"Burroughs Adding Machine Co." at the time of its power

At the beginning of the last century, there was such an illustrious firm "Burroughs Adding Machine Co.", and there were famous counting machines "Burroughs". By virtue of mutual glorification, there are materials on the web, but it cannot be said that there are many: at least, they did not show up on Habré. Therefore, I offer a visual insight into the history of counting technology.
Below are many, many pictures with brief descriptions.

William Seward Burrows (1857-1898). Invented the adding machine, in 1886 founded the “American Arithmometer Co.”, later renamed the “Burroughs Adding Machine Co.”. A very famous image, reprinted in thousands of reviews on the history of computers. There is no other one, it seems.


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Factory "Burroughs Adding Machine Co." in Detroit in 1906, after the death of the founder, when the company was headed by his son.



Clerks working on the counting machine "Burroughs" (the main model, which has become the hallmark of the company):





The mechanism of the counting machine, in general, and the main parts:









Other models released by Burroughs Adding Machine Co.:





An accountant working on one of these models:



“Burroughs” counting machines were mainly intended for accountants and cashiers. It's so convenient: instead of manually writing checks, use a mechanical device! And the time savings are huge.







The combination of the counting device and the printing mechanism in the technique of those years (which, of course, was typical for counting machines not only the Burroughs Adding Machine Co., but also other companies) opened up unprecedented perspectives for office workers. It was possible not only to knock out checks, but also to count and print lists of complex forms or to fill in ready-made forms with necessary numbers:





Why are there forms, counting technology "Burroughs" allows you to easily make balance sheets!



The beginning of the last century is the time of the power of the Burroughs Adding Machine Co.: a successful design of a calculating machine, a well-established production, aggressive advertising and, as a result, representative offices in many cities and countries and large customers. The company thundered to the whole world.
The Burroughs Adding Machine Co. office in Detroit, calculating department:



Below are pictures of the offices of large companies equipped with Burroughs counting machines.
Chalmers Motor Co., Detroit:



Detroit Unated Railway Co., Detroit:



Dutchess Manufacturing Co., New York:



General Railway Signal Company of Rochester, New York:



Kinsey Manufacturing Co., Toledo, Ohio:



National Enameling and Stamping Co., Baltimore:



Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co., Roanoke, Virginia:



Print Biedermann Co., Cleveland:



Willys-Overland Co., Toledo, Ohio:



Above, I mentioned aggressive advertising conducted by Burroughs Adding Machine Co. Here are the samples:









I printed my own advertising booklets and books (of which I borrowed images, in fact). For example, the covers of a whole series of industry-specific accounting automation brochures published by Burroughs Adding Machine Co.







Such a company that produced counting technology throughout the past century.
The photographs used in my post date from 1900–20; later models from the Burroughs Adding Machine Co. looked different, naturally. Samples of computers and girls of the late 1950s. (sorry, poor quality photo).



But this, as they say, is another story with other actors (and to be honest, I simply do not have pictures relating to later periods).
In 1986, Burroughs Adding Machine Co. (then already Burroughs Corporation) continued to exist as part of Unisys. Wikipedia says: “Unisys itself was founded in September 1986 as a result of the merger of Sperry and Burroughs (the first acquired the second for $ 4.8 billion), which at that time was the largest in the computer industry. The new company has become the second largest computer corporation with an annual income of 10.5 billion dollars and a staff of 120 thousand employees. ”

PS I think about this: what if the firm of the Russified Swede William Odner, in the 1890s. adjusted the release of the first Russian arithmometers, continued to exist to this day? Can you imagine what it would be like if most favorable conditions were created for it, and how could a domestic instrument-making industry be moved forward in a century of activity ?! This is despite the fact that, without any kind of Odner, the release of adding machines based on its magnificent design continued until the 1960s.
It did not happen, unfortunately. The October Revolution, the Civil War, the Patriotic War ... Damn them all fought!