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City of Wanneroo Museum Collections > Records

Smith Premier 60 Manual Typewriter

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c. 1930

Overview

Smith Premier manual typewriter. Painted black metal with beige coloured plastic coated keys. Two metal spools for holding black and red printer ribbon, long round rubber roller and black plastic knob for holding paper. On the front are two metal discs with 'SP' in centre. 'Smith Premier' printed in gold text on the top metal flap that covers silver metal mechanisms at the back. 'Smith Premier 60 writes 92 characters. It has the regular 4 bank keyboard with which typists are so familiar but there are four extra keys which write eight additional characters. They are so placed that they do not interfere in any way with the touch method of typing.'

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Registration number

cwa-org-57-2008.40a-b

Item type

Material

Width

500 mm

Height or length

260 mm

Depth

360 mm

Inscriptions and markings

'Smith Premier' - on the top where he paper sits
'SP' - on two small circular badges at the front of the typewriter, one of the badges is very faded and the SP is difficult to see
'Smith Premier / Made in Syracuse, N.Y., U.S.A.' - Printed in gold text on back

Contextual Information

Typewriter was donated by Wanneroo Volunteer Taskforce and was used in the Wanneroo area.

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Office Equipment

Year

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

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Smith Premier manual typewriter. Painted black metal with beige coloured plastic coated keys. Two metal spools for holding black and red printer ribbon, long round rubber roller and black plastic knob for holding paper. On the front are two metal discs with 'SP' in centre. 'Smith Premier' printed in gold text on the top metal flap that covers silver metal mechanisms at the back.

Smith Premier manual typewriter. Painted black metal with beige coloured plastic coated keys. Two metal spools for holding black and red printer ribbon, long round rubber roller and black plastic knob for holding paper. On the front are two metal discs with 'SP' in centre. 'Smith Premier' printed in gold text on the top metal flap that covers silver metal mechanisms at the back.

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