Typewriter used by Carlton Morse
date: label: date made
content: 1940
name: label: Associated Name
content: Morse, Carlton E.
label: maker
content: Royal Typewriter Company
notes: label: Description
content: This typewriter was used by Carlton Morse (1901-1993) to write radio scripts for shows such as "I Love a Mystery" and "One Man's Family.".
label: Description
content: The brainchild of writer Carlton E. Morse, the radio soap opera One Man's Family debuted on the west coast on, April 29, 1932 expanding to national audiences the following year. The show followed the evolving lives of California stockbroker, Henry Barbour, and his family.
label: Description
content: A version of the show aired on primetime television from 1949 to 1952, and during the day from 1954 to 1955.
label: Description
content: One Man's Family aired its final radio episode on April 24, 1959. Amassing a total of 3,256 episodes, the show was the longest running serial in radio history
label: Description
content: I Love A Mystery was a radio adventure series that ran in various formats from 1939-1944. Morse wrote for the show even as he was creating new espisodes of One Man's Family. It centered on the three members of the A-1 Detective agency.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Radio
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Carlton E. Morse
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0174.03
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0174.03
label: accession number
content: 1989.0174
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Typewriter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 15 in; 22.86 cm x 38.1 cm