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OBJECT TYPE
TYPE-WHEEL
DATE
1898–1912
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1987.1088.001
MANUFACTURER
Chicago Writing Machine Co.
MODEL
CHICAGO
LOCATION
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
2
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL WITH SYNTHETIC PARTS/ COVER IS SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length
32.0 cm
Width
27.5 cm
Height
15.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Printing
Category
Typesetting
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Chicago
Country
United States of America
State/Province
Illinois
City
Chicago

Context

Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
Period
Unknown
Canada
Unknown
Function
TO PROVIDE A QUICK & LEGIBLE MEANS OF WRITING.
Technical
EQUIPPED WITH INTERCHANGABLE TYPE-SLEEVES, THE CHICAGO WAS SO DESIGNED THAT THE PAPER WAS PRESSED AGAINST THE CHARACTER FROM BEHIND BY A VULCANITE HAMMER.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
ON FRONT: 'The Chicago/ Pat'd Sep. 17, 1889. Feb. 10, 1891. May 3, 1892.'/ KEYS MARKED WITH EACH LETTER OF ALPHABET EXCEPT 'U', ALSO 1-5 & 7-0, OTHER MARKINGS ON KEYS: '? ( ) / - & " *:;'/ ALSO DOLLAR SIGN, POUNDS STERLING SIGN, PERCENT, CENT, NUMBER,COMMA, PERIOD, EXCLAMATION MARKS & 'AT' SYMBOL/ FRACTIONS ARE '1/8, 1/4, 1/2'/ ONE KEY READS 'FIG.' & ONE 'CAP.'/ HAS CALIBRATED SCALE 0-70 IN FRONT OF ROLLER/ COVER MARKED 'SIMCOE/ BUSINESS MACHINES/ 69 DUNLOP ST. WEST/ BARRIE PA-8-4824'
Missing
2 KEYS MISSING, NO RIBBON From CA of 12/19/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing one key button, most of another.
Finish
PAINTED BLACK, GOLD-COLOURED LETTERING ON FRONT/ MOSTLY BONE-COLOURED KEYS/ SILVER & BLACK-COLOURED WORKING PARTS, SILVER-COLOURED HARDWARE, SILVER-COLOURED PARTS CONSIDERABLY DARKENED/ COVER GREY WITH SILVER-COLOURED PRINTING
Decoration
N/A

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Chicago Writing Machine Co., Typewriter, between 1898–1912, Artifact no. 1987.1088, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1088.001/

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