TYPEWRITER, manual, portable, ‘Remington Monarch’, with case and manual

H2008.20.1-4

[1] TYPEWRITER; manual, portable, grey and cream metal ‘Remington Monarch’ typewriter in grey case. Imprinted 'Remington Monarch' and ‘Sperry Brand’ to front, and ‘SPERRY RAND’, ‘REMINGTON’, ‘MADE IN HOLLAND’ to back. serial no. Qwerty style keyboard with cream keys, metal and plastic internal and external parts, black rubber roller with evidence of white paint, black/red stripe ink ribbon.
[2] CASE; square with rounded corners, grey vinyl covered wood chipboard?, plastic handle, metal lock securing hinged lid to base, round metal studs. Printed inside base; ‘TYPEWRITER MADE IN HOLLAND/CASE MADE IN GERMANY’.
[3] MANUAL; ‘OPERATING MANUAL’, printed in several languages including English, 16 pages stapled. Housed inside case.
[4] INSPECTION DOCUMENT; single page typed A4 paper. Used to inspect condition of typewriter at time of shipping. Folded inside case.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H2008.20.1-4
Accession Date: 27 Nov 2009
Acquisition Year: 2006

Material

Metal0 - Whole
Plastic/Synthetic/Polymer0 - Whole
Adhesive/Unclassified0 - Whole
Vinyl/Synthetic/Polymer0 - Whole
Ribbon/Textile0 - Whole
Ink/Unclassified0 - Whole

Measurement

height300mm
width370mm
depth12.8cm
height199mm
width201mm
depth0.3cm
height277mm
width216mm

 


 

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