General Information

Serial #

455456

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING, KEYS, CARRIAGE, PARTS; CELLULOID KEY BARS & SPACE BAR; SYNTHETIC PLATEN, KNOBS, PARTS; RUBBER? FEET/.2 METAL COVER/.3 WOOD BASE

Dimensions

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

Length

40.4 cm

Width

38.7 cm

Height

30.8 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

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1912 +

Canada

Unknown

Function

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

Technical

EXAMPLE OF DOUBLE SHIFT MACHINE WITH UNUSUAL TYPEBAR.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 GOLD LETTERING ON CASING TOP READS "The PRINTYPE PAT. NOV. 5TH 1912"; GOLD LETTERING ON CASING CENTRE FRONT READS "The No. 5/ OLIVER/ STANDARD VISIBLE WRITER"; GOLD LETTERING ON CASING FRONT READS "MANUFACTURED BY/ The Oliver Typewriter Co. CHICAGO. U.S.A./ Keep machine cleaned and oiled"; INCISED LETTERING ON BACK BAR OF CARRIAGE READS "455456"/.2 SILVER LETTERING ON COVER FRONT READS "The/ OLIVER"/ Patent plate 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./ MAR. 30TH 1909 JULY 13TH 1909/. JULY 27TH 1909. AUG. 24TH 1909."

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 DARK GREEN PAINTED CASING; METALLIC & PLATED PARTS; BLACK & WHITE KEYS; BLACK SPACE BAR & PLATEN KNOBS; BLUE PLATEN; BLACK FEET/.2 DARK GREEN PAINTED METAL COVER; LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE; METAL HARDWARE/.3 UNFINISHED WOOD BASE; METAL HARDWARE

Decoration

.1 RED, WHITE, GREEN & BLACK DECAL OF MAN WITH "PRINTYPE" PRINTED ON HAT ON DEXTER SIDE OF TOP; RED, WHITE & BLACK DECAL DEPICTING TYPEWRITER & READING "TRADEMARK" ON SINISTER SIDE OF TOP/.2 SILVER LINING ON COVER