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.
Anuarul Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei, nr. II
Chișinău, 1995
I. Studii
• Nicolae Răileanu,Din istoria muzeului Regional al Basarabiei • Grigore Jitaru, Blazonul Basarabilor. Secolul XIV • A.I. Sâci, Imigrația românească în Canada, anii 1900-1939 • Grigore Bârsa, Narodnicismul lui C. Stere: între real și ipoteze • Jipa Rotaru, Primele unități militare Naționale Basarabene în slujba unirii cu România • lohan Engstrom, The Caroline Army
II. Istorie veche și arheologie
• Nicolae Chetraru, Contribuții la cunoașterea paleoliticului inferior în Moldova • Nicolae Chetraru, Bobulesti VI - o stațiune de la începutul paleoliticului superior în Moldova • Ilie Borziac, Podgori I - o nouă stațiune pluristratigrafică din paleolitul superior în bazinul Nistrului Mijlociu • Natalia Golțeva, Considerații preliminare asupra stratigrafiei cultural-cronologice a cetățuei Hlinjeni II • Natalia Golțeva, Toporul de piatră de la Şoldănești • Natalia Mateevici, Toarte de amfore ștampilate în fondurile Muzeului
III. Istorie
• Vlad D. Ghimpu, O ctitorie domnească în Basarabia: mănăstirea Căpriana • Mihai Onilă, File din istoria bisericii «Intrarea în biserica» din satul Râșcova, secolul XVIII • Valeriu Bucarschi, O hartă a Moldovei din secolul XVIII • Maria Hasnaș, Kazimiriștii în Basarabia • Elena Ploșnița, Aspecte privind dezvoltarea presei de limbă în Basarabia • Alexandru Roman, Rolul academicianului Dmitrie Onciul în istoria arhivelor din Basarabia • И.В. Жалоба,Буковинский сплав леса Прутом и его притоками в XIX - начале XX вв. • Irina Gonciarova, Arhitectul basarabean Cristofor Nicolaidi • Antonina Cracan, Cantacuzinii în Basarabia. File istorice • Maria Pripa, Din tezaurul spiritual al neamului. M.Berezovschi • Aurelia Cornețchi, Liceul de fete din Comrat • О.Ю. Щипакина, Коллективизация в СССР и ее последствия для Автономной Республики Молдавии • Elvira Vacula, Aspecte din activitatea societăților de binefacere din Basarabia • Nadejda Lavric, Din amintirile ostașilor basarabeni din armata română • Д.А. Крупейников, Молдаване - Герои Советского Союза • Ala Robu, Represiile - mijloc de menținere a sistemului administrativ de comandă • И.Ф. Рыжова, Раскулачивание 1949 года в Молдавии • Л.И. Пасиковская,Операция «Север» • Vera Belous, Deportați din motive politice • Elena Postică, File din istoria mișcării de eliberare Națională din Basarabia în anii postbelici • Ю.А. Марчук, Из истории балканских войн 1871-1878 годов
IV. Muzeografie și arhivistică
• Mustafa ali Mehmed, Jipa Rotaru, Ion Deboveanu, Principatele Române în vâltoarea preliminărilor păcii Ruso-Turce de la București din 29 mai 1812
V. Recenzii
• Ilie Borziac, Nicolae Chetraru, Alexandru Păunescu. Ripiceni-Izvor. Paleolitic și mezolitic. Studiu monografic. București, 1993
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
