Typewriter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- THRUST
- DATE
- 1895
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0114.001
- MANUFACTURER
- UNITED TYPEWRITER CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- EMPIRE
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ LEATHER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.5 cm
- Width
- 33.0 cm
- Height
- 16.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- UNITED TYPEWRITER
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
The "Empire" is the Canadian version of the American typewriter called the "Wellington", which was manufactured in Plattsburg, New York. The German version of this same typewriter is known as the "Adler" [Ref: S. Cadieux, email, 19 Apr 2006]. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON SPACE BAR: 'PATENTED/ CANADA, JULY 22, 1892/ GREAT BRITAIN, MAR. 29, 1892/ VICTORIA, JUNE 2, 1892/ NEW SO. WALES, JUNE 11, 1892'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/22/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- BLACK METAL CARRYING CASE & LEATHER STRAP HANDLE/ WORKING, BUT NOT TERRIBLY WELL
- Decoration
- N/A
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UNITED TYPEWRITER CO. LTD., Typewriter, circa 1895, Artifact no. 1972.0114, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0114.001/
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