Counter for Odometer

Description:

This worn, rough metal counter has three wheels for tallying numbers up to 999. t once attached to a wheel and recorded rotations, serving as an odometer.

A stamp on the object reads: CARMEAN (/) ANTHONY KS. According to the accession file, it was made by W. H. Carmean, who lived for a time in Hutchinson, Kansas. William H. Carmean is listed in the 1910 U.S. Census as a twenty-four- year-old, Kansas-born resident of Anthony, Kansas. He was not living there in 1900 or 1920, hence the rough date assigned to the object.

According to the donor, an employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the counter and wheel were used in the early days of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, established in 1933. Measures of distance were carried out to help compute acreages.

References:

Accession File.

U.S. Census 1900, 1910, 1920.

Date Made: ca 1910

Maker: Carmean, W. H.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Kansas, Anthony

Subject: Mathematics

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Counters, Science & Mathematics

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Gift of Ed Willim, Junior

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MA.327579Catalog Number: 327579Accession Number: 268149

Object Name: counter

Physical Description: plated brass (overall material)steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: 4.9 cm x 14.7 cm x 8 cm; 1 15/16 in x 5 25/32 in x 3 5/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-090e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_690547

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