General Information

Serial #

241423

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL, WITH CELLULOID KEYS AND SPACE BAR; SYNTHETIC KNOBS AND MINOR FITTINGS. FABRIC RIBBON. RUBBER PLATEN.

Dimensions

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

Length

40.0 cm

Width

36.5 cm

Height

27.5 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 1906.

Canada

Unknown

Function

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

Technical

FEATURES UNIQUE TYPE BAR MECHANISM AND TAB FUNCTIONS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"The OLIVER Typewriter" and trade mark decals applied to paper support. "The No.5/ OLIVER/ STANDARD VISIBLE WRITER" appears on centre front of casing, above keyboard. Patent plate screwed to casing below space bar [see Patent field]/ "MANUFACTURED BY/ The Oliver Typewriter Co. CHICAGO, U.S.A./ Keep machine cleaned and oiled." appears on lower front of casing. SN "241423" incised into plate on proper left side of casing below carriage, and on back square rod of carriage frame.

Missing

MISSING COVERS FOR INK RIBBON SPOOL RECEPTACLES.

Finish

Dark green casing; black and white keys/silver decal-applied text.

Decoration

ROUND DECAL IN UPPER RIGHT DEPICTSIDENTICAL MODEL TYPEWRITER, BORDERED BY RED CIRCLE, AND MARKED "TRADE MARK".