Immaculata School in Washington, D. C.
Compare to MA.333874 and MA.333402.
This closely resembles the Model 181-4 machine described in The Business Machines and Equipment Digest, about. 1928, Sec 3-1, p. 14, 19. This was the “Special $100 Machine.”
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Immaculata School
date made
1925
ID Number
1978.2479.04
maker number
170913
accession number
1978.2479
catalog number
336932
Object Name
adding machine
Physical Description
steel (overall material)
rubber (overall material)
plastic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 34.5 cm x 29 cm x 36 cm; 13 19/32 in x 11 13/32 in x 14 3/16 in
place made
United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_690123