Wellington No. 2 Typewriter
notes: label: Description
content: The Wellington No. 2 typewriter was invented by Wellington P. Kidder in 1892. Kidder has already invented the Franklin typewriter (see ME*318462) before moving on to invent this thrust-action typewriter. The typewriter received patent number 471,794 on March 29, 1892. The typewriter was produced until the early 20th century as the Wellington in the United States, the Empire in Canada, and the Adler in Germany.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Typewriters
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charles M. Clarke
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.333708
label: catalog number
content: 333708
label: accession number
content: 303151
label: serial number
content: 3879
objectType: label: Object Name
content: typewriter
label: Other Terms
content: typewriter; Portable; Manual
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 14 in x 13 in; 17.145 cm x 35.56 cm x 33.02 cm