Overview
- Date
-
use:
1933-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara Goldstein
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Office Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Writing materials
- Object Type
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Typewriters (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a. Continental brand typewriter with a black painted metal body with a rubber roller for paper and keyboard that contains German diacriticals, 1 key bearing an "SS" symbol and Nazi swastika. It is attached to wooden base covered with treated, black textured, cloth.
b. Removable wooden lid covered with black treated, textured cloth. It has a synthetic fiber handle attached with metal fixtures. - Dimensions
- a: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 12.250 inches (31.115 cm) | Depth: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
b: Height: 14.250 inches (36.195 cm) | Width: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Depth: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) - Materials
- a : metal, wood, rubber, plastic, cloth, ink
b : wood, cloth, paint, metal, synthetic fiber
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The typewriter was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Barbara Goldstein.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:02
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn13919
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