Victor Adding Machine
date: label: date made
content: 1923
name: label: maker
content: Victor Adding Machine Company
notes: label: Description
content: This full-keyboard, printing adding machine has a steel frame painted black and green There are eight columns of color-coded black and white metal keys with digits written on paper and covered with clear plastic (the keys resemble those on early typewriters). Complementary digits are indicated on the keys. The total appears in eight glass-covered metal windows over number dials at the front of the machine. There are total and non-add keys left of the number keys and a repeat key on the right. The total key also clears the machine. A metal crank with a wooden handle on the right of the machine operates it. Behind the keyboard is a two-colored ribbon, printing mechanism, and fixed narrow carriage. There are nine type bars, eight for digits and one for special characters. There is a serrated edge for tearing off the paper tape.
label: Description
content: The machine is marked on the front and behind the keyboard: VICTOR. It is marked on the back: PATENTED (/) JUNE 20,1919 - APRIL 13th,1920 (/) MFD. BY (/) VICTOR ADDING MACHINE CO. (/) CHICAGO, U.S.A. (/) OTHER PATENTS PENDING. The serial number, on a metal tag attached to the bottom of the machine, is 24843.
label: Description
content: This adding machine was purchased in 1922 and used until 1982 by Samuel Bernstein in his capacity as Secretary-Treasurer of Wilner Branch 367 of Workmen’s Circle. Workmen’s Circle was a fraternal organization organized about 1900 to promote self-help among Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Mr. Bernstein was 95 years old when he relinquished his position.
label: Description
content: This model sold for $100 in 1924.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: J. H. McCarthy, <I>American Digest of Business Machines</I>, 1924, p. 59, 543.
label: Description
content: Accession file.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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 Samuel Bernstein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0475.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0475.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0475
label: maker number
content: 24843
objectType: label: Object Name
content: adding machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
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content: steel (overall material)
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content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 cm x 30 cm x 43 cm; 9 27/32 in x 11 13/16 in x 16 15/16 in