Typewriter used by Jerry Siegel
date: label: date made
content: 1939
name: label: maker
content: Royal Typewriter Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Typewriter used by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel from 1939 until his death in 1996. The Royal Quiet Deluxe portable typewriter was used by Jerry Siegel on his numerous trips from his Cleveland hometown to meet with the publishers at DC in New York City. In 1995 Siegel stated "one of the little known stories of Superman is that he owes a lot of his existence to this typewriter...it was the only portable I ever had or used."
label: Description (Brief)
content: The typewriter has four rows of glass keys and an enameled metal body. It comes with a leather carrying case with a handle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0169.03
label: accession number
content: 2021.0169
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0169.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: typewriter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (body and mechanical components material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (ribbon material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 9 1/8 in x 110 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 23.1775 cm x 280.67 cm