typewriter
chair
desk
Marystown Heritage Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | typewriter chair desk |
| Type de l'objet : | manual desk |
| Classification de l'objet : | man-made artefact |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | building furnishings tools & equipment for communication |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | furniture written communication tools & equipment |
| Discipline : | anthropology church history history material culture |
| Matériaux : | varnish wood metal paint plastic rubber |
| Technique de fabrication : | sawn moulded planed painted varnished cast |
| Numéro de catalogue : | M-003-148 |
| Fabricant : | Remington Typewriters Limited |
| Marque de fabrique : | Remington |
| Province d'origine : | Ontario ? |
| Pays d'origine : | Canada |
| Continent d'origine : | North America |
| Province d'utilisation : | pre-confederation Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Culture : | Canadian |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | North American |
| Contexte culturel : | record keeping furnishings written expression |
| Date de fin de production : | c 1920 |
| Période : | first half of 20th century |
| Description : | The desk is made of two sets of three drawers, one on each side of the desk, connected by a recessed writing surface. Each drawer has a wing-like metal handle. The seat of the chair is slightly rounded on the corners, and the chair legs curve out at the bottom. The chair back is rounded. The arms curve into what becomes the back of the chair, attached by slats of wood. The typewriter is made of black metal, with gold and red printing on it. It has 47 keys, arranged in four rows. The keys are white with black lettering, except the tab key, which is orange with white lettering. |
| Commentaires : | This typewriter, desk, and chair were used by Father John W. McGettigan, priest for the Sacred Heart Parish in Marystown from 1926 to 1936. This equipment may have also been used by other priests prior to this. Marystown got its first Parish Priest, Father E. J. Wilson, in 1909. Prior to that, the Parish Priest from Burin looked after the spiritual needs of the Marystown Catholic community. In 1874 E. Remington and Sons produced the first typewriter that allowed a person to type faster than he/she could write. Despite the advantages of speed and legibility, as well as the ability to make multiple copies using carbon paper, typewriters did not immediately become common in offices. Originally, Remington typewriters were manufactured in the Remington Arms factory, but by 1883 Wyckoff, Seamans, and Benedict of New York had obtained the rights to manufacture Remington typewriters. By the 1920s, Remington was one of the top four names in the American typewriter field. This typewriter is what is often called a conventional typewriter because it is inked by a ribbon, is a frontstrike machine, and has a four-bank qwerty keyboard. However, this model also incorporates the British £ symbol into its keyboard. |
| Fonctions : | This typewriter, desk, and chair were used for communication and record keeping. |
| Hauteur : | 71 (desk) |
| Longueur : | 97 (desk) |
| Largeur : | 71 (desk) |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 10 |
| Nom des parties composantes : | typewriter platen chair drawers desk |
| Objets associés : | see also M-006-5-01 |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | Remington 12 Made in Canada Remington Typewriters Limited |
| Établissement : | Marystown Heritage Museum |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Marystown |
| Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland and Labrador |
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