TYPEWRITER, MANUAL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TYPEWRITER, REMINGTON
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- METAL, RUBBER
- Catalogue Number
- P19790034000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TYPEWRITER, REMINGTON
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- METAL, RUBBER
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 30.4
- Length
- 39.4
- Width
- 39.4
- Diameter
- 3.8 (BARREL)
- Description
- SERIAL Z581563. ONLY PARTIALLY WORKING. EVIDENT WEAR OF LETTERS & SCALE. STANDARD "QWERTY" KEYBOARD, RETURN & TRANSPORT MECHANISMS. "REMINGTON" ACROSS PAPER GUIDE, WITH RED SEAL READING "TO SAVE TIME IS TO LENGTHEN LIFE STANDARD TRADE MARK REMINGTON TYPEWRITER". "16" STAMPED TWICE IN GOLD LETTERING ON FRONT, WITH "REMINGTON RAND" BEHIND TABULATOR KEY. SOME PAINT FLAKING. ACTIVE CORROSION ON BOTTOM. TWO STEEL PIECES FROM BACK OF FRAME BROKEN; SCRATCHES IN SURFACE PAINT ON CENTRE STANDARD.
- Subjects
- WRITTEN COMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- PROFESSIONS
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- TYPEWRITER USED IN FIRE DEPARTMENT DURING 1930'S WHEN INFORMANT ALBERT CHEESEMAN BEGAN WORKING THERE. HELEN CRABB WAS PREVIOUS SECRETARY WHO USED THE MACHINE; MACHINE IN USE UNTIL 1946, STORED UNTIL DONATED TO MUSEUM.
- Catalogue Number
- P19790034000
- Acquisition Date
- 1979-01
- Collection
- Museum
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