Craig 4509B Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1975
name: label: distributor
content: Craig Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has an array of ten digit keys, a decimal point key, and a clear entry key. Right of these is a column with four arithmetic function keys and a total key. Above the digit keys are a clear key, a percentage key, and a D key for clearing the display. A mark above the keyboard reads: CRAIG. Right of this is the on/off switch. The eight-digit LED display is behind this.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a compartment for four batteries, with a gray ribbon to hold things in place. The compartment cover is missing. The “Operation Outline” above the battery compartment describes operating procedures. Text at the bottom of this tag reads: CRAIG 4509B SERIAL NO. 7446659 (/) CRAIG CORPORATION COMPTON CALIFORNIA 90220 MADE IN JAPAN.
label: Description
content: The object has a zippered leather, cloth-lined case with a hook for haning it from the belt. A mark on the front of the case reads: CRAIG.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, <I>The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators</I>, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett, 1997, p. 64.
label: Description
content: <I>Fairbanks Daily News-Miner</I>, March 25, 1975, p. 16. Craig 4509B advertised as a $69.95 value selling for $37.00.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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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: 1986.0988.086
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.086
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry; tag material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (ribbon material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 in x 5 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 7.62 cm x 13.97 cm