Machine [Addressing]
Maker and role
Elliot Addressing Machine Company, Manufacturer
Object detail
Accession number
2015.28
Description
Black cast iron frame machine with foot treadle, cogs, rods etc, greenish metal ruler like part numbered '26-23 20 17 14 11 8 5 2', greenish metal dial with metal hand, outer of dial is the alphabet, numbers and symbols, inside the dial reads 'THE ELLIOTT COMPANY // ADDRESSING MACHINERY // BOSTON, MASS, U.S.A.', a plate on side of machine reads 'PARSONS TRADING COMPANY // NEW YORK - LONDON // Sydney Melbourne Adelaide // Bombay Wellington Cape Town // Mexico Buenos Aires Havana.', loose metal plate with rod possibly part found loose under machine.
Marks
THE ELLIOTT COMPANY // ADDRESSING MACHINERY // BOSTON, MASS, U.S.A Maker's Mark
PARSONS TRADING COMPANY // NEW YORK - LONDON // Sydney Melbourne Adelaide // Bombay Wellington Cape Town // Mexico Buenos Aires Havana Impressed
PARSONS TRADING COMPANY // NEW YORK - LONDON // Sydney Melbourne Adelaide // Bombay Wellington Cape Town // Mexico Buenos Aires Havana Impressed
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Elliot Addressing Machine Company. Machine [Addressing], 2015.28. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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