Craig 4501 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1972
name: label: maker
content: Bowmar/Ali
label: distributor
content: Craig Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a gray and charcoal case and an array of black "Klixon" keys. Such keys have a design trademarked by Texas Instruments and make a distinctive click when pressed. In addition to ten digit and one decimal point key, there are four keys for arithmetic functions. One serves as a total key for addition and another as a difference key for subtraction. The top of the keyboard has a constant switch, a D key for recalling the display (it turns off after fifteen seconds), a clear entry key, and a red clear key. The on/off switch is behind the clear key. A mark next to it reads: CRAIG. The eight-digit red LED display is behind this. A cord for recharging the battery attaches at the back of the top. (This example has no cord.)
label: Description
content: The back has four plastic feet. A metal plate there gives operating instructions. Text near the bottom of it reads: CRAIG MODEL 4501 (/) SER NO 13330 (/) CRAIG CORPORATION COMPTON, CALIF. 90220 (/) MADE IN U.S.A. Stamped in ink on the bottom of the back are numbers which may be: 33 72 13. A mark scratched on the instruction plate reads: ZDENEK.
label: Description
content: Ball & Flamm give a 1971 sale price as $239.95.
label: Description
content: This calculator was made and sold as by Bowmar/Ali as the Bowmar 901B. Compare 1986.0988.129.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, <I>The Complete Collector's Guide to Pocket Calculators</I>, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett, 1997, p.37, 63.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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: 1987.0435.25
label: accession number
content: 1987.0435
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0435.25
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; display window; keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry; keyboard; plaque material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 in x 5 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 7.62 cm x 13.335 cm