Typewriter Typesetter

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Typewriter Typesetter

Entry/Object ID

2014.079.005 a-b

Description

a) Black plastic wheel in square clear plastic case. Circular section in centre of wheel reads "12/BROUGHAM" in white font ["Brougham" is the name of the font, 12 is the point size of the type]. "3" and "H" in black on back. Small metal protrusion used to move wheel. Basic serif font, similar to a typewriter font. Top left casing has circular indented grip for inserting wheel when in use. Back top reads "MADE IN JAPAN"/ downwards pointing arrow pointing to circular hole in centre with 3 cm diameter. Does not appear wheel is intended to be removed from casing. b) Top half of pasteboard box white, bottom half grey, with picture of same font cassette wheel. Shallow thumb tab cut out in top centre of one side of box for opening. 'brother' logo on top left, partially covered by sticker, no registered trademark symbol. Left third of cut white lable sticker printed with "54035" in black ink on front top centre covering thumb tab. Sticker coming off, underneath in blue pen reades "SEARS/54035". Sticker centred on top half readers "REORDER NUMBER : 412" on Left and "ENGLISH/BROUGHAM/12" on right. 'brother' logo on top left of box. Other side reads 'brother/TYPEWRITER/PRINTING ELEMENT" in upper left. Bottom reads "MADE IN JAPAN" in upper right.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Van Wyck, Jean

Notes

Accession Date: 02-Nov-14 Mode of Acquisition: Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Typesetter

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Typesetting Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Printing T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Computer Typesetter

Created By

Ezekiel Gow

Create Date

June 9, 2015

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

August 20, 2025