Name/Title
Calculating Machine by Marchant Calculating Machine Company, Ca. 1911Entry/Object ID
1981.119.1Description
Acc. No. 81.119.1
Subject Category: City Hall (Alameda)
Date or period: Circa 1911
Object: Calculating machine
Description: This calculating machine is #2535, manufactured by Marchant Calculating Machine Company, Inc. Oakland, California. Patented June 6, 1911. Black iron... all fittings are nickel plated. It rests on an oak base sixteen inches by ten inches.
History of Object: Probably the first calculating machine in the city of Alameda. It was used by the city Engineer in the early nineteen hundreds. It has been loaned by the city to the Alameda Historical Society.
Acquired from: Loaned by the City
Date:Interpretative Labels
Label
4/6/2020 MvL: current label:
OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND GAS SHADES USED IN THE ALAMEDA CITY HALL.
The City Hall, designed in the Richardson "Romanesque" style by the San Francisco architectural firm of Percy & Hamilton, cost $56,884 to construct. The corner stone was laid May 16, 1895 and construction completed in 1896.
Donor:
City of Alameda
