Typewriter
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, paper, wood and card
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937782
Summary
'The Practical Typewriter, no. 2' mounted on a wooded board; manufactured by the Simplex Typewriter Co., 644 First Ave., New York, and sold by Charles Morrell, 868 Oxford Street, retailer of toys (according to a black and gold label on the underside of the board). Contained in a black cardboard box with flap lid, along with a small print of horseriders, and a collection of German Empire pin flags designed to be pinned into a map.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).