General Information

Serial #

37849

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION, SAVE RUBBER ROLLER AND PADS ON BASE..2 METAL COVER HAS REMNANTS OF LEATHER HANDLE..3 WOODEN BASE.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

38.0 cm

Width

34.0 cm

Height

16.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Williams

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

City

Montreal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

THIS TYPEWRITTER USED C. 1900- 1906.

Canada

MFD BY WILLIAMS MFG. CO. LTD. FOR THE IMPERIAL WRITING MACHINE CO. OF CANADA. CLAIMED TO BE THE ONLY TYPEWRITER MANUFACTURED IN CANADA IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE 20TH C. CO-INVENTOR WAS C.W. COLBY OF MONTREAL, WITHWELLINGTON KIDDER OF U.S.: IN THE U.S. THIS MODEL WAS KNOWN AS THE "WELLINGTON".

Function

MECHANICAL MEANS OF PRINTING UNIFORM CHARACTERS, PUNCTUATION AND/OR NUMERALS ON A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER.

Technical

TYPEWRITER HAS DOUBLE SHIFT CONSTRUCTION, THE TYPE BARS BEING THRUST AGAINST THE FRONT OF THE PLATE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 " MANUFACTURED BY/ THE/ WILLIAMS/ MFG. CO./LIMITED/ MONTREAL " and " The EMPIRE " printed on casing top. " PATENTED./ CANADA. JULY 22, 1892/ GREAT BRITAIN. MAR. 29, 1892/ VICTORIA. JUNE 2, 1892/ [NEW S. WALES] JUNE 11, 1892 " incised on spacer bar. Serial number "37849" incised on back of typewriter. No markings on.2 &.3 All keys, etc. labelled.

Missing

LOCKING NUT MISSING FROM KEYBOARD COVER; SPACEBAR MISSING MOST OF THE ENAMEL PAINT.

Finish

BLACK ENAMEL FINISH ON TYPEWRITER & CASE COVER.

Decoration

N/A