Dalton Adding Machine
Dalton Adding Machine
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- Description
- This ten-key printing manually operated adding machine is in a gray steel case. It has ten white plastic number keys in two rows. These keys have complementary numbers for subtraction, and eight brown plastic function keys. The NON (/) ADD and MULTI-(/)PLY keys are left of the number keys, the BACK (/) SPACE and SUB-(/)TRACT keys are right of the number keys. There are TOTAL, RELEASE, and SUB (/) TOTAL keys on the upper right, and a correction bar on the left. There is a NON (/) PRINT key next to the black ribbon.
- A place indicator is above the number keys. Above and behind this are the ribbon, 4” carriage, and paper tape holder. There is no paper tape, but there is a serrated edge for tearing the paper tape. The Dalton mark on the back has been painted over. A metal crank with wooden handle is on the right side.
- The serial number given under the crank is: NO 174012. A label applied to the front and back of the machine reads: Eastern Typewriter Co. Office & School Supplies 109-111 W. Barnes St. Wilson N.C. Phone 4504.
- According to a note in the divisional accession file, the object was salvaged from a garage in Fremont, N.C., about 1968.
- Compare to MA.336932 and MA.333874.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- adding machine
- date made
- 1926
- maker
- Dalton Adding Machine Company
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 37 cm x 28 cm x 35 cm; 14 9/16 in x 11 1/32 in x 13 25/32 in
- ID Number
- MA.334402
- accession number
- 314559
- maker number
- 174012
- catalog number
- 334402
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stephen Forrest
- subject
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Adding Machines
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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