Name/Title
Hammond Multiplex Typewriter, Ca. 1900Entry/Object ID
1975.14.1Description
ACC. NO. 75.14.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1900
OBJECT: TYPEWRITER
DESCRIPTION: HAMMOND MULTIPLEX TYPEWRITER. SERIAL NO. 155648.
IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE TYPEWRITER COMES COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL LAMINATED OAK CARRYING CASE.
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THE TYPEWRITER WAS IN THE COLLECTION OF RALPH ARCHINAL, OWNER OF THE ALAMEDA TYPEWRITER CO. HE ESTIMATES THE AGE TO BE ABOUT 1900? ORIGINAL OWNER UNKNOWN.
DATE: APRIL 28, 1975Interpretative Labels
Label
6/24/2020 MvL:
current label (reflecting corrected grammar):
Hammond Typewriter
An early Hammond Typewriter
that was used in Alameda, c. 1900.
Typewriter historians deem the
Hammond Typewriters to have
been among the most innovative.
