National Cash Register, Model 1852-E
date: label: date made
content: 1929
name: label: maker
content: National Cash Register Company
notes: label: Description
content: This large cash register has a wood and metal exterior painted black, and five columns of keys. The keys in the leftmost column indicate the type of transaction. Right of these keys are four columns of 9 keys, the leftmost for $90 down to $10, the next for $9 to $1, the next for 90 cents to 10 cents, and the last for 9 cents to 1 cent. Hence the machine can have purchases entered of up to $99.99. It is a National model 1852-E, made by National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio. It has serial number 2925055 and dates from 1929.
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content: The paper tape for dispensing receipts is on the left. Above the keys are indicators showing the type of transaction and the amount. A wide cash drawer is at the bottom of the machine. The machine is electrically operated, but there is a place for an operating crank on the right side.
label: Description
content: According to the donor, the register was used at Mosely's Jewelry Store on U Street in Washington, D.C. It has an indentation from a 32-caliber bullet, produced in one of the many times the store was robbed. The base price for this machine new was $350.00 in 1927.
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content: References:
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content: Equipment Research Corporation, <I>Business Machines and Equipment Digest</I>, 1928, vol. 1, section 10–1, p. 18.
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content: Accession file.
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 Steven A. Levy and Lois R. Zuckerman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0899.01
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0899.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0899
label: maker number
content: 2925055
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cash register
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
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content: glass (overall material)
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content: rubber (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: plastic (overall material)
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content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 cm x 61 cm x 43 cm; 20 7/8 in x 24 1/32 in x 16 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 41 in x 23 in; 76.2 cm x 104.14 cm x 58.42 cm