General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST IRON BASE/ PRESSED STEEL AND CAST PARTS/ SOME MACHINES GEARS AND OTHER ASSEMBLIES/ PAPER TAPE

Dimensions

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

Length

31.0 cm

Width

28.0 cm

Height

23.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telegraphy

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TELETYPE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1921 TO 1927

Canada

NIL

Function

THIS DEVICE DEVELOPED AS A LOW COST PRINTING TELEGRAPH UNIT TO REPLACETHE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR. THE MESSAGE, PRINTED ON TAPE, WAS GUMMED TO A MESSAGE BLANK. SENDS & RECEIVES.

Technical

VERY EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF SIMPLE, LOW COST TAPE PRINTING TELEGRAPH DEVICE. THE FIRST MACHINE TO WHICH THE NAME "TELETYPE" WAS APPLIED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

DECALS READ: 'THE MORKRUM PRINTING/ TELEGRAPH SYSTEM/ MANUFACTURED BY/ MORKRUM COMPANY/ CHICAGO'/ 'PATENT APPLIED FOR'/ 3 ROWS OF KEYS: '1Q 2W 3E 4R 5T 6Y 7U 8I 9O 0P/ -A THR S $D CITY F &G [POUND NOTE]H SGL J (K )L CAR RET/ FIGS "Z /X [?]:V ?B [?]N,M LTRS LINE FEED'/ MFR'S PLATE ON MOTOR: 'D.C. MOTOR/ NO. 844214/ WOUND SERIES FRAME 315/ TYPE SDA FROM D/ HP 1/50 R.P.M. 1800/ VOLTS 110/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ SCHENECTADY N.Y. U.S.A.'/ '2' HAND- PAINTED ON MOTOR

Missing

CONNECTING CABLES, KEYBOARD, CAM SHAFT GEAR,INKING DEVICE, TWO KEY TOPS/ TRANSMITTING CONTACTS ADJUSTING KNOB DAMAGED/ MOTOR GOVERNOR ADJUSTING KNOBS DAMAGED From CA of 10/22/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined

Finish

BLACK ENAMEL BASE, FLYWHEEL AND BRACKETS. REMAINDER OF PARTS NATURAL STEEL/ KEYS YELLOW WITH RED & BLACK PRINTING.

Decoration

GOLD WITH BLACK PRINTING DECALS.