General Information

Serial #

122274

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD BASE & COVER/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ NICKEL-PLATING ON HARDWARE/ FABRIC RIBBON/ FELT ON BOTTOM OF BASE/ PAPER GLUED INSIDE COVER (REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED BY CONSERVATION), cellulose nitrate space bar and decorative panel above keys

Dimensions

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

Length

37.5 cm

Width

35.0 cm

Height

18.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HAMMOND

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Used until at least 1965; possibly also used later.

Canada

Probably one of the first mechanical typewriters used by the administration of the "Seminaire St. Joseph" in Mont-Laurier, Quebec (Labelle County). In 1965 the Seminaire was sold to "La Commission Scolaire Regionale Henri-Bourassa" following the profound reorganization of the education system in Quebec. Following this, a public auction was organized and the obsolete equipment and furnishings were sold- including this typewriter. (Ref. 3)

Function

KEYBOARD MACHINE FOR MECHANICAL WRITING OF CHARACTERS

Technical

THIRD MODEL OF UNIQUE HAMMOND TYPE SECTOR DESIGN/ MODEL EQUIPPED WITH FRENCH 'UNIVERSAL' KEYBOARD

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE ON BASE READS: 'MADE IN/ NEW YORK/ FOR ALL NATIONS/ HAMMOND AND TONGUES/ TRADE/ MARK/ TYPEWRITER/ U.S.A./ PATENTED'/ IN TWO PLACES ON BODY OF TYPEWRITER IS '122274'/ POSITIONING SCALE IS MARKED OFF IN TENTHS OF AN INCH & NUMBERED AT '0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90'/ ON FRONT PLATE IS 'MADE IN U.S.A./ No. Hammond 12.'/ KEYS ARE MARKED WITH ALL LETTERS OF ENGLISH ALPHABET & ALL NUMBERS, ALSO THE FOLLOWING LETTERS WITH FRENCH ACCENTS: E(3), U(2), A(2), I, O, C/ SYMBOLS ARE: QUOTES, NUMBER, DOLLAR, PERCENT, UNDERLINE, AMPERSAND, APOSTROPHE, BRACKETS, COLON, BRITISH POUND, COMMA, QUESTION MARK, PERIOD, DASH, EXCLAMATION*

Missing

2 RIBBON SPOOLS

Finish

CASE & BASE ARE BROWN, WOOD GRAIN VENEER/ BLACK KEYS WITH DULL GOLD LETTERING/ WORKING PARTS ARE DULL SILVER COLOUR & BLACK/ SHINY SILVER-COLOURED HARDWARE/ RIBBON IS BLACK ON TOP HALF & RED ON BOTTOM HALF/ SPACE BAR & PIECE ABOVE KEYBOARD ARE PALE YELLOW/ GREEN FELT ON BOTTOM OF BASE

Decoration

MANUFACTURER'S PLATE ON BASE HAS PICTURE OF 2 SIDES OF THE GLOBE.