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- OBJECT TYPE
- TYPE-BAR/FRONT-STROKE/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0099.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ROYAL TYPEWRITER CO. INC.
- MODEL
- ELITE
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- P128698
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL TYPEWRITER, FASTENED TO WOOD BASE. TYPEWRITER HAS SOME SYNTHETIC FITTINGS; RUBBER CYLINDER.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.0 cm
- Width
- 32.5 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
- ROYAL TYPEWRITER
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TYPEWRITER WAS USED NOVEMBER 1929 +
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF POPULAR MAKE AND MODEL OF TYPEWRITER SOLD AND USED INCANADA IN LATE 1920S. THIS 'ELITE' MODEL TYPEWRITER WAS SOLD BY THOMAS & CORNEY OF TORONTO, ONT. AND COAST 75.00 WHEN PURCHASED IN NOV. 1929. ORIGINAL OWNER WAS DONOR'S FATHER, MR. JOHN HERRING, ALSO OF TORONTO, ONT. - Function
-
TO MECHANICALLY PRINT LETTERS, NUMBERS AND SELECTED SYMBOLS ON A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER, RAPIDLY AND UNIFORMLY. - Technical
-
EARLY 'PORTABLE' TYPEWRITER, ADVERTISED AS BEING "...PERFECTLY STANDARD IN EVERY RESPECT...IT'S OPERATING FEATURES ALL WORK EXACTLY AS THEY DO IN THE BIG TYPEWRITER". (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "ROYAL" appears in silver print on centre top of typewriter. All keys marked. "ROYAL/ PORTABLE", "ROYAL TYPEWRITER CO., INC. N.Y./ PROTECTED BY AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS./ MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." and "PATENTED/ 1923 1924 1926" printed in goldtone decalling on back of typewriter body. Goldtone decal on back right reads "THOMAS AND CORNEY/ TORONTO, ON[T]". Serial number "P128698" incised in plate on back right of typewriter.
- Missing
- MISSING KEY CLEANING BRUSH.
- Finish
- TYPEWRITER BODY HAS SMOOTH SHINY BLACK ENAMEL FINISH; BRIGHT SILVER METAL FINISH ON MANY COMPONENTS & MINOR FITTINGS. FLAT BLACK COATED PAPER COVERING ON BASE HAS RIBBED APPEARANCE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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ROYAL TYPEWRITER CO. INC., Typewriter, before 1930, Artifact no. 2000.0099, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2000.0099.001/
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