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OBJECT TYPE: TYPE-BAR/UP-STROKE
DATE: 1887–1895
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1085.001

MANUFACTURER: Yost Typewriter Co.
MODEL: YOST
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL WITH SYNTHETIC KEY TOPS, RUBBER (?) ROLLER/ COVER IS SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 35.0 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Height: 23.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Typesetting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Yost
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: EXAMPLE OF THE WIDE VARIETY OF MACHINES AVAILABLETO CANADIAN CONSUMERS AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
Function: TO PROVIDE LEGIBLE & QUICK MECHANICAL WRITING
Technical: EXAMPLE OF UP-STROKE GRASSHOPPER ACTION/ CHARACTERS INKED BY INK PAD, NOT RIBBON, ALLOWING DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE CHARACTER & PAPER, THIS RESULTED IN A SHARPER IMPRESSION.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ABOVE KEYS MARKED 'YOST'/CALIBRATED SCALE BELOW ROLLER NUMBERED 0-70/ THERE IS A KEY FOR EACH LETTER OF THE ALPHABET, CAPS & LOWER CASE SEPARATELY, ALSO NUMBERS 1-9/ ALSO BRACKETS, PERCENT SIGN, SLASH, LINE, NUMBER, EXCLAMATION MARK, QUOTES, DOLLAR SIGN, APOSTROPHE, DASH, COMMA, QUESTION MARK, COLON, AMPERSAND, POUND STERLING SIGN/ ON BACK MARKED 'PATENTED'& '16.708'/ ON RIM ABOVE TYPE MECHANISM '[?]ERFECT'/ COVER MARKED 'Barrie Business College'
Missing: 1 KEY INDICATOR MISSING, POSSIBLY PERIOD KEY From CA of 12/16/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing one key button, proper left end bottom row.
Finish: BLACK FRAME WITH SOME SILVER-COLOURED PARTS/ SOME KEYS BLACK & SOME BONE-COLOURED/ COVER GREY WITH WHITE PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Yost Typewriter Co., Typewriter, between 1887–1895, Artifact no. 1987.1085, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.1085.001/

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