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OBJECT TYPE
IMPACT COMP./ELECTRIC
DATE
1952–1978
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1997.0773.001
MANUFACTURER
VARITYPER CORP.
MODEL
VARITYPER 610
LOCATION
Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
2
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
.1 METAL CASING, CARRIAGE MECHANISM, KEY BARS, PARTS; SYNTHETIC KEYS & SWITCHES, PLATEN KNOBS, POWER CORD; RUBBER? PLATEN, FEET; GLASS? LIGHT/.2 PLASTIC COVER

Dimensions

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

Length
69.0 cm
Width
44.0 cm
Height
32.5 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Printing
Category
Typesetting
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
VARITYPER
Country
United States of America
State/Province
New Jersey
City
Newark

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
AFTER 1952 +
Canada
Unknown
Function
DEVICE USED IN PROCESS OF SETTING CHARACTERS IN TYPE.
Technical
VARITYPER WAS CALLED "WORLD'S FIRST COLD TYPE COMPOSING MACHINE" WHEN LAUNCHED IN 1930'S. IT OFFERED CHANGEABLE SIZES & STYLES OF FONTS & AUTOMATIC JUSTIFICATION & WASLESS EXPENSIVE & MORE COMPACT THAN CONVENTIONAL TYPESETTERS. IT WAS COMMERICALLY SUCCESSFUL FROM OUTSET (REF. 1). THIS MODEL PROBABLY APPEAREDIN 1950'S.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
.1 METALLIC LETTERING ON GREEN & GREY PLATE ON FRONT READS "Varutyper/ (R)" WITH METALLIC "610"; YELLOW & BLACK INTERIOR LABEL READS "TRADE MARK/ REGISTERED/ U.S. PAT. OFF./ Varityper/ MARCA REGISTRADA/ MARQUE DEPOSEE/ VARITYPER CORPORATION NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A./ MANUFACTURED UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PATENTS..." [SEE PATENTS & LIST IN SUPP. INFO.]; GREEN LETTERING ON KEYS/.2 GREEN CIRCLE WITH GREY LETTERING READING "Varityper"
Missing
APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish
.1 TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING; PLATED & METALLIC PARTS; METALLIC KEYS WITH WHITE CAPS; GREEN SPACE BAR; GREEN DIAL INDICATORS & WHITE FACE; OFF-WHITE PLATEN KNOBS & SCALE; BLACK PLATENS & FEET;/.2 GREY COVER
Decoration
N/A

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VARITYPER CORP., Typesetter, between 1952–1978, Artifact no. 1997.0773, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0773.001/

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