Typewriter box
Simplex Typewriter Co.
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
60 x 226 x 130 mm
Place of origin
New York
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937782.2
Summary
Black cardboard box with flap lid containing 'The Practical Typewriter, no. 2' (a) 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). Also contains a small print of horseriders (DUN/D/747m), and a collection of German Empire pin flags designed to be pinned into a map (DUN/TOY/285).
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Makers and roles
Simplex Typewriter Co. , manufacturer