Adding machine used by the Chicago Defender
date: label: Date
content: after 1950
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Burroughs Corporation, American, founded 1886
label: Used by
content: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
notes: label: Description
content: A hand-crank adding machine manufactured by the Burroughs Corporation and used by the Chicago Defender. The adding machine has 81 number keys (1-9) in teal, blue, and black. Above the number keys are a black key that reads [REPEAT] and a red key that reads [CLEAR]. Below the keys is the Burroughs logo. At the bottom of the front of the machine there is an open space. On the proper left side on the lower edge is a black dial. On the proper right there is a hand-crank and two machine service stickers. The sticker towards the front gives the serial number [A1970] and the part number [13002009]. The sticker towards the back notes information about the ribbon. The back of the machine has a manufacturers section that list the unit, product, and serial number as well as information about the Burroughs Corporation.
place: label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Technology
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.18.4
objectType: label: Type
content: calculators
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: plastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 1/2 × 12 1/4 × 16 in. (26.7 × 31.1 × 40.6 cm)