General Information

Serial #

704397

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL CAST IRON AND STEELCONSTRUCTION; CELLULOID SPACE BAR AND CAPS ON KEYS; RUBBER PLATEN AND FEET; SYNTHETIC KNOBS AND MINOR FITTINGS. FABRIC RIBBON.

Dimensions

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

Length

40.5 cm

Width

35.5 cm

Height

28.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Oliver

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF TYPEWRITER USED AFTER 1912.

Canada

Unknown

Function

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

Technical

TYPEWRITER FEATURES UNIQUE TYPE BAR MECHANISM, TAB FUNCTION AND BACKSPACE LEVER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"MANUFACTURED BY/ The Oliver Typewriter Co./ CHICAGO, U.S.A./ No. 9/ Keep Machine cleaned and oiled" stencilled in gold on lower front of frame. "The No. 9/ OLIVER/.STANDARD VISIBLE WRITER." stencilled in gold on front of frame, above keys. "The PRINTYPE PAT. NOV. 5TH 1912./ OLIVER/ Typewriter" stencilled in gold on paper support. "Printype" character and graphic of typewriter labelled "TRADE MARK" appear on decals applied to paper support. "704397" incised in plate fixed to body near bell, and on back square rod of carriage frame. Character and function keys labelled/ Patent plate fixed to left rear side of body, below carriage reads: "PATENTED/ OCT. 30TH 1894./ JULY 9TH 1895./ JUNE 16TH 1896./ MAR. 1ST, 1898./ FEB. 11TH, 1902./ APR. 7TH 1903./ JUNE 30TH 1903./ JUNE 26TH 1906./ AUG. 21ST 1906./ OCT. 30TH 1906./ NOV. 27TH 1906./ DEC. 4TH 1906./ AUG. 6TH 1907./ DEC. 3RD 1907./ AUG. 11TH 1908./ NOV. 10TH 1908./ NOV. 17TH 1908./ DEC. 8TH 1908."/ Patent plate fixed to right rear side of body, below carriage reads: "PATENTED/ MAR. 30TH 1909./ JULY 13TH 1909./ JULY 27TH 1909./ AUG. 24TH 1909./ JAN. 11TH 1910./ MAY 24TH 1910./ SEP. 6TH 1910./ JAN. 17TH 1911./ FEB. 21ST 1911./ APR. 18TH 1911./ MAY 23RD 1911./ JAN. 23RD 1912./ FEB. 27TH 1912./ JULY 16TH 1912./ DEC. 10TH 1912./ JUNE 10TH 1913.".

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE. From CA of 12/14/1994 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

PREDOMINANTLY DARK GREEN ENAMEL; WHITE CHARACTER KEYS; BLACK FUNCTION KEYS & SPACEBAR. BLUE RUBBER PLATEN.

Decoration

DECAL DEPICTING ROTUND MAN WEARING GREEN GREATCOAT WITH RED TRIM & BUTTONS, AND TALL HAT MARKED "PRINTYPE" APPEARS IN UPPER LEFT OF PAPER SUPPORT. ROUND GOLDTONE DECAL DEPICTING TYPEWRITER BORDERED BY RED BAND, AND MARKED "TRADE MARK" APPEARS IN UPPER RIGHT OF PAPER SUPPORT.