Name/Title
Printator Magic SlateEntry/Object ID
1987.03.06Description
Metal part that slide in and out of the hard cardboard rectangle with metal border. The sliding part is made out of metal for the base, hard card, some kind of paper and a plastic cover. When you slide the part up it cannot come fully out and it reveals an advertisement for Nerlich & Co., Toronto. See notes for use.Collection
Office supplies CollectionCataloged By
Anderson, CarolineInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
StampLocation
Back of holder & sliderTranscription
PrintatorNotes
Maker's Mark: PrintatorLexicon
Search Terms
Nerlich & Company, TorontoLocation
Location
Container
Box 1Shelf
Shelf 96Room
Collections RoomBuilding
M.V.T.M.Category
PermanentDate
November 7, 2023Location
Container
Archive Box 1Shelf
Shelf 1, Shelf 1Room
Collections RoomBuilding
M.V.T.M.Category
PermanentMoved By
Whit, ElizabethDate
August 7, 2016Category
PermanentRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Crotty, Eva MathildaGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: From the estate of Miss Eva Mathilda Crotty, Almonte Ontario
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In 1935 a small company called Printator was established by the Horneman family to sell a novel and new toy, known as the patented ‘Printator Magic Slate’. Quite simply, it enabled you to write a message or draw a picture with a wooden stylus on a graphite slate or screen, about the size of a postcard, which could then be instantly erased by sliding a bar across the surface, providing a clean slate from which to start again. Lesmar was subsequently established as the export arm of Printator.
The idea actually came about through one of those strange ‘accidents’ that occur every now and again. Rather than a planned approach to develop a new writing instrument, Albert Horneman was actually manufacturing wax master disks from which early gramophone records were made. In between each record a sheet of tracing paper was placed to protect the surface. Accidentally leaning on a pile of records, Albert noticed that an impression appeared on the paper which, when he rubbed it, magically disappeared. From this simple accident the potential for a new and novel writing and drawing idea was recognised and The Magic Slate was eventually borne. From the outset, The Magic Slate proved a popular success and continues to be found in toy shops around the world to this very day.
Status: OK
Status By: Cotter, Ellen
Status Date: 2022-06-10Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
July 31, 1987Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
November 12, 2023
