Remington Portable Typewriter
Object Details
- Description
- This Remington Portable No. 1 typewriter was manufactured by the Remington Typewriter Company in 1921. The Remington portable was first introduced in 1920, this machine bears the serial number NM-11150, dating it to February of 1921 and it was machine number 1,150 made in February of 1921. The Remington Portable had a gear-locking typebar mechanism, a red and black typewriter ribbon, and a four-row QWERTY keyboard.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Edith R. Meggers
- ID Number
- ME.334779
- catalog number
- 334779
- accession number
- 314637
- serial number
- NM 11150
- Object Name
- typewriter
- Other Terms
- typewriter; Portable; Manual
- Measurements
- overall -case: 4 in x 10 1/2 in x 12 in; 10.16 cm x 26.67 cm x 30.48 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanisms
- Typewriters
- Computers & Business Machines
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_850041
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-7c20-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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