Corona Portable Typewriter, 1921

Artifact

Typewriter

Date Made

1921

Creators

Corona Typewriter Company 

Rose, Frank S. 

Corona Typewriter Sales Company 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, Groton 

United States, Michigan, Detroit 

Creator Notes

Invented by Frank S. Rose and manufactured by the Corona Typewriter Company in Groton, New York. This typewriter was sold by Corona Typewriter Sales Co. in Detroit, Michigan.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2002.0.38.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material


Leather
Iron alloy
Steel (Alloy)

Dimensions

Height: 6.5 in

Width: 10.0 in

Length: 11.0 in

Inscriptions

paper table with logo: CORONA front of frame: CORONA lower edge of frame: MANUFACTURED BY CORONA TYPEWRITER COMPANY, INC. GROTON, N.Y. U.S.A. back of base: [patent information] rear plate: 149 W. LAFAYETTE CORONA TYPEWRITER SALES CO., DETROIT, MICH.

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