TYPEWRITER, MANUAL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- REMINGTON
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STEEL, RUBBER, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19950024004
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- REMINGTON
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STEEL, RUBBER, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 22
- Length
- 37
- Width
- 51.5
- Description
- GREY STEEL COVERED TYPEWRITER WITH GREEN KEYS AND WIDE PLATEN. BASE HAS FOUR CIRCULAR STEEL FEET WITH RUBBER SOLES. KEYBOARD FRONT EXTENDS OUT FROM ALMOST SQUARE TYPEWRITER HOUSING. HOUSING HAS FINE DIPPLING AND GREY PAINT. KEYS ARE GREEN WITH WHITE CHARACTERS. RAISED FROM FRONT ON TOP IS "REMINGTON". ON EACH SIDE OF FRONT ARE SMALL THREE PLACE SWITCHES. LARGE PLATEN WITH BLACK RUBBER COVER IS MOUNTED ON TOP. PLATEN HAS GREEN PLASTIC KNOBS ATTACHED TO ENDS. THREE PITCH SCALES ARE EMBOSSED ON PLATEN MECHANISM. ONE IS ALONG BOTTOM OF PLATEN, THE SECOND IS ETCHED INTO PAPER BAIL AND THIRD IS EMBOSSED ONTO PAPER TRAY AT BACK. EMBOSSED ON BACK IN LARGE WHITE WRITING IS "REMINGTON RAND". AT BOTTOM OF BACK IS EMBOSSED LOGO WITH GLOBE FLANKED BY "REMINGTON" AND "RAND". UNDERNEATH OF LOGO IN LARGE LETTERS IS "REMINGTON RAND LIMITED MADE IN CANADA - PATENTED IN U.S. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES". RAISED FROM SUPPORT STRUT UNDERNEATH IS "SPP-2-51351-J". HAS TWO SMALL WHITE PAINT SPLATTERS ON RIGHT SIDE. BACK LEFT CORNER OF COVER IS BENT AND CRACKED. COVER HAS A FEW SMALL SCRATCHES. COMES WITH GREY PLASTIC COVER WHICH IS TORN AT ITS SEAM WITH A FEW SMALL HOLES AND STAINS.
- Subjects
- WRITTEN COMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- BUSINESS
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- SEE P19950024001-GA
- Catalogue Number
- P19950024004
- Acquisition Date
- 1995-05
- Collection
- Museum
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