Object Details
- referenced
- Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
- Remington Typewriter Company
- Remington Typewriter Company
- Description
- San Francisco poet, artist, and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti was an influential figure of the 1950s Beat Generation and the social revolution of the 1960s. In 1956 he was arrested and tried on obscenity charges for publishing and selling Allen Ginsberg’s poem Howl. This landmark case established a key legal precedent for the publication of controversial literary pieces. His victory expanded the right to free speech and opened the way for an explosion of new works that tested the boundaries of literary expression.
- Credit Line
- George Krevsky Gallery
- ID Number
- 2011.0054.01
- accession number
- 2011.0054
- catalog number
- 2011.0054.01
- Object Name
- typewriter
- Typewriter
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 in x 11 in; 22.86 cm x 27.94 cm
- associated place
- United States: California, San Francisco
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Authors
- referenced
- poetry
- Books
- Record ID
- nmah_1401496
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-35a0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
