Friden Adding Machine Cover

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Object Details

maker

Friden Calculating Machine Company

Description

This tan plastic cover for a ten-key Friden adding machine was found with machine MA.335423, which is by Marchant. It does not fit the machine.

Friden was making a ten-key adding machine (as opposed to a calculating machine) in about 1960. In 1964, the company began manufacture of electronic calculators.

References:

Newsweek, November 14, 1960, p. 56.

Accession file 313935.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1960

ID Number

1997.3040.01

catalog number

1997.3040.01

nonaccession number

1997.3040

Object Name

adding machine cover

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 19.5 cm x 25.5 cm x 42 cm; 7 11/16 in x 10 1/32 in x 16 17/32 in

place made

United States: California

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Adding Machines

Science & Mathematics

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0e8e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_692290