Electric typewriter

DESCRIPTION

ContributorCommunity HistoryDescriptionHeavy green electric IBM typewriter called a Selectric - a combination of selective and electric, known as a golfball typewriter. Instead of individual type bars flying up to strike the paper, it used a single rotating and tilting spherical element shaped like a golf ball. This golf ball moved horizontally across a stationary paper carrier, allowing typists to quickly change fonts by simply swapping out the sphere.Date createdc1960Height (mm)180Width (mm)500Depth (mm)380Maker marks / inscriptionsIBMMaterialsMetal, plasticsHistorical details

Used by City of Stirling local Diana Barnett, these typewriters were very popular.

CONNECTIONS

Related placeTrigg

IDENTIFIERS

Accession number2016.3

ADMINISTRATION

Date of acquisition2016

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