“Double Pigeon” Model DHY Typewriter
date: label: date made
content: 1974-1975
name: label: maker
content: Shanghai Calculator & Typewriter Manufacturing Works
notes: label: Description
content: This is a “Double Pigeon” Model DHY typewriter that was manufactured by the Shanghai Calculator and Typewriter Manufacturing Works of Shanghai, China around 1974. The typewriter is made to print Chinese characters. The character is selected, inked, and printed by the machine, in a somewhat tedious process due to the 2,500 characters available and the fact that each typist could change the organization of the type tray to fit their writing style, varying the organization from machine to machine. Other character sets can be placed in the machine, allowing it to print over 7,000 unique characters. The typewriter was acquired to be displayed in the bicentennial exhibit "A Nation of Nations."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Shanghai, Shanghai
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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: Sperry Remington
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.334953
label: catalog number
content: 334953
label: accession number
content: 320831
label: serial number
content: 717967
objectType: label: Object Name
content: typewriter
label: Other Terms
content: typewriter; Manual
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 28 in x 17 in; 29.845 cm x 71.12 cm x 43.18 cm