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Subiaco Museum > Records

TYPEWRITER: CONTESSA PORTABLE WITH CASE

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Overview

Portable, manual typewriter. Contessa brand. Black and orange.
a) Typewriter
b) Lid and base

Historical information

Item used by three generations of women for business, personal and academic reasons. The item was bought in Singapore by the donor's grandmother Mrs. Mary Jackson for personal correspondence while on a jetabout package holiday in the 1970s. . It was then used by the donor's mother, Mrs. Lois Dufall, for business letters and finally by the donor, Mrs. Sandra Ruprecht for academic assignments and children's school work. See information sheet attached to hard copy data sheet for detailed information. Mrs Jackson and Mrs Dufall shared a house and this typewriter. Mrs Jackson used it for the minutes of a women's club. Mrs Dufall used it for business letters. They lived at 8 Richardson Avenue West PErth (demolished) on the site of 10 Richardson Avenue today.

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1996.8a-b

Item type

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Keywords

RUPRECHT, Sandra

Ruprecht Family

Subiaco Primary School

Statement of significance

Manual typewriter used by three generations of women for business, academic and personal correspondence. Historic: Social: Scientific:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Subiaco Museum

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