General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WITH SYNTHETIC PARTS/ COVER IS SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

32.0 cm

Width

27.5 cm

Height

15.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Chicago

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO PROVIDE A QUICK & LEGIBLE MEANS OF WRITING.

Technical

EQUIPPED WITH INTERCHANGABLE TYPE-SLEEVES, THE CHICAGO WAS SO DESIGNED THAT THE PAPER WAS PRESSED AGAINST THE CHARACTER FROM BEHIND BY A VULCANITE HAMMER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON FRONT: 'The Chicago/ Pat'd Sep. 17, 1889. Feb. 10, 1891. May 3, 1892.'/ KEYS MARKED WITH EACH LETTER OF ALPHABET EXCEPT 'U', ALSO 1-5 & 7-0, OTHER MARKINGS ON KEYS: '? ( ) / - & " *:;'/ ALSO DOLLAR SIGN, POUNDS STERLING SIGN, PERCENT, CENT, NUMBER,COMMA, PERIOD, EXCLAMATION MARKS & 'AT' SYMBOL/ FRACTIONS ARE '1/8, 1/4, 1/2'/ ONE KEY READS 'FIG.' & ONE 'CAP.'/ HAS CALIBRATED SCALE 0-70 IN FRONT OF ROLLER/ COVER MARKED 'SIMCOE/ BUSINESS MACHINES/ 69 DUNLOP ST. WEST/ BARRIE PA-8-4824'

Missing

2 KEYS MISSING, NO RIBBON From CA of 12/19/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing one key button, most of another.

Finish

PAINTED BLACK, GOLD-COLOURED LETTERING ON FRONT/ MOSTLY BONE-COLOURED KEYS/ SILVER & BLACK-COLOURED WORKING PARTS, SILVER-COLOURED HARDWARE, SILVER-COLOURED PARTS CONSIDERABLY DARKENED/ COVER GREY WITH SILVER-COLOURED PRINTING

Decoration

N/A