Object Details
- Brother International Corporation
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has tan plastic case and an array of ten digit keys as well as clear and decimal point key. Left of the digit keys are a percentage key and four memory keys. Four arithmetic function keys and a total key are left of the memory keys. The keyboard also has an on/off switch and a summation switch. A tag behind the keyboard reads: brother 827R (/) INTERNATONAL CORPORATION. Behind this is an eight-digit red LED display with a plastic cover. An attachment for an adapter is on the top edge at the right.
- A tag at the top of the back of the calculator reads: brother INTERNATIONAL CORP. (/) YOUR NEW BROTHER CALCULATOR (/) IS OF THE FINEST PRECISION CONST- (/) RUCTION, MANUFACTURED UNDER (/) RIGID QUALITY CONTROL IN (/) SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST (/) MODERN FACTORIES. Further text reads: MADE IN HONG KONG. A storage compartment for batteries is below.
- The calculator has a black plastic carrying case with a snap at the top. A mark on the case reads: brother.
- The Brother 827R was advertised in The Bridgeport Post in May of 1975 as on sale for $24.90.
- Reference:
- The Bridgeport Post, May 21, 1975, p. 2.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1975
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.274
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.274
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; display cover; keys; carrying case material)
- paper (stickers material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 3 in x 5 in; 2.54 cm x 7.62 cm x 12.7 cm
- place made
- China: Hong Kong
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1305807
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-17c9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
