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Tower was the Sears house brand for typewriters and other home "technology" like cameras in the 1950s and '60s. This 1960 Tower Tabulator was made by Smith-Corona for Sears. The chrome metal logos on the ribbon cover are a one-year-only detail: I'm sure they were expensive to make, but they look so nice.
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Demonstratie van een electronische tabelleermachine (IBM 405: Alphabetical Accounting Machine) voor de komende volkstelling op 31 mei, 20 mei 1947
Foto Ben van Meerendonk / AHF, collectie IISG, Amsterdam
Foto gepubliceerd in De Heerenveense koerier, 22 mei 1947, voorpagina, de Nieuwe Apeldoornsche courant, 22 mei 1947 met vermelding AHF P., Algemeen Handelsblad, 24 mei 1947, pagina 4 en Het Parool, 24 mei 1947, pagina 12.
Magic-Brain Calculator, purchased from a TV Guide ad in the 1970s. All it does is add and subtract things, but it does it without electricity, mechanically. It came with a stylus, but you can use a pen or pencil tip to slide the geared tabulators. When done, you zero it by pulling the handle at the top.
An early form of data storage and processing using electromechanical means and punched card or paper.
Science Museum, London
Klein-Continental, made by Wanderer in 1936. Special model with tab-setting key.
Klein-Continental, made by Wanderer in 1936. Special model with tab-setting key.
Klein-Continental, made by Wanderer in 1936. Special model with tab-setting key.
Klein-Continental, made by Wanderer in 1936. Special model with tab-setting key.
Klein-Continental, made by Wanderer in 1936. Special model with tab-setting key.
Klein-Continental, made by Wanderer in 1936. Special model with tab-setting key.
Klein-Continental, made by Wanderer in 1936. Special model with tab-setting key.
Klein-Continental, made by Wanderer in 1936. Special model with tab-setting key.
Klein-Continental, made by Wanderer in 1936. Special model with tab-setting key.
Klein-Continental, made by Wanderer in 1936. Special model with tab-setting key.
Klein-Continental, made by Wanderer in 1936. Special model with tab-setting key.
Klein-Continental, made by Wanderer in 1936. Special model with tab-setting key.
