Typewriter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- THRUST
- DATE
- 1892
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1974.0087.001
- MANUFACTURER
- WILLIAMS MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- EMPIRE
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ FIBRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.2 cm
- Width
- 30.5 cm
- Height
- 35.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Williams
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
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
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 12/06/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- BLACK METAL WITH NICKEL PLATED CARRIAGE, RETURN LEVER, BELL, RIBBON DRUM/ LETTERS ARE CAPITALS/ RIBBON BLACK ON TOP, RED ON BOTTOM/ LETTERS ARE ON VERTICAL BARS WHICH MOVE FORWARD AND STRIKE THE PAPER/ CARRIAGE MOVES UP AND DOWN TO BE IN LINE WITH DIFFERENT LETTERS OR RIBBON COLOUR/ CARRIAGE RETURNED BY A CHAIN WOUND AROUND A DRUM WITH BELL TO SIGNAL END OF LINE/ OPERABLE, NEEDS CLEANING & NEW RIBBON
- Decoration
- N/A
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WILLIAMS MFG. CO., Typewriter, after 1892, Artifact no. 1974.0087, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1974.0087.001/
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