Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1930

Materials

ALUMINUM, BAKELITE, CANVAS.

No. Pieces

2

Height

19.7

Length

39.5

Width

45

Description

MECHANICAL ADDING MACHINE WITH BLACK-PAINTED ALUMINUM HOUSING. BLACK, WHITE AND RED RAISED KEYS. THREE KEYS ON THE FAR RIGHT OF GREEN PANEL MARKED "CLEAR" "REPEAT AND "NON REPEAT". HORIZONTAL SLIDING FIXTURE ON TOP OF MACHINE, WIDER THAN MAIN BODY, WITH TWO GAUGES FIXED TO FRONT. TOP ONE HAS EIGHT SLOTS SHOWING NUMBERS ON ROTATING DIALS TURNED BY CRANK AT FAR RIGHT OF FIXTURE. LOWER HAS SIXTEEN SLOTS. FIXTURE CAN BE MOVED LEFT OR RIGHT BY MEANS OF A "T" SHAPED CRANK AT FRONT OF MACHINE. THIRD CRANK ON RIGHT SIDE OF MAIN BODY. SILVER DECAL ON FRONT READING "MONROE", AND ON BACK READING "MONROE CALCULATING MACHINE COMPANY NEW YORK U.S.A.". LETTERS ARE VERY WORN. PAINT SCRATCHED ON CORNERS OF MACHINE; KEYS ALSO SLIGHTLY WORN. C/W KHAKI CANVAS COVER WHICH FITS OVER MACHINE. MARKED "M A 111" IN WHITE STAMP INSIDE. STAINED AND SOILED THROUGHOUT.

Subjects

DATA PROCESSING T&E

Historical Association

BUSINESS

AGRICULTURE

History

USED IN THE HEAD OFFICE OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA SHEEP BREEDERS LTD., WHICH WAS LOCATED IN LETHBRIDGE DURING THE 1920S AND 1930S. FOR HISTORY OF THE COMPANY AND ASSOCIATION SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19950024005

Acquisition Date

1995-05

Collection

Museum

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