Burroughs Model 9 Adding Machine
date: label: date made
content: 1934
name: label: maker
content: Burroughs Adding Machine Company
notes: label: Description
content: This full-keyboard manually operated printing adding machine has seven columns of color-coded number keys, with nine keys in each column. To the left of these are three rows of black keys with a key for each month and additional red number keys for days. To the right of the central number keys is a column of five keys for subtotal, total, non-add, repeat, and error. There is a lever below these marked “-” at the top and “+” at the bottom. The crank on the right has a wooden handle.
label: Description
content: At the top is a wide adjustable carriage with a ribbon and printing mechanism in front of it. The rightmost type bar is for symbols. The next seven type bars are for totals, subtotals, etc. The three leftmost type bars are for days of the week and months. The machine has a serrated edge above the platen for tearing the end of the paper tape, an adjustable paper guide behind the platen, and a dowel mounted at the back to hold a roll of paper. The ribbon and its spools are covered, with screws holding the spool containers in place. The serial number, stamped on the keyboard below the keys, is: 9A67626.
label: Description
content: The machine was used at the Freda Fish Corporation, a family-owned wholesale and retail fish business in New York City. The motto of the business was “We handle anything that swims, clings, or crawls.”
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content: References:
label: Description
content: <I>Office Machines Research, Inc</I>., section 3.21.
label: Description
content: Accession file.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Adding Machines
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Emma Freda in Memory of Anthony Freda
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0058.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0058
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0058.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: adding machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 cm x 42 cm x 33.5 cm; 10 1/4 in x 16 17/32 in x 13 3/16 in