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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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Heraldica Moldaviae, Vol. 5, 2022

Chişinău, 2023 (Tipogr. „Bons Offices”) – ISBN 978-5-36241-101-5. – 288 p.

Sumar

 

STUDII ȘI COMUNICĂRI

Plumburi comerciale pentru stofe, descoperite recent la Orheiul Vechi

Ana BOLDUREANU

„Armorialul general al familiilor nobile din Imperiul Rus" ca sursă istorică

Oleg NAUMOV

Un vlăstar ilegitim al familiei de Saxa-Coburg-Saalfeld, născut pe pământ românesc - baronul Friedrich de Rohmann și urmașii acestuia

Drăgan-George BASARABĂ

Însemne heraldice ale Despotatului de Samos în stemele princiare din Țările Române (secolul XIX)

Sorin IFTIMI (†)

Heraldistul maghiar din Transilvania care a finalizat stema României Mari - József Sebestyén Keöpeczi

Attila István SZEKERES

Un proiect de stemă al Republicii Autonome Sovietice Socialiste Moldovenești din 1924

Alexandru MOLCOSEAN

Sigilii cu tematică agricolă din Republica Autonomă Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească (1926-1935)

Alexandru MOLCOSEAN

Ordinele Republicii Moldova instituite în anii 1994-2004: „Gloria Muncii", „Recunoștința Patriei", „Ordinul de Onoare", „Credință Patriei"

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

IN MEMORIAM

Un genealogist în slujba heraldicii românești

Tudor-Radu TIRON

Heraldistul Constantin Bogatov (1957-2021)

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

În amintirea bunului coleg Sorin Iftimi

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

Sorin Iftimi - heraldist și istoric de artă

Lucian-Valeriu LEFTER

Pentru o istorie a faleristicii românești. Contribuția lui Sorin Iftimi (1965-2021)

Tudor-Radu TIRON

RECENZII, NOTE ȘI PREZENTĂRI

Istoriografia ucraineană contemporană despre herbul Drag-Sas

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

Пушкины: генеалогическая энциклопедия, отв. ред. О. Н. Наумов, Москва: Политическая энциклопедия, 2020, 592 с.: ил. 223

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

Reluarea traducerilor din opera heraldistului Michel Pastoureau la editura „Cartier"

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

Adriana-Patricia Manea, Familii nobile din Banat în secolul al XVIII-lea și începutul secolului al XIX-lea. Heraldică și genealogie, Cluj-Napoca: Editura Mega, 2022, (Colecția „Teze de doctorat"), 718 p.: il. 243

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

Lucian-Valeriu Lefter, Boieri ai Moldovei înainte și în vremea lui Ștefan cel Mare, Cuvânt-înainte de Ștefan S. Gorovei, Cluj-Napoca: Editura Mega, 399 p.: il. + 1 pl. genealogică

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

И. В. Мальцев, Символы в праве, правовой науке и юридическом образовании, Москва: Норма; ИНФРА-М, 2022, 256 с.: ил.

Alexei E. ALIOȘIN, Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

О. Н. Наумов, Мятлевы: поколенная роспись, Москва: Старая Басманная, 2022, 242 с., XII с. ил.

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

О. Н. Наумов, Геральдика Пушкиных, отв. ред. Г. В. Вилинбахов, Москва: Старая Басманная, 2022, 146 с.: ил., XVI с. ил.

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

CRONICĂ

Al XVI-lea Simpozion de Heraldică, Chișinău, 27 aprilie 2022

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

Atelierul de Artă Heraldică, Chișinău, 5-7 iulie 2022

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC

Expoziția „Întru răsplata meritelor... Distincțiile de Stat ale Republicii Moldova la cea de-a 30-a aniversare", Chișinău, Muzeul Național de Istorie a Moldovei, 28 iulie - 25 august 2022

Silviu ANDRIEȘ-TABAC, Adelaida CHIROȘCA




 

 

Independent Moldova
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Bessarabia and MASSR between the Two World Wars
Bessarabia and Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the Period between the Two World Wars
Revival of National Movement
Time of Reforms and their Consequences
Abolition of Autonomy. Bessarabia – a New Tsarist Colony
Period of Relative Autonomy of Bessarabia within the Russian Empire
Phanariot Regime
Golden Age of the Romanian Culture
Struggle for Maintaining of Independence of Moldova
Formation of Independent Medieval State of Moldova
Era of the
Great Nomad Migrations
Early Middle Ages
Iron Age and Antiquity
Bronze Age
Aeneolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Palaeolithic Age
  
  

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#Exhibit of the Month

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