Antique Burroughs Adding Machine 1920s

Description

Vintage Burroughs Portable Adding Machine Calculator Tape Register.
Early 1900s
Introduced in the mid-1920s, the Burroughs Portable Adding Machine was intended to replace the earlier Class 1 adding machine. The is an antique adding machine by Burrough's Chicago. The body is metal The black, white and red push button numbers are Bakelite, the first plastic produced. The piece has retained its original finish. Date of manufacture circa 1920s. Materials and techniques metal, Bakelite. Wear consistent with age and use. Dimensions H 8 in., W 10 in., D 13 in. Burroughs was founded and the World Headquarters was in Detroit, Michigan until they bought Sperry Univac in 1986 and moved the HQ to Bluebell, PA. Chicago was probably a District or Regional office.