Photograph by Dorr E. Felt, Constance Felt Using a Comptometer

Photograph by Dorr E. Felt, Constance Felt Using a Comptometer

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Description
This photograph shows Dorr E. Felt's daughter Constance as a child, using a Comptometer. The image, taken by Felt, was the basis of a drawing in a 1905 pamphlet on the Comptometer.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
photograph
date made
ca 1905
maker
Felt, D. E.
place photographed
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall:.1 cm x 12 cm x 14.5 cm; 1/32 in x 4 23/32 in x 5 23/32 in
ID Number
1994.3060.012
catalog number
1994.3060.012
nonaccession number
1994.3060
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Elizabeth Schmidt
subject
Mathematics
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Adding Machines
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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