Arithmetic Teaching Apparatus, Kiddie Kounto Board
date: label: date made
content: ca 1921
name: label: maker
content: Horn Novelty Company
notes: label: Description
content: This device teaches simple addition and subtraction. It consists of a central cardboard disc with a rotating disc on its front and on its back, all held together by a joint at the center. One side of the disc has addition problems written around the rim, the second has subtraction problems. Each of the rotating discs has an indentation and a window along one section.The indentation reveals an arithmetic problem, the window shows the answer. Moveable paper covers would cover the answer windows. The covers are missing on this example.
label: Description
content: The addition side of the instrument also is printed with a drawing of a young George Washington next to a felled sapling. Text below this reads: "I DID IT WITH MY LITTLE HATCHET." The subtraction side of the device shows a tall boy stretched out beside a fireplace reading a book. It is labeled: ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY THE FIRESIDE.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Toys</I>, 18, June, 1921, p. 84. Advertised as patented and copyrighted.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Education
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Arithmetic Teaching
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Teaching Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0293.04
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0293.04
label: accession number
content: 2014.0293
objectType: label: Object Name
content: teaching apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (discs material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (joint, screw material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 cm x 34.8 cm x 34.8 cm; 1 3/16 in x 13 11/16 in x 13 11/16 in