Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER

Date

1923

Materials

STEEL, IRON, BAKELITE, COTTON, RUBBER

No. Pieces

1

Height

23.9

Length

40.0

Width

33.5

Description

BLACK CAST IRON TYPEWRITER WITH MANUAL KEYSTROKE SYSTEM. KEY TABS ARE BLACK WITH WHITE CHARACTERS. FIVE KEYS OF VARIOUS FUNCTIONS ARE GREEN WITH WHITE CHARACTERS. ACROSS BASE "UNDERWOOD STANDARD" IS EMBOSSED IN GOLD. "CHAMPION" IS STAMPED IN WHITE ON SPACE BAR. ON FRONT PANEL ABOVE KEYBOARD ON LEFT SIDE IS CIRCULAR RED SEAL WITH JAGGED POINTED EDGE. WRITTEN IN GOLD INSIDE OF SEAL IS "UNDERWOOD ELLIOT FISHER LIMITED TORONTO, CANADA". ON TOP RIGHT SHOULDER OF TYPEWRITER IS A BALL SWITCH WITH AN EMBOSSED DECAL BEFORE IT. DECAL IS RECTANGULAR WITH THREE STRIPES - ONE RED, ONE WHITE AND ONE BLUE. ON TOP IS ROLLER MECHANISM WITH RULER AND GUIDING TRAY. ACROSS FRONT TOP IS 9 INCH RULER WITH "COPYRIGHT 1895 1923 UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER COMPANY" WRITTEN IN SMALL BLOCK LETTERS. ON BACK GUIDE TRAY IN LARGE EMBOSSED GOLD LETTERS IS "UNDERWOOD MADE IN CANADA". TO LEFT OF LETTERING IS LOGO MADE UP OF A "T" FRAMED BY A "U" WITH PICTURE OF AN UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER WITH "TRADE MARK" BENEATH IT. ALSO A SIMPLE RULE IS EMBOSSED ABOVE WRITING AND "11" ON BOTH ENDS AT BOTTOM. MOVABLE PAPER GUIDE IS FASTENED TO BACK TRAY AS WELL. A RED RIBBON SITS IN RIBBON WHEEL, BUT HAS RUN OUT. ON RIGHT SHOULDER JUST INSIDE OF ROLLER IS STAMPED "4538041-11". AT BACK OF TYPEWRITER ON BASE OF BACK SUPPORT IS "UNDERWOOD PROTECTED BY PATENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN, CANADA AND OTHER COUNTRIES". "PRODUCT OF UNDERWOOD ELLIOT FISHER LTD. MADE IN CANADA". FINISH IS WEARING IN A NUMBER OF PLACES ON BODY AND ON CORNERS. HAS SLIGHT CORROSION, ESPECIALLY ON KEY STROKES. TYPEWRITER SITS ON FOUR FEET AT BASE. THREE FEET ARE RUBBER, ONE IS CLOTH. ONE RUBBER FOOT HAS PORTION MISSING.

Subjects

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION T&E

Historical Association

BUSINESS

History

SEE P19930048001-GA.

Catalogue Number

P19930048003

Acquisition Date

1996-08

Collection

Museum

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