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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
More Information
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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