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Two Chinese men use the abacus to calculate for their business. "The abacus was one of the earliest aids to calculation." -Hill, 1921

Chinese Abacus

Two Chinese men use the abacus to calculate for their business. "The abacus was one of the earliest…

Used in businesses and bookkeeping, the adding machine was a device used for calculations. "One of the first successful adding and listing machines (courtesy of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company)." -Hill, 1921

Adding Machine

Used in businesses and bookkeeping, the adding machine was a device used for calculations. "One of the…

A man giving another man business advice and tips.

Business Counsel

A man giving another man business advice and tips.

The first steamship to be used successfully in a commercial business.

The Clermont

The first steamship to be used successfully in a commercial business.

An illustration of goods being unloaded from a transport ship at the Savannah docks.

Savannah Docks

An illustration of goods being unloaded from a transport ship at the Savannah docks.

An illustration of a factory set near a river with a train track on a bridge.

Factory Near River & Train Tracks

An illustration of a factory set near a river with a train track on a bridge.

An illustration of a young girl selling flowers.

Girl Selling Flowers

An illustration of a young girl selling flowers.

An illustration of a man hauling cotton.

Hauling Cotton

An illustration of a man hauling cotton.

An illustration of a small inn.

Inn

An illustration of a small inn.

"There's an end to my troubles," said William Seward Burroughs as he threw into the street the first fifty adding machines he had made. He wished nothing to remain to remind him of this early failure." -Hill, 1921

Inventor: Burroughs

"There's an end to my troubles," said William Seward Burroughs as he threw into the street the first…

"The Boyer Machine Shop, St. Louis, where one of the first successful adding and listing machines was born." -Hill, 1921

Boyer Machine Shop

"The Boyer Machine Shop, St. Louis, where one of the first successful adding and listing machines was…

An illustration of a man sitting at a desk reading papers.

Man Reading Papers at Desk

An illustration of a man sitting at a desk reading papers.

An illustration of a market place in Bombay, India.

Market

An illustration of a market place in Bombay, India.

The market place at Ripon.

Market Place

The market place at Ripon.

An illustration of a fowl market located on a river in Cairo, Illinois.

Fowl Market

An illustration of a fowl market located on a river in Cairo, Illinois.

"Sectional view of a telephone building. A typical American central office building, showing the efficient arrangement of the various departments." -Hill, 1921

Office Building

"Sectional view of a telephone building. A typical American central office building, showing the efficient…

An accountant's sheet of payroll with employee names, hours per day, and pay rate. "Wages are usually calculated on the basis of 8 or 10 hours to a day. In finding the amount due, in order to avoid fractions, it is best to find the total time in hours, multiply by the rate per day and then divide by 8 or 10, carrying decimals to three places." -Moore, 1907

Pay Roll

An accountant's sheet of payroll with employee names, hours per day, and pay rate. "Wages are usually…

A swinging sign of the 18th century placed on buildings of business, especially taverns.

Swinging Sign

A swinging sign of the 18th century placed on buildings of business, especially taverns.

An illustration of a store.

Store

An illustration of a store.

Storefronts lining a town street.

Storefronts

Storefronts lining a town street.

An illustration of a old fashioned tavern.

Tavern

An illustration of a old fashioned tavern.

A conveyance that transports people or objects.

Automotive Vehicle

A conveyance that transports people or objects.

"The wind has blown the gate quite open wide; / To shut it, no one will step aside: / 'I have no business with another's gate,' / So thus the selfish man will surely prate: / An open gate, the cattle soon find out, / And trample in with hogs who root about; / A motley drove now wander o'er the ground, / And desolation, is seen around."—Barber, 1857

What is Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business

"The wind has blown the gate quite open wide; / To shut it, no one will step aside: / 'I have no business…

This illustration shows buyers wheat buyers waiting to get their hands on some product.

Wheat Market

This illustration shows buyers wheat buyers waiting to get their hands on some product.