Typewriter belonging to Lawrence Ferlinghetti
name: label: referenced
content: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
label: maker
content: Remington Typewriter Company
label: maker
content: Remington Typewriter Company
notes: label: Description
content: San Francisco poet, artist, and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti was an influential figure of the 1950s Beat Generation and the social revolution of the 1960s. In 1956 he was arrested and tried on obscenity charges for publishing and selling Allen Ginsberg’s poem Howl. This landmark case established a key legal precedent for the publication of controversial literary pieces. His victory expanded the right to free speech and opened the way for an explosion of new works that tested the boundaries of literary expression.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: California, San Francisco
topic: label: used
content: Authors
label: referenced
content: poetry
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content: Books
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: George Krevsky Gallery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0054.01
label: accession number
content: 2011.0054
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0054.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: typewriter
label: Object Name
content: Typewriter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 11 in; 22.86 cm x 27.94 cm