Ten men outside the Boyer machine shop. Standing left to right: Otto : Walt Libby : Meyers : Linda : Lambrecht : J. W. Digneit. Seated left to right: Lane : Post : Templeton : and Jos. Boyer
Created:
1880
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Bookkeeping department where bookkeeping is being done by hand writing in ledger books. Three men and two women work at high, long tables making entries into the ledgers.
Created:
1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Four men seated in front of Adding machines and calculators in exhibition hall. Additional men can be seen seated and standing in background. An unlit sign overhead reads: "Universals Adding machines and calculators." A second sign, to the left of this sign, imitates an adding machine paper tape with a column of ten numbers.
Created:
1900
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Exterior of Burroughs Machine Co. with hundreds of employees standing in front of the building and on lower rooftop. A few people have climbed trees and a light pole in front of the facility.
Created:
1906
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Several large tents set up in a fenced in area. Wood fence in middle ground is painted with words: "Coal-- Wm. E. Besancon Co." Additional factory buildings, houses, and water towers appear in distant background.
Created:
1907
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
An office with four men and two women working. The man on the left is using a Burroughs model 6 machine on a rolling stand. The man in the center is speaking into some type of Dictaphone machine. An additional model 6 machine can be seen in the right foreground. Two more women can be seen through a window into another office.
Created:
1907
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Several men in shirtsleeves and ties are gathered around a drafting board. One man is holding a roll of papers, and another is working at the drafting board with a compass.
Created:
1908
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
View from the sidewalk next to the excavation, looking into the excavation area. Part of the adjacent Burroughs office building is being torn down. Two men look over the railing into the excavation area. Five men can be seen working on top of the building.
Created:
1908
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
The existing Burroughs Detroit plant can be seen in the background. The excavation side is surrounded by a wooden bench. Pipes are stacked up to the left of the fence. A horse and cart are stopped on the street next the excavation site.
Created:
1908
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Approximately 42 men in western style suits and top hats are standing on a series of rustic steps. Five women dressed in kimonos are standing in the front row. A few American bystanders are standing at the top of the steps, in the background.
Created:
1909
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A three quarters view of a nine column adding machine viewed. This machine has small clear panels on side allows partial viewing of interior mechanisms.
Created:
1909
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Two small photographs mounted side by side on an 8 x10 paperboard. The Left image shows an electric adding machine without its case from its left side : the right image shows the same adding machine, without its case, from the right side.
Created:
1910
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Two women in dresses, jackets, and hats pose by machines with belts and pulleys connected to the ceiling of the factory. One woman is standing in foreground, one in middle-ground. The diagonal line formed by repetition of belts connecting large and small wheels create a visually dynamic photograph.
Created:
1910?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Three quarters view, from the back and right, of an early electric typewriter-adder on a stand. The typewriter component is on the left side of the machine. The machine has a glass side panel, revealing the gears within. Companion image to ID no. 205.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Three quarters view, from the front and right, of an early electric typewriter-adder on a stand. The typewriter component is on the left side of the machine. The machine has glass front and side panels, revealing the gears within. Companion image to ID no. 206.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A man wipe the side of the face of a man seated in a partially reclined chair at the Burroughs Detroit plant's medical department. The room has a sink, adjustable chair, and glass topped cart with instruments and bottles.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Three quarter view from the right side of a Style No. 3 electric adding machine on a stand. Face plate of the machine reads: Burroughs /Style No. 3 / BAM Co. Model No. 82 [Burroughs Adding Machine Company]. Its serial number is 26459, which indicates that the machine was manufactured between 1904 and 1906.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A street-scene with men, women, and children crowded together, looking into large store-front windows. "Burroughs" is painted on a side window and "Made in Detroit" signs appear in each front window.
Created:
1912?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Eighteen men in business suits seated and standing around large table in an office. Various accounting machines with cases removed are positioned on the table and on stands in front of them. January 23, 1912 Left to Right: Shivas, N. A. : Schlosstein, L. A. : Grogel, A. F. : Runquist, Gustov : Wilson, Harvey V. : Fairchild, Royal W. : McCutchan,...
Created:
1912
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Several men, wearing white aprons over business suits, examining Accounting machines set-up on long tables. Two men in business suits stand on either side of table in supervisory positions. Possibly training for salesmen or repair men.
Created:
1912?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A detail of the fundamental typewriter mechanism in the chassis. Number key shafts and rockers, and alphabetic key joints and connecting rods are clearly visible. Companion image (view from the right) to ID no. 202 and no. 204.
Created:
1912
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A detail of the fundamental typewriter mechanism in the chassis. Number key shafts and rockers, and alphabetic key shafts and hammers are clearly visible. Companion image (view from the left) to ID no. 203 and no. 204.
Created:
1912
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A typewriter-adder with the front panel removed, showing keys and interior mechanics. Serial number is visible on the base of the machine: No 9 - 190007, which indicates the machine was manufactured in 1912.
Created:
1912
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Three-quarters view, from the front and left side, of the typewriter-adder with part of the case removed. Shows the chassis, connecting rods, key pads, and a portion of the paper carriage. Companion image to ID no. 202 and no. 203.
Created:
1912
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.