Typewriter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- THRUST
- DATE
- 1909
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0389.001
- MANUFACTURER
- WILLIAMS TYPEWRITER MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- EMPIRE 2
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 113759
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL/ CELLULOID KEYS/ WOOD SPACE BAR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.5 cm
- Width
- 36.5 cm
- Height
- 36.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Williams Typewriter
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Made in Canada. The "Empire" is the Canadian version of the American typewriter called the "Wellington", which was manufactured in Plattsburg, New York. The German version of this same typewriter is known as the "Adler" [Ref: S. Cadieux, email, 19 Apr 2006]. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 12/05/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- BLACK/ FAIR CONDITION & APPEARANCE/ CARRIAGE SPRING SEEMS WEAK - MAY BE DIRTY MECHANISM
- Decoration
- GOLD LETTERING WITH GOLD AND BLUE FINE LINE DESIGN
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WILLIAMS TYPEWRITER MFG. CO., Typewriter, 1909, Artifact no. 1976.0389, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1976.0389.001/
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