Crandall New Model Typewriter
date: label: date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: Crandall Machine Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Crandall new model typewriter
label: Description (Brief)
content: Groton, New York, 1892
label: Description (Brief)
content: Description: Complete commercial machine, with canvas carrying case, included one extra type cylindar. In this machine the printing type is cast on a cylindrical rod, approximately 3/4" in diameter and 4" long. The machine has two rows of square keys, with a large spacing key in the center of the lower row. The ribbon spools are very close together at the front and top of the machine. The frame is elaborately decorated in black enamel, gilt, and mother of pearl.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Inscription: "Crandall, New Model"
label: Description (Brief)
content: Note: Owned and used by Ben Davis, William Jennings Bryan's secretary, who used it to type his speeches.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Groton
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ben G. Davis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.309779
label: catalog number
content: 309779
label: accession number
content: 109135
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Typewriter
label: Other Terms
content: Typewriter; Standard; Manual
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 12 3/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 32.385 cm x 34.29 cm