General Information

Serial #

98

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

IRON, STEEL, BRASS/ CLOTH RIBBON/ SYNTHETIC ROLLER, KNOBS & KEYS

Dimensions

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

Length

40.0 cm

Width

35.5 cm

Height

25.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

American Writing

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY FROM EARLY PART OF 20C

Canada

SAMPLE OF TYPE OF MACHINE AVAILABLE AND USED IN CANADA IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20C.

Function

USED TO PRODUCE CLEAR, QUICK, MECHANICAL WRITING

Technical

RADICAL IMPROVEMENT ON EARLIER CALIGRAPH MODELS, I.E. TOUCH, LEVERAGE, TYPE-BAR CONNECTIONS ETC. MOST ORIGINAL FEATURE WAS MECHANISM FOR MAINTAINING ALIGNMENT WHEN THICKNESSES OF CARBON PAPER ARE BEING USED, I.E. PROBLEM OF LETTERS PRINTING HIGHER OR LOWER DEPENDING ON POSITION IN TYPE BASKET.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

DECAL ON PAGE REST: 'New Century [IN CURSIVE]/ CALIGRAPH'/ ON FRONT OF MACHINE: 'AMERICAN WRITING MACHINE CO./ NEW YORK'/ STAMPED IN MACHINE ON TOP SHELF: 'NO98[STAR]'/ KEYS: '1' TO '9'; LETTERS 'A' TO 'Z' IN BOTH UPPER & LOWER CASE; VARIOUS FRACTIONS AND PUNCTUATION MARKS/ PAINTED ON BOTTOM FRONT: 'NEW CENTURY [?]'/ SCALE FROM '0' TO '70' DIVIDED IN TENS

Missing

3RUBBER FEET

Finish

PAINTED BLACK GLOSS PAINT WITH GOLD & WHITE PRINTING/ KEYS WHITE WITH BLACK PRINTING AND BLACK WITH WHITE PRINTING

Decoration

PINSTRIPED ON ALL FLAT SURFACES WITH GOLD & SILVER PAINT