Remington Standard Desk Typewriter, Model No. 2, 1890
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Artifact Overview
Sholes & Glidden introduced the first practical typewriter in 1874. By the 1880s, there were several companies mass producing these machines, including rifle manufacturer Remington & Sons. Typewriters were part of the "information explosion" that included technologies like the phonograph and telephone. They modernized offices by helping workers--increasingly women--reproduce and organize information more neatly and quickly than handwriting.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Typewriter
Date Made
1890
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Manufactured by the Remington Standard Typewriter Manufacturing Company for Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict in Ilion, New York
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
36.148.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Remington Rand Inc.
Material
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 15.5 in
Width: 16 in
Length: 10 in
Inscriptions
lower front edge of frame: REMINGTON STANDARD TYPEWRITER NO. 2
front of frame: MANUFACTURED BY REMINGTON STANDARD TYPEWRITER MFG. CO., ILION, N.Y., U.S.A. FOR WYCKHOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT, NEW YORK
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