Computers & Business Machines
Imagine the loss, 100 years from now, if museums hadn't begun preserving the artifacts of the computer age. The last few decades offer proof positive of why museums must collect continuously—to document technological and social transformations already underway.
The museum's collections contain mainframes, minicomputers, microcomputers, and handheld devices. Computers range from the pioneering ENIAC to microcomputers like the Altair and the Apple I. A Cray2 supercomputer is part of the collections, along with one of the towers of IBM's Deep Blue, the computer that defeated reigning champion Garry Kasparov in a chess match in 1997. Computer components and peripherals, games, software, manuals, and other documents are part of the collections. Some of the instruments of business include adding machines, calculators, typewriters, dictating machines, fax machines, cash registers, and photocopiers
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certified proof
- Crowdsourcing
- Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
- Location
- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1920-10-12
- plate date
- 1920-07-02
- series date
- 1902
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Treasurer of the United States
- Burke, John
- Register of the Treasury
- Elliott, William S.
- issuing bank
- Farmers National Bank of Plain City
- depicted
- McKinley, William
- McCulloch, Hugh
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.030313
- catalog number
- 297219.030313
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 5522
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
- Crowdsourcing
- Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
- Location
- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1924-03-28
- plate date
- 1917-03-15
- series date
- 1902
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Treasurer of the United States
- Burke, John
- Register of the Treasury
- Teehee, Houston Benge
- issuing bank
- Mahoning National Bank of Youngstown
- depicted
- Sherman, John
- Knox, John Jay
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.029447
- catalog number
- 297219.029447
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 2350
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
- Crowdsourcing
- Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
- Location
- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1924-08-21
- plate date
- 1922-04-04
- series date
- 1902
- Treasurer of the United States
- White, Frank
- Register of the Treasury
- Speelman, Harley V.
- issuing bank
- First National Bank of Youngstown
- depicted
- Harrison, Benjamin
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.028511
- catalog number
- 297219.028511
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 3
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
- Crowdsourcing
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1922-01-05
- plate date
- 1921-11-30
- series date
- 1902
- Treasurer of the United States
- White, Frank
- Register of the Treasury
- Elliott, William S.
- issuing bank
- Oxford National Bank
- depicted
- Sherman, John
- Knox, John Jay
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.030410
- catalog number
- 297219.030410
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 6059
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
- Crowdsourcing
- Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
- Location
- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1923-05-25
- plate date
- 1902-08-02
- series date
- 1902
- Treasurer of the United States
- Roberts, Ellis Henry
- Register of the Treasury
- Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
- issuing bank
- First National Bank and Trust Company of Hamilton
- depicted
- Harrison, Benjamin
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.028622
- catalog number
- 297219.028622
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 56
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
- Crowdsourcing
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1923-10-03
- plate date
- 1902-07-26
- series date
- 1902
- issuing bank
- Belmont National Bank
- depicted
- McKinley, William
- McCulloch, Hugh
- Treasurer of the United States
- Roberts, Ellis Henry
- Register of the Treasury
- Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.030462
- catalog number
- 297219.030462
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 6391
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Dress-Up Day Dunham Elementary School
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1900-1920
- user
- Dunham School
- ID Number
- 1982.0718.12
- accession number
- 1982.0718
- catalog number
- 1982.0718.12
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
- Crowdsourcing
- Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
- Location
- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1927-02-03
- plate date
- 1903-02-25
- series date
- 1902
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Treasurer of the United States
- Roberts, Ellis Henry
- Register of the Treasury
- Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
- issuing bank
- First National Bank of Massillon
- depicted
- McKinley, William
- McCulloch, Hugh
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.028800
- catalog number
- 297219.028800
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 216
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1923-09-10
- plate date
- 1920-10-14
- series date
- 1902
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Treasurer of the United States
- Burke, John
- Register of the Treasury
- Elliott, William S.
- issuing bank
- Citizens National Bank & Trust Company of Cincinnati
- depicted
- Harrison, Benjamin
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.029532
- catalog number
- 297219.029532
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 2495
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Hyoscyamus niger
- Description
- This specimen is one of approximately 187 specimens of materia medica (crude drug material) representing plants introduced and employed by physicians of the Eclectic School of American practitioners. In the early 1920s, the Smithsonian developed three small exhibits on the so-called "alternative" schools of medicine: homeopathy, osteopathy, and eclectic medicine. In 1924, John Uri Lloyd (1849-1936) procured these specimens for the museum's eclectic medicine exhibit.
- The Eclectic School, which emerged in the United States in the 1830s, arose from earlier botanical medicine movements and Native American herbal traditions. Practitioners primarily used plant-based drugs that were indigenous to the United States and developed a distinct "American materia medica." Lloyd Brothers, established in 1886 by brothers John Uri Lloyd, Curtis Gates Lloyd (1859-1926), and Nelson Ashley Lloyd (1851-1925), was a major supplier of quality botanical drugs for the eclectic physician.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1924
- 1924
- 1924
- 1924
- 1924
- 1924
- 1924
- 1924
- 1924
- 1924
- maker
- Lloyd Brothers
- ID Number
- MG.M-01802
- catalog number
- M-01802
- accession number
- 071753
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
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- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1923-02-24
- plate date
- 1902-07-15
- series date
- 1902
- Treasurer of the United States
- Roberts, Ellis Henry
- Register of the Treasury
- Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
- issuing bank
- American-First National Bank of Findlay
- depicted
- Sherman, John
- Knox, John Jay
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.028600
- catalog number
- 297219.028600
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 36
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Lakewood Tier Lift, ca. 1920
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- c. 1920
- maker
- Lakewood Engineering Co.
- ID Number
- 1980.0161.01
- accession number
- 1980.0161
- catalog number
- 1980.0161.01
- serial number
- 4285
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
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- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1923-12-06
- plate date
- 1913-04-03
- series date
- 1902
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Treasurer of the United States
- Burke, John
- Register of the Treasury
- Napier, James Carroll
- issuing bank
- Central National Bank of London
- depicted
- Harrison, Benjamin
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.030869
- catalog number
- 297219.030869
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 10373
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
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- BEP certification date
- 1922-03-11
- plate date
- 1922-04-27
- series date
- 1902
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Treasurer of the United States
- White, Frank
- Register of the Treasury
- Speelman, Harley V.
- issuing bank
- Third National Bank of Dayton
- depicted
- McKinley, William
- McCulloch, Hugh
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.029651
- catalog number
- 297219.029651
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 2678
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1926-07-14
- plate date
- 1921-07-11
- series date
- 1902
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Treasurer of the United States
- Burke, John
- Register of the Treasury
- Elliott, William S.
- issuing bank
- Potters National Bank
- depicted
- Harrison, Benjamin
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.029575
- catalog number
- 297219.029575
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 2544
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
- Crowdsourcing
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1924-04-17
- plate date
- 1903-01-28
- series date
- 1902
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Treasurer of the United States
- Roberts, Ellis Henry
- Register of the Treasury
- Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
- issuing bank
- City National Bank of Dayton
- depicted
- McKinley, William
- McCulloch, Hugh
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.029766
- catalog number
- 297219.029766
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 2874
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1928-03-01
- plate date
- 1905-12-18
- series date
- 1902
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Treasurer of the United States
- Treat, Charles Henry
- Register of the Treasury
- Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
- issuing bank
- First National Bank of Stockport
- depicted
- McKinley, William
- McCulloch, Hugh
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.030721
- catalog number
- 297219.030721
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 8042
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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"Valentino" ring
- Description (Brief)
- Souvenir ring known as a "Valentino" ring in reference to actor Rudolph Valentino. The brass finger ring is cast with the image of an Egyptian pharaoh with headdress. This ring was given to the donor, Frances Scheele, by a high school girl friend, who bought it at a department store in Cleveland, Ohio. It was inexpensive then, probably retailing for less than a dollar. Some thread is wrapped around the ring to make it fit properly on the wearer's finger. This sort of movie-oriented costume jewelry was popularly referred to as "Valentino" jewelry. The donor recalled that this was "all the rage" among teenagers at the time.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1923 - 1924
- Associated Name
- Valentino, Rudolph
- ID Number
- 1985.0168.02
- accession number
- 1985.0168
- catalog number
- 1985.0168.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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61st Annual Session Nat'L Grange P. of H.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1927
- maker
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1319
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1319
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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certified proof
- Crowdsourcing
- Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
- Location
- Currently not on view
- BEP certification date
- 1924-03-24
- plate date
- 1905-03-12
- series date
- 1902
- issuing authority
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Treasurer of the United States
- Roberts, Ellis Henry
- Register of the Treasury
- Lyons, Judson Whitlocke
- issuing bank
- Farmers National Bank of Greenville
- depicted
- McKinley, William
- McCulloch, Hugh
- manufacturer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- ID Number
- NU.297219.029172
- catalog number
- 297219.029172
- accession number
- 297219
- bank charter number
- 1092
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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