The dollar hen
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hastings, Milo, 1884-1957
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Call Number
- 636.5 HAS
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.14
- Call Number
- 636.5 HAS
- Author
- Hastings, Milo, 1884-1957
- Place of Publication
- Syracuse
- Publisher
- National Poultry Magazine
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 207 p. : 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Poultry
- Poultry industry
- Poultry farms
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates: Hastings, Milo, 1884-1957
- "Formerly poultryman at Kansas Experiment Station; later in charge of the Commerical Poultry Investigation of the United States Department of Agriculture." -- title page.
typewriter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact83395
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.30.1
- Description
- Full-keyboard upstrike Smith Premier No. 2 typewriter made by Smith Premier Typewriter Company, 1904. It features a double keyboard, with rows of lowercase letters at the bottom and uppercase letters at the top. It includes typewriter, carrying lid, wooden platform, two typewriter ribbon spools, and an unrelated box that holds the spools.
- Object History
- Donor found object in an old building in Vancouver, ca. late 1950's - early 1960's. Smith Premier manufactured double keyboards until 1921, long after their competitors had introduced the "Shift" key which allowed each key to type both an upper and lowercase letter.
- Reference
- http://www.typewritermuseum.org/collection/index.php3?machine=smithpr1&cat=ku
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New York
- Site/City Made
- Syracuse
- Subjects
- Written Communication Tools and Equipment
- Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Typewriters
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