TYPEWRITER, MANUAL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- REMINGTON NOISELESS
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, BAKELITE, RUBBER
- Catalogue Number
- P19950024003
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- REMINGTON NOISELESS
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, BAKELITE, RUBBER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 24.7
- Length
- 40
- Width
- 42
- Description
- TYPEWRITER HAS BLACK BAKELITE COVER AND BASE. COVER IS DIPPLED WITH SMOOTH AREAS ALONG BASE AND SIDE AND AROUND TOP. MECHANICAL KEY-STROKE SYSTEM HAS BLACK BAKELITE KEYS WITH WHITE CHARACTERS. FRONT OF COVER ABOVE KEY BOARD HAS "REMINGTON" AND "OISELESS" EMBOSSED ON IT. THE "N" FROM NOISELESS AND PART OF THE "O" ARE MISSING. BETWEEN AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE THIS ON FRONT IS STEEL SWITCH WITH EMBOSSED SCALE OVER IT. BEHIND TOP COVER ARE TWO WHEELS WITH BLACK RIBBON ON IT. PLATEN HAS BLACK RUBBER COVER AND PITCH SCALE IS ETCHED INTO PAPER BAIL. EMBOSSED IN LARGE GOLD LETTERS ON PAPER TRAY IS "REMINGTON". SMALL CRANK WITH BAKELITE KNOB EXTENDS FROM RIGHT SIDE OF BODY WHICH WINDS RIBBON WHEEL. ON BACK AT BASE IS GOLD EMBOSSED LOGO WITH A GLOBE FLANKED BY "R" & "R". LOGO HAS "REMINGTON RAND MADE IN CANADA" ON IT. BENEATH IT "MANUFACTURED UNDER NOISELESS PATENT 1,561,450 AND OTHER U.S. AND FOREIGN PATENTS". TYPEWRITER HAS FOUR CIRCULAR STEEL FEET WITH RUBBER SOLES.
- Subjects
- WRITTEN COMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- BUSINESS
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- SEE P19950024001-GA
- Catalogue Number
- P19950024003
- Acquisition Date
- 1995-05
- Collection
- Museum
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