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Manufactured in 1902 by AG vorm Siedel & Nauman in Dresden, Germany.

Dimensions: Length - 38 cm, Width - 35 cm, Height - 20 cm. Weight - 16 kg. It entered the museum collection in 1984, transferred from the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History.

The typewriter features a standard carriage mounted on ball bearings and rollers, along with a keyboard equipped with 42 keys. These contain two complete sets of Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, punctuation marks, numbers, and mathematical symbols, enabling the typing of 126 characters. Beneath the metal casing, the type bars are arranged in a fan-like pattern, holding embossed characters and ink ribbon rollers. When the keys are pressed, the type bars strike the inked ribbon, imprinting characters onto the paper tensioned in the machine's roller system.
The side panels are elegantly decorated with refined cast-iron elements in the Art Nouveau style, displaying the brand name - "Ideal." The Polyglott model, featuring a bilingual keyboard patented in the United Kingdom by Max Klaczko from Riga, Latvia, was produced between 1902 and 1913, marking the first typewriter capable of writing in two languages. The "Ideal Polyglott" typewriter was actively sold in the Russian Empire and gained significant popularity in Poland, Bulgaria, and Serbia.
The typewriter - a mechanical device used for printing text directly onto paper - ranks among the most important inventions of the modern era, as it revolutionized communication. From the late 19th century to the early 21st century, it became an indispensable tool, widely used by writers, in offices, for business correspondence, and in private homes. The peak of typewriter sales occurred in the 1950s when the average annual sales in the United States reached 12 million units. In November 2012, the British Brother factory produced what it claimed to be the last typewriter, which was donated to the Science Museum in London.
The advent of computers, word processing software, printers, and the decreasing cost of these technologies led to the typewriter's disappearance from the mainstream market, turning it into a museum exhibit.
June 23 marks Typewriter Day, commemorating the date when American journalist and inventor Christopher Latham Sholes patented his typewriter. This day celebrates the simple yet revolutionary device that has become history, as well as the remarkable literary achievements it has enabled since 1868.

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"Ovi D. Pop: My Romania"

December 1-15, 2023

Between December 1-15, the National Museum of History of Moldova has the honor of hosting the exhibition of the Romanian photographer Ovi D. Pop, entitled "My Romania".

Born in Oradea on April 9, 1973, Ovi D. Pop is a photographer with over 20 years of experience and who prefers several genres of photographic art: portrait, nude, aerial and monuments. He is the director of the Oradea "Duran's" Publishing House under whose care he published 7 illustrated monographs of Bihor county, works containing over 1,500 photographs of the most representative locations in the county, respectively 6 editions of the Bihor County Tourist Guide, 3 editions of the Oradea album mine, an edition of the Comitatus Bihoriensis album, an edition of the Nude in the City album and many other views and paperbacks reflect his work.

Since 2013, he also focused on artistic photography, managing to meet the criteria for obtaining national and international awards - MAFR (Master of the Romanian Association of Photographic Artists), E.FIAP/g (Excellence de Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique) with the rank of gold and MPSA (Master of the Photographic Society of America).

His photos have won over 2,300 awards, of which 640 gold medals/1st place/Trophies in 91 countries. Several personal exhibitions were organized from his photographs in: Oradea, Bucharest (Senate of Romania), Carei, Cluj Napoca, Dărăbani, Valea lui Mihai, Hajduszoboszló, Gyula, Brussels x3, Cernăuţi, Uzhorod, Ljubljana, Singapore and Pingyao, respectively many group exhibitions in: Cluj Napoca, Bucharest, Szeged, Budapest, Bratislava, Kosice, Monteviarchi, Chernivtsi, Uzhorod (UA), Chisinau, Kolkatta, Shenzen, Kunming and in Macau. Ovi D. Pop has judged in International Salons in Romania, Croatia, India, Italy, Australia, China, Georgia, Serbia, Thailand, Hungary, Singapore, Malaysia and Ukraine.

All this, however, the photographer does not quantify in years, but in achievements and in the richness of the moments he managed to capture with the help of light and shadows. The camera is the channel through which he manages to reproduce what he sees with his eyes and soul.

The opening of the photo exhibition "Ovi D. Pop: My Romania" will take place on December 1, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., and can be visited between December 1-15, 2023, at the National Museum of History of Moldova, Chisinau, 31 August 1989 street, 121A.



 




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Manufactured in 1902 by AG vorm Siedel & Nauman in Dresden, Germany. Dimensions: Length - 38 cm, Width - 35 cm, Height - 20 cm. Weight - 16 kg. It entered the museum collection in 1984, transferred from the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History...

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The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
©2006-2025 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC

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The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
©2006-2025 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC