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Typewriter
- Material
- WOOD-UNKNOWN;
- METAL / ALLOY - UNKNOWN
- Description
- a) A black typewriter with a 'flap' on top that reads 'ROYAL STANDARDS'. The ribbon spools are situated in the middle. On the front, it reads 'ROYAL TYPEWRITER COMPANY NEW YORK, U.S.A.'. In between the spools is the word 'ROYAL'. On each side, it has the words 'ROYAL'.
b) Fabric cover. (missing)…
- Manufacturer
- Royal Typeriter Company, New York
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR COMMUNICATION
- Sub-Category
- DATA PROCESSING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Place Of Manufacture
- UNITED STATES
- Description
- a) A black typewriter with a 'flap' on top that reads 'ROYAL STANDARDS'. The ribbon spools are situated in the middle. On the front, it reads 'ROYAL TYPEWRITER COMPANY NEW YORK, U.S.A.'. In between the spools is the word 'ROYAL'. On each side, it has the words 'ROYAL'.
b) Fabric cover. (missing)
c) A black ribbon spool.
- History Of Use
- Typewriter belonged to Joseph Coyle, who was the founder of the Interior News. He used it in both his Aldermere and Smithers offices, around 1915 - 1919. His daughter, Ellen Myton, dates the typewriter back to approx. 1910. The typewriter was apparently stolen at one point "by a porter on the newly inaugurated train to Smithers - then discarded in a disused well, when the thief was pursued".
"The machine was cleaned and put back into service, and used until 1967, when my father was 96 years old." (Quote from note written by Ellen Myton)
- Material
- WOOD-UNKNOWN;
- METAL / ALLOY - UNKNOWN
- Height
- 16
- Width
- 27
- Length
- 35
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Number Of Parts
- 3
- Accession No.
- 1986.42.1 a-c
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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