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- OBJECT TYPE
- TYPE-BAR/DOWN-STROKE/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1922
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0324.001
- MANUFACTURER
- REMINGTON
- MODEL
- REMINGTON PORTABLE 1
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- NM 22874
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL TYPEWRITER HAS RUBBERPLATEN; SOME MINOR SYNTHETIC FITTINGS. MOUNTED ON CLOTH-COVERED WOODEN BASE..2 WOODEN CASE LID COVERED IN COATED CLOTH; HAS LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE & METAL HARDWARE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.5 cm
- Width
- 28.0 cm
- Height
- 11.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- REMINGTON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS MODEL TYPEWRITER MFD OCT. 1920-1925. THIS TYPEWRITER MFD FEB. 1922; PRESUMABLY USED 1922+
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO MECHANICALLY PRINT LETTERS, NUMBERS AND SELECTED SYMBOLS ON A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER, RAPIDLY AND UNIFORMLY. - Technical
-
REMINGTON PORTABLE NO. 1 WERE FIRST TRULY PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS WITH 4-BANK KEYBOARDS: THEY WERE MARKETED AGGRESSIVELY AND WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL. 'FOLDING-TYPEBAR' MECHANISM RAISES TYPEBAR TO 45-DEGREE ANGLE (PRINTING POSITION) BY MEANS OF LEVER ON RIGHT SIDE. TYPEBAR MUST BE LOWERED WHEN TYPEWRITER RETURNED TO CASE. (REF. 1 - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "Remington/ Portable" stencilled in goldtone print on lower right front of typewriter body. Red 'seal' decal applied to lower left front depicts typewriter and reads "TO SAVE TIME & TO LENGTHEN LIFE/ STANDARD/ REMINGTON/ TYPEWRITER/ TRADE/ MARK REG./ U.S./ PAT./ OFFICE". "Made in U.S.A." stencilled on typewriter body back. Serial number "NM 22874" incised in body back, below platen..2 No markings visible on case lid.
- Missing
- UNKNOWN.
- Finish
- .1 BLACK ENAMEL FINISH ON TYPEWRITER BODY; OFF-WHITE KEY FACES MARKED IN BLACK. CASE BASE IS BLACK CLOTH. SOME SILVER COMPONENTS AND MINOR FITTINGS/TRIM..2 BLACK COATED-CLOTH COVERED CASE HAS DARK GREEN INTERIOR. BLACK LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE; SILVER METAL HARDWARE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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