Sears 728.58821 Handheld Electronic Calculator (Sears 5882)
date: label: date made
content: 1973-1974
name: label: maker
content: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This is a relatively early Sears handheld electronic calculator, manufactured by Bowmar/Ali.
label: Description
content: The calculator has a black plastic case with a plastic display window and seventeen square plastic keys with circular tops (two keys are rectangular bars). These include nine digit keys, zero and decimal point bars, four arithmetic function keys, a clear entry/clear key, and a total key. An on/off switch is to the right of the two topmost keys. Behind the keyboard is a red eight-digit LED display. A mark at the top reads: Sears.
label: Description
content: A jack for a power cord is on the right side. This example lacks a cord.
label: Description
content: A sticker on the back gives instructions. It reads in part: IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING THIS ARTICLE ALWAYS MENTION (/) MODEL (/) NO. 728.58821 SERIAL (/) NO. 103275. It also reads: ASSEMBLED IN MEXICO. Four screws hold the back of the case to the front.
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content: References:
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content: Guy Ball and Bruce Flamm, <I>The Complete Collector’s Guide to Pocket Calculators</I>, Tustin, CA: Wilson/Barnett Printing, 1997, pp. 35–36, 136.
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, October 13, 1974, p. B4. Calculator advertised as selling for $29.95. Ad states that in May of 1974, it sold for $59.99.
label: Description
content: Sears, Roebuck and Co., <I>Fall 1973 Catalog</I>, p. 920. This page has an advertisement for the model 5822C catalog, which looks very much like this one and sells for $58.95.
label: Description
content: Sears, Roebuck and Co., <I>Sears Spring through Summer 1974 [Catalog]</I>, 1974, p. 1025. A calculator with catalog model number 5822C, which closely resembles the Sears 728.58821, is offered for $58.95.
label: Description
content: Sears, Roebuck and Co., <I>Sears Fall and Winter 1974 [Catalog]</I>, p. 1264. This page has an advertisement for the model 5822C catalog, which looks very much like this one and sells for $39.50.
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: 1987.0435.16
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0435.16
label: accession number
content: 1987.0435
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; display cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sticker material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 3 in x 5 3/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 7.62 cm x 14.605 cm