Artifact Details

Title

Friden electrical calculator

Catalog Number

X230.83

Type

Physical object

Description

This is a full-keyboard, 8-column calculating machine.. The serial number is stamped on a plate recessed behind a small "window" cut in the bottom plate of the object, near the front edge.. The back panel has a chrome, "three-line" decorative piece applied from top to bottom, with the name, "Friden," crossing at right angles about one-half of the way down the back and a chrome ring surrounding a two-prong power-cord socket at the bottom.. A yellowing-white label has been attached with clear tape near the lower-left corner of the carriage, with the typewritten legend, "If lower case doesn't clear tighten lower knob."

Date

ca 1950

Manufacturer

Friden Calculating Machine Co., Inc.

Place Manufactured

U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Serial number D8-216835

Dimensions

8 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.

Category

Calculator/electromechanical

Lot Number

X230.83