Sears Adding Machine
date: label: date made
content: 1973
name: label: distributor
content: Sears
label: maker
content: Kawasaki
notes: label: Description
content: This ten-key printing electric adding machine has a bright orange and brown plastic frame, plastic keys, metal workings, and a paper tape. In addition to a block of ten numeral keys, the keyboard has an “x” key on the left, and - (/) T”and + (/) S bars on the right. The printing mechanism is behind the keyboard, with a narrow 2-1/4” (5.7 cm.) paper tape. Numbers up to eight digits long may be printed. There is a plastic serrated edge for tearing the paper tape. One type bar prints special characters. An orange button in the back of the machine can be pressed to release the lid for access to the mechanism and the black ribbon. Parts include a clear plastic cover and a black cord.
label: Description
content: The machine is marked on the right: Sears. It is marked on the bottom: MODEL 888.58801 (/) 120 V 60 W 0.5A (/) SERIAL # 8263820 (/) MADE IN JAPAN. It is marked on the cord: KAWASAKI (/) KP-50 (/) JAPAN.
label: Description
content: For manual, see 1988.0265.03. A receipt inside the manual indicates that the donor purchased the machine on May 28, 1973, for $46.68 (including tax).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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 Burton J. Udelson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0265.02
label: accession number
content: 1988.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0265.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: adding machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 cm x 21.5 cm x 30 cm; 5 1/8 in x 8 15/32 in x 11 13/16 in