IBM Electromatic
date: label: date made
content: 1948
label: date made
content: ca 1948
name: label: maker
content: International Business Machines Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: This electric typewriter was manufactured by the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation around 1935. IBM purchased Electromatic Typewriters, Inc. in 1933, taking over its Rochester, New York factory. After a variety of improvements IBM issued the IBM Electric Typewriter Model 01 in 1935. The innovation of electric typewriters was that each type bar hit the paper with the same force, and that force was more powerful than manual typewriters. This was especially useful in business situations as multiple carbon copies could be produced. IBM continued producing typewriters, including the very popular Selectric model, throughout the 20th century until 1990.
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: Mrs. Paul J. Donovan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.336753
label: catalog number
content: 336753
label: accession number
content: 1978.2227
label: serial number
content: 156065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: typewriter
label: Other Terms
content: typewriter; Standard; Electric
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 18 3/4 in x 16 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 47.625 cm x 41.91 cm