General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

LEATHER CASE/ CARDBOARD AND PAPER SAMPLER AND PADDING

Dimensions

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

Length

15.5 cm

Width

10.0 cm

Height

1.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

INGRAM

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Royston

Context

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS SAMPLER MADE IN 1874

Canada

DEMONSTRATES A SYSTEM INVENTED BY ISAAC PITMAN IN 1837 AND INTRODUCED TO N. AMERICA IN 1852. IT WAS THE MOST EXTENSIVELY USED SYSTEM IN CANADA.

Function

USED TO PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF PITMAN SHORTHAND. REFERRED TO AS SHORTHAND, "PITMAN", PHONOGRAPHY - THIS SYSTEM OF WRITING IN WHICH EACH SOUND IS REPRESENTED BY A SEPARATE SYMBOL (OR "CHARACTER")

Technical

SHORTHAND WAS A STANDARD SKILL REQUIRED OF CLERKS THROUGH MOST OF THE 20C, AT TIME 'COMPETING' WITH MECHANICAL TRANSCRIPTION. IN THE PRINTINGTRADES/JOURNALISM, SHORTHAND WAS USED BY SOME REPORTERS. THIS SAMPLE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE SKILL OF A "STENOGRAPHER" AS WELL AS AN INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF INFORMATION STORAGE, ALTHOUGH REALLY AN EXAMPLE OF "HANDIWORK".

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

HANDWRITTEN ON BACK OF SAMPLER: ' On the other side of this/ card in a space the size/ of an ordinary Postcard/ which contains 3780 words/ written in Pitman's / shorthand + Time occupied/ in writing 3 1/4 hours/ jan 28th 1874. W.J. Ingram [all in cursive]'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

CASE: BROWN/ SAMPLER: WHITE BACKGROUND WITH BROWN INK WRITING

Decoration

FLORAL BORDER AROUND SHORTHAND WRITING