Typewriter used by B.C. Franklin
date: label: Date
content: March 1947
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Remington Rand, American, 1927 - 1955
label: Used by
content: B. C. Franklin, American, 1879 - 1960
notes: label: Description
content: Remington Rand model seventeen typewriter with keyboard margin controls used by Buck Colbert Franklin, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, in his legal practice. The typewriter is black with silver lettering. “Remington Rand” is written on the paper table of the typewriter and “Remington” is on the body of the typewriter below the ribbon cover plate. “Remington” is also found on the back of the typewriter at center. The Remington Rand logo is on the back of the typewriter at bottom center. The typewriter has a 4-bank universal keyboard. On the top left of the keyboard is a type bar unjammer lever and ribbon reverse lever, above the KMC key which controls the left margin. On the right, above the KMC key for the right margin, are a 3-position touch regulator and the ribbon height control, including a setting for using the middle of the ribbon. The serial number for the typewriter is J1122912.
place: label: Place made
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Race riots
label: Topic
content: Technology
label: Topic
content: Tulsa Race Massacre
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Exhibition
content: Power of Place
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John W. and Karen R. Franklin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.238.3
objectType: label: Type
content: typewriters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, plastic, rubber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 1/2 × 17 1/4 × 14 5/8 in. (24.1 × 43.8 × 37.1 cm)