General Information

Serial #

26875

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WITH SYNTHETIC, FABRIC & RUBBER/ WOOD BASE AND COVER

Dimensions

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

Length

52.0 cm

Width

40.0 cm

Height

34.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

American Writing

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO PROVIDE LEGIBLE, QUICK, MECHANICAL WRITING

Technical

CALIGRAPH NO. 2 WAS THE FIRST FULL KEYBOARD TYPE-BAR MACHINE (UPPER & LOWER CASE), THE CALIGRAPH NO. 1 PRINTED IN THE UPPER CASE ONLY

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON FRONT 'THE CALIGRAPH/ No. 2/ Manufactured by the American Writing Machine Co./ NEW YORK/ PATENTED'/ ALSO '26875' ON TOP/ CALIBRATED SCALE NUMBERED 0-60/ EACH LETTER OF ALPHABET ON KEYBOARD, BOTH CAPS & LOWER CASE, LOWER CASE 'a', 'i', 'l', 'm', 'o' MISSING/ HAS BRACKETS, DOLLAR SIGN, AMPERSAND, COLON, SEMI-COLON, APOSTROPHE, QUESTION MARK, QUOTES, PERIOD, COMMA & DASH/ ON COVER IS 'CALIGRAPH'

Missing

2 KEY DESIGNATORS ON TYPEWRITER/ KEY FOR LOCK ON COVER From CA of 11/25/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - Paper guide from front of carriage broken off; two keys missing clear tops & labels, three more missing labels.

Finish

BLACK WITH RED & GOLD DESIGN & LETTERING ON FRONT, SILVER-COLOURED WORKING PARTS & HARDWARE, RED & PURPLE RIBBON/ BASE & COVER FINISHED WITH REDDISH STAIN/ KEY TOPS WHITE WITH BLACK LETTERING EXCEPT CAPITALS WHICH ARE BLACK WITH WHITE LETTERING, ALL ARE COVERED WITH TRANSPARENTMATERIAL, NOW YELLOWED.

Decoration

WRITTEN INFORMATION APPEARS ON FRONT OVER DRAWING OF CURTAIN WITH FRINGE HUNG ON HORIZONTAL POLE