Marchant Calculating Machine, Model ACR8D, 1945
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Artifact Overview
Mechanical adding machines were indispensable--and almost indestructible--office equipment used before the computer era. Marchant was the first American firm to specialize in calculators, which could perform at least the basic mathematical functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; an improvement over two-function adding machines. Founded in 1911, Marchant was absorbed by Smith-Corona Co. in 1958.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Calculator
Date Made
1945
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
90.171.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Iron alloy
Plastic
Vinyl
Copper alloy
Color
Green
Red
Yellow (Color)
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 7.75 in
Width: 13 in
Length: 14.5 in
Inscriptions
sides and back:
MARCHANT
back:
MADE IN U.S.A.
plaque, underside:
ACR8D - 200473
front of cover:
MARCHANT
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