Counter for Odometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: Carmean, W. H.
notes: label: Description
content: This worn, rough metal counter has three wheels for tallying numbers up to 999. t once attached to a wheel and recorded rotations, serving as an odometer.
label: Description
content: A stamp on the object reads: CARMEAN (/) ANTHONY KS. According to the accession file, it was made by W. H. Carmean, who lived for a time in Hutchinson, Kansas. William H. Carmean is listed in the 1910 U.S. Census as a twenty-four- year-old, Kansas-born resident of Anthony, Kansas. He was not living there in 1900 or 1920, hence the rough date assigned to the object.
label: Description
content: According to the donor, an employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the counter and wheel were used in the early days of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, established in 1933. Measures of distance were carried out to help compute acreages.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: Accession File.
label: Description
content: U.S. Census 1900, 1910, 1920.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kansas, Anthony
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Counters
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ed Willim, Junior
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.327579
label: catalog number
content: 327579
label: accession number
content: 268149
objectType: label: Object Name
content: counter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plated brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.9 cm x 14.7 cm x 8 cm; 1 15/16 in x 5 25/32 in x 3 5/32 in