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Montgomery Ward P90 Handheld Electronic Calculator (Model Number DAN-8670A)

American History Museum

Wards P90 Handheld Electronic Calculator
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  • Wards P90 Handheld Electronic Calculator
  • Wards P90 Handheld Electronic Calculator, Back View

    Object Details

    maker

    APF Electronics

    Description

    This handheld electronic calculator has a light tan plastic case and a gray plastic keyboard. It has an array of eighteen rectangular keys with rounded corners. These include ten digit keys and a decimal point key, keys for the four arithmetic functions, an equals/constant key, a percentage key, and a clear entry/clear key. The eight-digit LED display is behind the keyboard. The battery compartment opens from the back at the top. The device has two plastic feet. The socket for the adapter is on the right.
    A mark on the front reads: MONTGOMERY (/) WARD ELECTRONIC P90. The paper tag on the back reads: WARDS P-90. It also reads: MODEL NO. DAN-8670A (/) SERIAL NO. 57X-003112 (/) Distributed By (/) Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. (/) Chicago, Illinois 60671 (/) MADE IN JAPAN.
    Compare 1986.0988.169, an APF Mark 40. The Ward P90 was made for Montgomery Ward by APF Electronics.
    References:
    Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett, 1997, p. 102.
    Online Datamath Calculator Museum, accessed August 29, 2014.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of John B. Priser

    date made

    ca 1975

    ID Number

    1986.0988.329

    catalog number

    1986.0988.329

    accession number

    1986.0988

    Object Name

    electronic calculator

    Physical Description

    metal (circuitry material)
    paper (sticker material)
    plastic (case; keys; display cover material)

    Measurements

    overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 6.35 cm x 11.43 cm

    place made

    Japan

    See more items in

    Medicine and Science: Computers
    Computers & Business Machines
    Handheld Electronic Calculators

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-c096-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1363795
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