General Information

Serial #

871

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL TYPEWRITER & CASE; SYNTHETIC ROLLER & KEY COVERS; CLOTH TAPE; PAPER KEY DESIGNATIONS;WOOD FIBRE BASE; LEATHER HANDLE ON LID

Dimensions

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

Length

14.0 cm

Width

20.0 cm

Height

26.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bar Lock

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Nottingham

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C 1920'S AND 1930'S

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF TYPEWRITERS AVAILABLE IN CANADA IN THE 1920'S

Function

USED TO WRITE MECHANICALLY IN LETTERS, NUMBERS, AND CHARACTERS, IN A QUICK, LEGIBLE FASHION.

Technical

AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF UNIT CONSTRUCTION [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ON BACK: 'BAR-LET/ MADE IN NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND./ BY BAR-LOCK (1925) COMPANY./ PROPRIETORS: JOHN JARDINE LTD.'/ PRINTED ON BACK OF CARRIAGE: 'PAPER/ RELEASE MADE IN NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND PAPER/ RELEASE/ [COAT OF ARMS]/ BAR-LET/ BY APPOINTMENT/ TO HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V.'/ ON FRONT: 'BAR-LET'/ ON LID LOCK: 'BRITISH MADE/ PATENT NO 236734'/ KEYS DESIGNATED WITH LETTERS, NUMBERS, & PUNCTUATION MARKS/ SCALE OVER ROLLER MARKED IN TENS NUMBERED FROM '0' TO '80'

Missing

From CA of 12/06/1994 by Tony Missio: Undetermined - No carriage return lever.

Finish

CASE AND LID CRINKLE BLACK/ TYPEWRITER SHINY BLACK PAINT WITH GOLD PRINTING/ KEYS WHITE WITH BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

N/A