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- OBJECT TYPE
- TYPE-BAR/FRONT-STROKE
- DATE
- 1940–1954
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0384.001
- MANUFACTURER
- UNDERWOOD ELLIOTT FISHER LTD.
- MODEL
- MASTER/CHAMPION KEYBOARD
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 49002-1
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BODY/ SYNTHETIC FEET, ROLLER, VARIOUS KNOBS/FABRIC RIBBON
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
- 33.0 cm
- Height
- 23.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- UNDERWOOD
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To mechanically print letters, numbers and selected symbols on a single sheet of paper, rapidly & uniformly. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PAINTED ON FRONT: 'Underwood/ MADE IN CANADA' 'Underwood'/ DECAL ON SIDE: 'UNDERWOOD/ ELLIOTT FISHER/ LIMITED/ TORONTO CANADA'/ PRINTED ON BACK: 'UNDERWOOD/ PROTECTED BY PATENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN, CANADA AND OTHER COUNTRIES/ PRODUCT OF UNDERWOOD ELLIOTT FISHER LTD/ MADE IN CANADA'/ SCALE ABOVE KEYS: 'COPYRIGHT 1895 1923 UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER COMPANY'/ KEYS READ: 'TAB STOP/CLEAR''TAB STOP/SET' 'BACK SPACER' 'MARGIN/RELEASE' '"2' '*3" '$4' '%5' '-6' '+7' '!8' '(9' ')0' '/-' 'Q' 'W' 'E' 'R' 'T' 'Y' 'U' 'I' 'O' 'P' '[POUND SIGN]1/4' 'A' 'S' 'D' 'F' 'G' 'H' 'J' 'K' 'L' ':;' '1/81/2' 'Z' 'X' 'C' 'V' 'B' 'N' 'M' '?,' '..' '[cent sign]3/4'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK CRINKLE FINISH/ BLACK & GREEN KEYS WITH WHITE WRITING
- Decoration
- METAL TRIM SECTION AROUND 2 SIDES & BACK OF BODY/ NAME OF MFR. ON FRONT/ DECORATIVE RED MFR'S DECAL ON SIDE
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UNDERWOOD ELLIOTT FISHER LTD., Typewriter, between 1940–1954, Artifact no. 1988.0384, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0384.001/
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