Name/Title
TypewriterEntry/Object ID
2018.6.61Description
Black upright typewriter. Both the paper table in the back and the front cover feature the manufacturer name, "ROYAL," in silver letters.Context
The Royal Typewriter Company (now Royal Consumer Information Products, Inc.) was established by Edward B. Hess (1857–1941) and Lewis C. Meyers (1867–1951) in a Brooklyn machine shop in 1904. By the 1930s, the company produced over one million typewriters.Made/Created
Manufacturer
Royal Typewriter CompanyDate made
circa 1930Dimensions
Height
9-3/4 inWidth
15 inLength
14 in
