Craig 4517 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1975-1977
name: label: distributor
content: Craig Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator resembles Casio’s early handheld electronic calculators. It has a black plastic case with an aluminum keyboard. The array of rectangular plastic keys includes ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a total key and keys for the four arithmetic functions.
label: Description
content: To the left of the keyboard is an eight-digit vacuum fluorescent display. Below it is the on/off switch. There also are a clear key, a clear entry key, a square root key and a percentage key. A mark between these keys and the display reads: CRAIG.
label: Description
content: On the left side of the back is a compartment for four batteries. Right of this is an instruction label that gives detailed instructions for converting from common to metric units. A mark near the bottom of the label reads: CRAIG 4517 SERIAL NO. 5101018 (/) CRAIG CORPORATION COMPTON, CALIFORNIA 90220 MADE IN JAPAN. A paper sticker that has come loose from the back of the battery compartment reads: INSPECTED BY (/) 4.
label: Description
content: Compare 1986.0988.185.
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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, 1997, p. 64.
label: Description
content: <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, May 22, 1975, p. B25. Advertised as on sale for $22.95 with optional charger an extra $3.95.
label: Description
content: <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, June 24, 1977, p. F13. Advertised as on sale for $7.95.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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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: 1986.0988.085
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.085
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 6 1/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 3.175 cm x 15.5575 cm x 7.3025 cm