Coffman typewriter
date: label: date made
content: 1902
notes: label: Description
content: One (1) Coffman typewriter
label: Description
content: Garden City, Kansas, 1902
label: Description
content: Description: "Portable, linear index machine. Upper and lower case letters and numerals on rubber belt. Type nickel-plated finish. Wooden slotted/platen presses belt against 2 inked felt pads. Design patented by G.W. Coffman of Garden City, Kansas, 17 June 1902. Marked: Coffman Typewriter Pat. June 17 - 02 St. Louis, MO." to operate: Grasp key w/ thumb and finger and insert ball into hole above letter desired and push down. In wooden box with sliding lid marked: "The Coffman $5.00 Typewriter." With tube of ink (corked at one end.) Shrink tubing applied at time of cataloging to prevent ink from oozing from crack.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kansas, Garden City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charles R. Stouch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.336718
label: catalog number
content: 336718
label: accession number
content: 1978.2226
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Typewriter
label: Other Terms
content: Typewriter; Manual
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 10 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 26.67 cm x 6.35 cm