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- OBJECT TYPE
- TYPE-BAR/DOWN-STROKE/LATERAL
- DATE
- 1916
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0380.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Oliver Typewriter Co.
- MODEL
- STANDARD VISIBLE WRITER 9
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 783780
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PREDOMINANTLY METAL, WITH CELLULOID KEYS AND SPACEBAR, SYNTHETIC KNOBS AND OTHER MINOR FITTINGS; RUBBER PLATEN AND FEET; FABRIC RIBBON.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.5 cm
- Width
- 43.0 cm
- Height
- 36.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- 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 1916.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
MECHANICAL MEANS OF PRINTING UNIFORM CHARACTERS, PUNCTUATION AND/OR NUMERALS ON A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER. - Technical
-
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."783780" incised in plate fixed to body near bell, and on back square rod of carriage frame. Character & 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
- MISSING COVERS FOR RIBBON SPOOL RECEPTACLES. From CA of 12/09/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- OLIVE GREEN WITH WHITE LETTERING AND FIGURES - BLACK SHIFTS/ CONDITION AND APPEARANCE VERY GOOD.
- 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.
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Oliver Typewriter Co., Typewriter, after 1916, Artifact no. 1976.0380, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0380.001/
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