Hooven automatic typing system
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Hooven automatic typing system
label: Description (Brief)
content: Description: Black metal frame supports mechanism which includes typebars (no keyboard). Two rollers visible, one with slots running lengthwise along roller where type bars (Elite type) make contact. Attached tag gave following information: "Machine No. 2005, Style W. Typewriter No. 3037E(?). Typewriter Type 'Elite'. Machine R.P.M. 675. Motor R.P.M. 1725" To operate mechanism, a regular manual typewriter was attached. Brown Kraft paper was prepared originally on Perforator and then run through this mechanism using the typewriter to fill in blanks such as inside address or other variables.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0087.02
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0087.02
label: accession number
content: 1987.0087
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mechanism, Automatic Typing System
label: Object Name
content: mechanism, Hooven
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 52 in x 42 in x 80 in; 132.08 cm x 106.68 cm x 203.2 cm