Dial Typewriter Junior

Object/Artifact

Railway Village Museum

Dial Typewriter Junior

Note paddle-like lever

Name/Title

Dial Typewriter Junior

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.40

Description

This tin lithograph typewriter was a functional typewriter marketed to children. The dial would be turned to the desired letter and then the large lever at the base would be pressed to stamp the letter onto paper. This Marx Toys Dial Typewriter Junior from the BRV collection still functions though is badly discolored.

Use

Recreation and Communication primarily by children

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Louis Marx and Company

Date made

circa 1950

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Typewriter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Toy, Mechanical

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Devices

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Height

6-1/2 in

Width

12 in

Depth

7-1/2 in

Material

lithograph, stamped tin