Name/Title
Royal typewriter, c. 1940Entry/Object ID
2024.40.1Description
Acc. No. 24.40.1
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: c. 1940
Object: typewriter
Description: a metal machine, with rows of circular buttons with numbers and letters on supporting movable arms, and a roller at top with a lever on the left. On the front in on an imprinted metal plate ‘Royal’. Model number: KMM-2511685.
Size (incl. roller): L (depth) 14” x W 15 1/2” x H 9”
History of Object: typewriter from the home of Albert Willard Broughton, used in his years working his way up from clerk to vice president of Title Insurance and Trust Company. The model number dates this machine to c. 1940, more than 10 years before Al started on his career, suggesting both the strength of this design, and a history before Al brought it to his home where it was used by the family.
Acquired from: Judy Broughton, donated 2021.
Catalog Date: 5/3/2024
