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OBJECT TYPE
TYPE-BAR/FRONT-STROKE/MANUAL
DATE
1960–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1995.0700.001
MANUFACTURER
OLYMPIA BUSINESS MACHINES CO. (CANADA) LTD.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Don Mills, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL CASING, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KEYS, PARTS/ RUBBER

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
42.0 cm
Height
21.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Printing
Category
Typesetting
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
OLYMPIA
Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
City
Don Mills

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
LATE 1960'S TO LATE 1980'S
Canada
TYPEWRITER USED BY CHARLES LYNCH (1919-1994), PROMINENT CANADIAN JOURNALIST & AUTHOR. HE REPORTED ON CANADIAN TROOPS IN WWII, WAR CRIME TRIALS AT NUREMBURG; WAS CHIEF OF SOUTHAM NEWS SERVICE & AFTER 1985 AUTHOR & FREELANCE COLUMNIST.
Function
A MACHINE FOR PRODUCING MECHANICALLY LETTERS, NUMBERS, & SIGNS SIMILAR TO THOSE PRODUCED BY PRINTER'S TYPE.
Technical
A 'STANDARD' TYPEWRITER, TYPICAL OF MANUAL TYPEWRITERS OF THE 1960'S, USED BY A JOURNALIST
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
PLATE ON BACK READS: 'OLYMPIAWERKE A.G. WILHELMSHAVEN/ OLYMPIA BUSINESS MACHINES CO. (CANADA) LTD./ 58 Prince Andrew Place, Don Mills, Ontario/ Made in Canada'/ TYPED BYLINE LABEL TAPED TO CASING READS: 'MQ u20 u21 h12 h19/ SNS- Lynch column/ SOUTHAM COPY QS QB date/ Lynch column-The Nation-/ for Saturday/ BY CHARLES LYNCH/ OTTAWA- Prime Minister...'/ GREEN LABEL READS 'Q Office Analysts/ and Business Systems Limited/ OTTAWA-CANADA'/ BLUE PRESSURE PRINTED LABEL READS '1406903'/ BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON KEYS
Missing
N/A
Finish
TEXTURED GREY PAINTED BASE & BACK/ BUFF ENAMEL PAINTED CASING FRONT/ BUFF & GREEN KEYS & PARTS/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK
Decoration
CAST 'OLYMPIA' IN SCRIPT ON FRONT & BACK

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OLYMPIA BUSINESS MACHINES CO. (CANADA) LTD., Typewriter, between 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1995.0700, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0700.001/

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