Brother 827R Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1975
name: label: maker
content: Brother International Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has tan plastic case and an array of ten digit keys as well as clear and decimal point key. Left of the digit keys are a percentage key and four memory keys. Four arithmetic function keys and a total key are left of the memory keys. The keyboard also has an on/off switch and a summation switch. A tag behind the keyboard reads: brother 827R (/) INTERNATONAL CORPORATION. Behind this is an eight-digit red LED display with a plastic cover. An attachment for an adapter is on the top edge at the right.
label: Description
content: A tag at the top of the back of the calculator reads: brother INTERNATIONAL CORP. (/) YOUR NEW BROTHER CALCULATOR (/) IS OF THE FINEST PRECISION CONST- (/) RUCTION, MANUFACTURED UNDER (/) RIGID QUALITY CONTROL IN (/) SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST (/) MODERN FACTORIES. Further text reads: MADE IN HONG KONG. A storage compartment for batteries is below.
label: Description
content: The calculator has a black plastic carrying case with a snap at the top. A mark on the case reads: brother.
label: Description
content: The Brother 827R was advertised in <I>The Bridgeport Post</I> in May of 1975 as on sale for $24.90.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: <I>The Bridgeport Post</I>, May 21, 1975, p. 2.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Hong Kong
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Handheld Electronic Calculators
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John B. Priser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0988.274
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.274
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; display cover; keys; carrying case material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (stickers material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3 in x 5 in; 2.54 cm x 7.62 cm x 12.7 cm