Portable typewriter

Description

Lettera 22 portable typewriter with brown painted steel chasis and qwerty keyboard, serial number S630110, by Olivetti, Glasgow, 1955

Museum reference

SH.2001.68.1

Object name

Portable typewriter

Production information

Olivetti
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1955

Physical description

Steel, chrome, brass, plastics (various), paint, pigment / leather, fabric, cotton (?) thread, rubber, adhesive

Exhibitions

• The Typewriter Revolution (24 Jul 2021 - 11 Sep 2022)
  National Museum of Scotland