Remington Adding and Subtracting Typewriter

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Remington Typewriter Company

Wahl Adding Machine Company

Description: This is a combination adding machine and typewriter. The upstrike typewriter has a QWERTY keyboard with two shift keys, a shift lock key, a tab stop set key, a back spacer key, and a space bar. Behind each of the number keys is a bar which leads up to the adding attachment. Keys in a row across the bottom front set the place of the first digit in a number. The typewriter has two carriages. The front one carries a single register that indicates seven-digit totals. The carriage in back has tab-setting devices. Behind this is the ribbon, the rubber platen, and the paper tray. The machine has four rubber feet and two rubber handles for the platen.; A mark on the paper tray reads: Remington (/)Adding and Subtracting (/) Typewriter. A mark at the bottom front reads: Remington Standard Typewriter No. 11. Marks on the adding mechanism below the front carriage and on the moveable register read: WAHL ADDING MACHINE Co. (/) CHICAGO. The adding mechanism is also marked: PATENTED IN (/) UNITED STATES AND (/) FOREIGN COUNTRIES. (/) DATES & NUMBERS ON (/) BACK COVER. OTHER (/) PATENTS PENDING. (/) DISCOUNT. Marks on the back of the adding attachment give American, French and British patents.
Location: Currently not on view

ca 1913

Physical Description: rubber (overall material); iron (overall material); steel (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 29.2 cm x 43 cm x 43 cm; 11 1/2 in x 16 15/16 in x 16 15/16 in

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National Museum of American History

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-6d55-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa