Exhibit of First Typewriter

ID: 38785-G or MAH-38785G

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1950s?

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 33

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Summary

A history exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building of the first typewriter patented in the United States. It was submitted to the United States Patent Office by William Austin Burt in 1829 and called the typographer.

Subject

  • United States Patent Office
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 33

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1950s?

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Typewriters
  • Burt, William Austin
  • Exhibitions
  • Office equipment and supplies
  • Typographer

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Object
  • Exhibit

ID Number

38785-G or MAH-38785G

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Object; Medium: Photographic print

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