Draper Typewriter
name: label: maker
content: Chicago Writing Machine Company
notes: label: Description
content: This Draper typewriter was manufactured by the Chicago Writing Machine Company of Chicago, Illinois around 1906. The Draper was a re-named Chicago Typewriter that was sold from the Sears Roebuck mail-order catalog for $18.72. The Chicago was a revamped Munson Typewriter, originally invented by Samuel J. Seifried under patent number 474,350 in May 3rd, 1892 and assigned to the Munson Type Writer Company. The Chicago/Munson had a steel typesleeve similar to the Crandall, except that the characters were arranged horizontally on the sleeve rather than vertically. The keyboard is also interesting in that it is a “WERTY” keyboard. The “Q” key has been moved to be next to the “Z.”
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: Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.334781
label: catalog number
content: 334781
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: serial number
content: 0445750
objectType: label: Object Name
content: typewriter
label: Other Terms
content: typewriter; Portable; Manual
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 14 in x 13 in; 17.78 cm x 35.56 cm x 33.02 cm