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Manual Typewriter

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1900-1939

GUSN

GUSN-68298

Description

"Rex Visible" manual typewriter with thirty-one key qwerty board. Typewriter has black body with gold lettering and sits on four rubber feet on gray pad.

Details

Descriptive Terms

typewriters
painting (coating)
steel (alloy)
Typewriter
Typewriter, Manual
Steel
Painted
Typewriter, Manual

Inscription

"Rex Visible" (Painted)
"Rex" (Painted)
"PATENTS PENDING" (Painted)
"N:4 Rex Visible Typewriter. No. 4/ MANUF'D BY REX TYPEWRITER COMPANY, FOND DU LAC, WIS." (Painted)

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1969.2035

Maker

Rex Typewriter Company (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Fond Du Lac, WI, USA

Dimensions

9.5 x 17.125 x 14.125 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2035.1

Places

Wisconsin (United States)

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