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- OBJECT TYPE
- TYPE-BAR/DOWN-STROKE/LATERAL
- DATE
- 1912
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0771.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Oliver Typewriter Co.
- MODEL
- STANDARD VISIBLE WRITER 5
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 455456
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL CASING, KEYS, CARRIAGE, PARTS; CELLULOID KEY BARS & SPACE BAR; SYNTHETIC PLATEN, KNOBS, PARTS; RUBBER? FEET/.2 METAL COVER/.3 WOOD BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.4 cm
- Width
- 38.7 cm
- Height
- 30.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Oliver
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1912 +
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
MECHANICAL MEANS OF PRINTING UNIFORM CHARACTERS, PUNCTUATION AND/OR NUMERALS ON SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF DOUBLE SHIFT MACHINE WITH UNUSUAL TYPEBAR. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 GOLD LETTERING ON CASING TOP READS "The PRINTYPE PAT. NOV. 5TH 1912"; GOLD LETTERING ON CASING CENTRE FRONT READS "The No. 5/ OLIVER/ STANDARD VISIBLE WRITER"; GOLD LETTERING ON CASING FRONT READS "MANUFACTURED BY/ The Oliver Typewriter Co. CHICAGO. U.S.A./ Keep machine cleaned and oiled"; INCISED LETTERING ON BACK BAR OF CARRIAGE READS "455456"/.2 SILVER LETTERING ON COVER FRONT READS "The/ OLIVER"/ Patent plate reads: "PATENTED/ OCT. 30TH 1894./ JULY 9TH 1895./ JUNE 16TH 1896. MAR, 1ST 1898./ FEB. 11TH 1902./ APR. 7TH 1903./ JUNE 30TH 1903./ JUNE 26TH 1906./ AUG. 21ST 1906./ OCT. 30TH 1906./ NOV. 27TH 1906./ DEC. 4TH 1906./ AUG. 6TH 1907./ DEC. 3RD 1907./ AUG. 11TH 1908. NOV. 10TH 1908./ NOV. 17TH 1908. DEC. 8TH 1908./ MAR. 30TH 1909 JULY 13TH 1909/. JULY 27TH 1909. AUG. 24TH 1909."
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 DARK GREEN PAINTED CASING; METALLIC & PLATED PARTS; BLACK & WHITE KEYS; BLACK SPACE BAR & PLATEN KNOBS; BLUE PLATEN; BLACK FEET/.2 DARK GREEN PAINTED METAL COVER; LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE; METAL HARDWARE/.3 UNFINISHED WOOD BASE; METAL HARDWARE
- Decoration
- .1 RED, WHITE, GREEN & BLACK DECAL OF MAN WITH "PRINTYPE" PRINTED ON HAT ON DEXTER SIDE OF TOP; RED, WHITE & BLACK DECAL DEPICTING TYPEWRITER & READING "TRADEMARK" ON SINISTER SIDE OF TOP/.2 SILVER LINING ON COVER
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Oliver Typewriter Co., Typewriter, after 1912, Artifact no. 1997.0771, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0771.001/
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