Royal Portable Typewriter
date: label: date made
content: 1930 - 1939
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Royal Portable Typewriter
label: Description (Brief)
content: Black metal portable typewriter with Dvorak keyboard. Marked "Royal Deluxe" on paper table and "Touch Control" on front of machine. Keys are black with silver edges covered in clear plastic. Black plastic space bar.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Case is pressed wood cover with black cloth.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Note - Typewriter was owned by Mary Helen Robinson. She was one of Dr. Dovak's first students in 1934-1935. She competed in 1935 International Commercial Schools Contest in Chicago and again in 1939 at NY World's Fair.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Washington, Gig Harbor
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mary Helen Robinson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0619
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0619.1
label: accession number
content: 1989.0619
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Typewriter, Portable W/Dvorak Keys
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - typewriter: 5 3/4 in x 13 in x 11 in; 14.605 cm x 33.02 cm x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - case: 6 in x 12 7/8 in x 12 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 32.7025 cm x 32.385 cm