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Merredin Railway Museum > Records

OLYMPIC TYPWRITER

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Long carriage

Historical information

This tyrewriter was used specifically for typing up tax returns in the accounting practice of J.E.Read & Olachlan .Name changed in 1967 toJ.E.& B.J.Read & later became Read & associates.The Practice wasoriginally purchasedfrom Dudley Jones in 1947. Business sold to Byfield Beirs 1987

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cwa-org-156-2000.967

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OLYMPIC

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Room10

Merredin Railway Museum

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