Typewriter
Title
Typewriter
Subject
documenting tool
Description
It is a typical typewriter in 1970s Hong Kong. Computer was not common in those days and typewriter was necessarily for writing documents and homework. There used to be typewriter class in the regular curriculum, which is no longer found nowadays.
Creator
Pellegrino Turri, an Italian inventor
Date
1970s
Contributor
Francesco Rampazetto, an Italian printmaker who invented the scrittura tattile, a machine to impress letters in papers
Agostino Fantoni, an Italian who developed a prototype of a typewriter
Rights
general public
Relation
computer
Format
10 number buttons, 9 assisting buttons and 26 character buttons
Language
English
Type
physical object
Coverage
industrialisation
Table Of Contents
keyboard
ink
Date Created
1808
Date Modified
1874: become commercialised
Access Rights
general public
Has Format
typographer
Has Part
keyboard
qwerty
typography
Has Version
typographer
Is Replaced By
computer
Requires
ink
paper
Medium
metal body
plastic buttons
Temporal Coverage
vintage
Accrual Method
function
Accrual Periodicity
1
Accrual Policy
to analyse the most common function of the item
Audience
clerks in 1970s Hong Kong
students in 1970s Hong Kong
Audience Education Level
literal
UUID
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Collection
Citation
Pellegrino Turri, an Italian inventor, “Typewriter,” Mei Ho House, accessed January 19, 2025, https://learning.hku.hk/ccch9051/group-43/items/show/1.
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