Portable Typewriter

Object/Artifact

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Windham Textile and History Museum

Photograph of portable typewriter: A photo of a black, portable Remington typewriter, taken from the perspective of the typist. There are keys for every letter of the alphabet, for all numbers 2 through 0, various punctuation, as well as two shift keys and a shift lock key. The keys are round, with black characters on white backgrounds. There is a space bar at the bottom of the keyboard. A two-color (red and black) nylon ribbon is at the top of the typewriter.
Photograph of portable typewriter

A photo of a black, portable Remington typewriter, taken from the perspective of the typist. There are keys for every letter of the alphabet, for all numbers 2 through 0, various punctuation, as well as two shift keys and a shift lock key. The keys are round, with black characters on white backgrounds. There is a space bar at the bottom of the keyboard. A two-color (red and black) nylon ribbon is at the top of the typewriter.

Name/Title

Portable Typewriter

Entry/Object ID

2023.49.1

Description

Remington portable typewriter. Standard ND57979. Black. Includes two-color nylon ribbon. With case. Both case and typewriter are black. Donor Charles E. Larkins said the typewriter belonged to his mother, who worked for the American Thread Company in the early 1940s.Manufactured 1925, according to Remington Typewriter Model Serial Number Database, https://typewriterdatabase.com/remington.42.typewriter-serial-number-database.

Collection

General Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Remington Typewriter Comapny

Date made

1925

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Typewriter, Manual

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Typewriter

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Devices

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Dimensions

Height

4-1/2 in

Width

12 in

Length

12-1/2 in

Location

Location

Exhibit Room

Mill Office Exhibit Room

* Untyped Location

Main Museum Building

Category

Exhibit

Date

December 2, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Date Examined

Dec 2, 2023

Examined By

Eves, J.

Cleanliness

Surface cleaned of dust with cloth, windex. Smells musty. Not disassembled to clean interior parts.

Mechanism

When keys are struck, the letter bars do not reach the roller.

Web Links and URLs

Remington Typewriter Model Serial Number Database

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Belonged to donor's mother, who worked for the American Thread Company in the early 1940s.

Created By

historian@millmuseum.org

Create Date

November 26, 2023

Updated By

historian@millmuseum.org

Update Date

December 2, 2023