Sears 728.5822 Handheld Electronic Calculator (Sears 5822)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1975
name: label: maker
content: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case and eighteen square sloping plastic keys (two of which are rectangular). These include nine digit keys, a zero and decimal point bar, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a % key and a clear/clear entry key. To the right of the three uppermost keys is an on/off switch. A mark above the eight-digit LED display reads: Sears. A jack for a power cord is on the right side.
label: Description
content: At the top of the back of the case is a compartment for three AA batteries. A sticker at the bottom of the case reads: SEARS (/) MODEL (/) NO. 728.5822 SERIAL (/) NO. 308598. It also reads: ASSEMBLED (/) IN MEXICO.
label: Description
content: This calculator has a slot for a “wood-grained roll top” such as was used on some other Sears calculators of the era. It has no top.
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 Printing, 1997, p. 136.
label: Description
content: Sears, Roebuck and Co., <I>Sears Spring and Summer 1975 [Catalog]</I>, 1975, p. 1094. A Sears 5822C electronic calculator, which looks very much like this one, is advertised as offered for $35.50.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
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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: 1986.0988.183
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.183
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in; 2.54 cm x 5.3975 cm x 15.5575 cm