Dalton Adding Machine
date: label: date made
content: 1926
name: label: maker
content: Dalton Adding Machine Company
notes: label: Description
content: This ten-key printing manually operated adding machine is in a gray steel case. It has ten white plastic number keys in two rows. These keys have complementary numbers for subtraction, and eight brown plastic function keys. The NON (/) ADD and MULTI-(/)PLY keys are left of the number keys, the BACK (/) SPACE and SUB-(/)TRACT keys are right of the number keys. There are TOTAL, RELEASE, and SUB (/) TOTAL keys on the upper right, and a correction bar on the left. There is a NON (/) PRINT key next to the black ribbon.
label: Description
content: A place indicator is above the number keys. Above and behind this are the ribbon, 4” carriage, and paper tape holder. There is no paper tape, but there is a serrated edge for tearing the paper tape. The Dalton mark on the back has been painted over. A metal crank with wooden handle is on the right side.
label: Description
content: The serial number given under the crank is: NO 174012. A label applied to the front and back of the machine reads: Eastern Typewriter Co. Office & School Supplies 109-111 W. Barnes St. Wilson N.C. Phone 4504.
label: Description
content: According to a note in the divisional accession file, the object was salvaged from a garage in Fremont, N.C., about 1968.
label: Description
content: Compare to MA.336932 and MA.333874.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
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 Stephen Forrest
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.334402
label: accession number
content: 314559
label: maker number
content: 174012
label: catalog number
content: 334402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: adding machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 cm x 28 cm x 35 cm; 14 9/16 in x 11 1/32 in x 13 25/32 in