General Information

Serial #

104890

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

STEEL BODY/ NICKEL PLATED ACCESSORIES/ PAPER & CELLULOSE ACETATE KEYS/ BAKELITE SPACEBAR & CARRIAGE/ CLOTH TAPE

Dimensions

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

Length

45.0 cm

Width

37.0 cm

Height

27.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

IMPERIAL TYPEWRITER

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

MANUFACTURED IN CANADA BY A BRANCH OPERATION OF AN ENGLISH PARENT CO. (TORONTO)

Function

USED TO PRODUCE CLEAR, QUICK, MECHANICAL WRITING

Technical

THE MODEL 50 INTRODUCED INTERCHANGEABILITY OF PARTS TO THE IMPERIAL LINE OF MACHINES. THE EASE BY WHICH FOREIGN KEY-BOARDS COULD BE ADAPTED TO THE MODEL OPENED UP NEW FOREIGN MARKETS TO THE COMPANY (POSSIBLYINCLUDING NORTH AMERICAN MARKET, I.E. CANADA)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON BACK: 'PATENTS/ BRITISH 229476-25...257660-25/ ITALIAN 236266-25...249600-26/ FRENCH 591471-25 U.S.A. 1605767-26/ 1605768-26/ OTHERS PENDING/ Imperial Typewriter Co. (Canada) Ltd./ TORONTO/ AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE DOMINION'/ ON PAPER REST: 'Imperical/ ITC [LOGO]'/ ABOVE KEYS: 'BRITISH RIGHT THROUGH'/ FRONT OF FRAME: '50' '50'/ KEYS: '1' TO '0'; 'A' TO 'Z'; VARIOUS PUNCTUATION AND INSTRUCTION KEYS/ SCALE FROM ZERO TO '100' DIVIDED IN TENS

Missing

FEET HAVE BEEN REPLACED

Finish

PAINTED GLOSS BLACK/ GOLD DECALS/ KEYS: YELLOW WITH BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

N/A