National Cash Register, Model 1544-(4D-1)
National Cash Register, Model 1544-(4D-1)
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- Description
- This machine has four wooden drawers arranged in a single column in a wooden case. The register, in a brown metal case, sits atop the drawers. It has four columns of digit keys (red for dollars, black for cents, with a red five-cent key). Right of these is a column with keys marked A, B, D, E. Right of these is a lever now broken, a motor bar, and a section for the paper tape. The indicators are above the keys. The machine is electric. It has serial number 3672484 and model number 1544-(4D-1).
- The machine was used at the Lansburgh Department Store in downtown Washington, D.C. When City Stores Company purchased Lansburgh, they gave the machine to the Smithsonian.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- cash register
- date made
- 1937
- maker
- National Cash Register Company
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Dayton
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 74 cm x 39.5 cm x 42 cm; 29 1/8 in x 15 9/16 in x 16 17/32 in
- ID Number
- MA.334907
- maker number
- 3672484
- accession number
- 314157
- catalog number
- 334907
- Credit Line
- Gift of City Stores Company
- subject
- Mathematics
- Business
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Computers & Business Machines
- Cash and Credit Registers
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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