National Cash Register, Model 1852-E
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Object Details
- National Cash Register Company
- Description
- This large cash register has a wood and metal exterior painted black, and five columns of keys. The keys in the leftmost column indicate the type of transaction. Right of these keys are four columns of 9 keys, the leftmost for $90 down to $10, the next for $9 to $1, the next for 90 cents to 10 cents, and the last for 9 cents to 1 cent. Hence the machine can have purchases entered of up to $99.99. It is a National model 1852-E, made by National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio. It has serial number 2925055 and dates from 1929.
- The paper tape for dispensing receipts is on the left. Above the keys are indicators showing the type of transaction and the amount. A wide cash drawer is at the bottom of the machine. The machine is electrically operated, but there is a place for an operating crank on the right side.
- According to the donor, the register was used at Mosely's Jewelry Store on U Street in Washington, D.C. It has an indentation from a 32-caliber bullet, produced in one of the many times the store was robbed. The base price for this machine new was $350.00 in 1927.
- References:
- Equipment Research Corporation, Business Machines and Equipment Digest, 1928, vol. 1, section 10–1, p. 18.
- Accession file.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Steven A. Levy and Lois R. Zuckerman
- 1929
- ID Number
- 1986.0899.01
- catalog number
- 1986.0899.01
- accession number
- 1986.0899
- maker number
- 2925055
- Object Name
- cash register
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 53 cm x 61 cm x 43 cm; 20 7/8 in x 24 1/32 in x 16 15/16 in
- overall: 30 in x 41 in x 23 in; 76.2 cm x 104.14 cm x 58.42 cm
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Dayton
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Computers & Business Machines
- Cash and Credit Registers
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Business
- Record ID
- nmah_690695
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0f9e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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