Object Details
Designer
Eliot Noyes, American, 1910 - 1977
Manufacturer
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), Armonk, New York, USA
Description
Typewriter in bright blue housing with a boxy profile; black QWRTY keyboard and function keys; black plate IBM logo with "Correcting Selectric II" below in small silver square on top right ledge of body.
Credit Line
Gift of Robert M. Greenberg
Date
1973
Accession Number
2017-51-18-a/h
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
appliances & tools
Decorative Arts
Object Name
Typewriter and Typing Elements
Type
Typewriter and Typing Elements
Medium
Aluminum, steel, molded plastic
Dimensions
H x W x D (typewriter): 18 × 51 × 38 cm (7 1/16 × 20 1/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
H x diam. (typing ball: each): 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
H x W x D (typing ball in box): 4 × 4 × 4 cm (1 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
manufactured in
Armonk, New York, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2017-51-18-a_h