National Cash Register, Model 211 (1)
date: label: date made
content: 1943
name: label: maker
content: National Cash Register Company
notes: label: Description
content: This gray-green machine has metal exterior and mechanism, and a black plastic plate above the cash drawer, plastic keys and a plastic window. Four columns with nine digit keys each are on the right front and then five columns, each with nine keys, for entering amounts from hundreds of dollars down to cents. Right of these keys are keys indicating types of transactions, as well as TOTAL and SUBTOTAL keys. Right of these is a column of keys labeled with Roman numerals from I to VIII. Next to this are eight windows in a column. Right of these is the operating bar. Indicators are at the top. A space at the front may be meant for a paper tape. The machine has an electric cord, whose measurements are not included in the dimensions. The paper tape is missing.
label: Description
content: The machine was made by the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio in 1943. It is a size 211 (1) and has serial number 4060872. According to a label on the bottom of the cash drawer, it was made for the Mary Webb Beauty Salon on Orange Street in Wilmington, Delaware.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Dayton
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Business
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Cash and Credit Registers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gloria B. Ballard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0734.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0734
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0734.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cash register
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44 cm x 33.5 cm x 41.5 cm; 17 5/16 in x 13 3/16 in x 16 11/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 41 in x 23 in; 76.2 cm x 104.14 cm x 58.42 cm