Object Details
- Sears, Roebuck and Co.
- Description
- This lightweight desktop electronic calculator has a turquoise and gray plastic case, an array of nine digit keys, and a zero bar and decimal point key below the digit keys. Keys for the arithmetic operations, a percent key, an equals key, and a cancel key are right of these. The liquid crystal display is behind the keys, and the power switch is on the side. The calculator has prongs for a cord but no cord. It has a clear plastic cover.
- A stamp on the bottom of the inside of the case reads: 111772.
- A mark above and behind the display reads: Sears C1. A sticker on the bottom reads in part: MODEL (/) NUMBER 801.58000 (/) CALCULATOR (/) # 142329. It also reads in part: ASSEMBLED IN MEXICO.
- Sears reportedly first sold an electronic calculator in 1972. An advertisement for the C1 appeared in the Boston Globe in January of 1973, listing the machine as on sale for $89.88, $10.07 off the usual price of $99.95. The ad indicates that the calculator had an eight-digit capacity.
- References:
- “Sears Catalog Geared to Special Customers,” Chicago Daily Defender, January 15, 1972, p. 16.
- [display ad], Boston Globe, January 21, 1973, p. A6.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1972
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.008
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.008
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Other Terms
- electronic calculator; Desktop
- Physical Description
- plastic (case, keys material)
- glass (display material)
- metal (wiring material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14.732 cm x 24.892 cm x 7.112 cm; 5 13/16 in x 9 13/16 in x 2 13/16 in
- place made
- Mexico
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Desktop Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Business
- Record ID
- nmah_334422
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-38e5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
