mechanical pencil
notes: label: Description
content: A black and gold mechanical pencil made of black colored plastic (est.) with bands of non ferrous gilt metal. The plastic has incised chevron pattern. One end is open and the other end has a round knob on the end of an inner gilt non ferrous tube which telescopes out and has chevron incised lines. "Todd&Co NY Dec5 71" is stamped on the plastic sleeve.
label: Description
content: In a world before copying machines and computers, every letter, memo, and report had to be typed many times. If you made one mistake, you typed it again. Secretaries drafted, corrected, and retyped in an almost endless loop. Offices had typing pools (dozens of women) making enough perfect copies for everyone. There was no backspace key!
label: Description
content: Pens and pencils were symbols of secretarial work and given as gifts to “office girls.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0020.028
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0020.028
label: accession number
content: 2013.0020
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mechanical pencil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, non ferrous metal, gilt (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 7.9375 cm x 1.27 cm