Monotype Composing Keyboard, 1957

Made:
1930-1940 in Redhill
maker:
The Monotype Corporation Limited
Monotype standard keyboard for use with composing caster

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Monotype standard keyboard for use with composing caster
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Monotype standard keyboard for use with composing caster, enables variation in spaces between words, serial number 25358, 1957.

Details

Category:
Printing & Writing
Object Number:
1957-220
Materials:
plastic (unidentified), iron, steel (metal), paper (fibre product) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
overall: 1350 mm x 850 mm x 700 mm,
type:
composing machine and typesetting keyboard
credit:
The Monotype Corporation Limited