Selectric I Typewriter
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), Armonk, New York, USA
- Designer
- Eliot Noyes, American, 1910 - 1977
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Roughly rectangular tan metal housing; "IBM" logo tag at front top; black QWERTY keyboard and function keys, with calibrated rule above; two circular knobs on left and right to roll platen; "golf-ball" typing element and ribbon cassette under hinged top.
- Credit Line
- Gift of George R. Kravis II
- 1961
- Accession Number
- 2014-25-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- typewriter
- Type
- typewriter
- Medium
- aluminum, steel, plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 19.1 x 36.6 x 38.1 cm (7 1/2 in. x 14 7/16 in. x 15 in.)
- manufactured in
- Armonk, New York, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2014-25-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ce470070-ea3a-42a8-a3cc-a376a97daaa1
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