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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
More Information
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/item/1997.0773.001/
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