National Cash Register, Eight-Drawer
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Object Details
- National Cash Register Company
- Description
- This machine has eight cash drawers, arranged in two columns of four drawers each. The register, with its brown metal case, sits atop these. It has four columns of digit keys (red for dollars, white for cents, and a red 5-cent key). Right of these are eight letter keys (A, B, D, E, H, K, L, and M) and a total key. Right of these is a lever which can be set at the desired operation, and a motor bar. The machine also has an operating handle. The paper tape is on the left and the glass-covered indicators are at the top.
- The machine has serial number 390234. It also is marked: X 094(4) RS-8C.
- This cash register was used at the Lansburgh department store in downtown Washington, D.C. When City Stores Company purchased Lansburgh, they gave the machine to the Smithsonian.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of City Stores Company
- 1939
- ID Number
- MA.334909
- maker number
- 3848004
- accession number
- 314157
- catalog number
- 334909
- Object Name
- cash register
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 86 cm x 49.5 cm x 73 cm; 33 27/32 in x 19 1/2 in x 28 3/4 in
- 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_694245
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-3eed-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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