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- OBJECT TYPE
- TYPE-BAR/DOWN-STROKE/BOOK
- DATE
- 1908
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0180.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ELLIOTT FISHER CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- B12-82388
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON PEDESTAL/ STEEL/ SHEET METAL/ BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 98.0 cm
- Width
- 79.0 cm
- Height
- 90.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ELLIOTT
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Harrisburg
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- CA. 1920-1964
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO TYPE INTO BOUND BOOKS OR INTO HEAVY CARDBOARD WITHOUT BENDING INTO A MACHINE AND REMOVING PAGES - Technical
-
INVENTED IN 1896 BY ROBERT L. FISHER. MACHINE ALLOWED FOR FLAT TYPING ONTO BOUND BOOKS, SUCH AS LEDGERS, WITHOUT REMOVAL OF PAGES. THIS WAS A TASK FORMERLY REQUIRING HAND WRITTEN NOTATIONS. THISMODEL, DATING FROM 1908 PERIOD TYPED BOTH UPPER & LOWER CASE. THE POSITION OF THE BOOK COULD BE ADJUSTED FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND UP & DOWN ON THE TABLE, WHICH ACTS AS A CARRIAGE FOR THE TYPEWRITER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NO, NEEDS THOROUGH CLEANING From CA of 01/06/1995 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing label for I key button.
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL PAINT
- Decoration
- GOLD TRANSFER LETTERING
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ELLIOTT FISHER CO., Typewriter, circa 1908, Artifact no. 1983.0180, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0180.001/
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