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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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Publications Journal „Tyragetia"   vol. II [XVII], nr. 1


Materialien der Şoldănești-Kultur im Mitteldnestrgebiet – der vorläufige Überblick
ISSN 1857-0240
E-ISSN 2537-6330

Materialien der Şoldănești-Kultur im Mitteldnestrgebiet – der vorläufige Überblick

Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. II [XVII], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică

In dem vorliegenden Artikel werden der vorläufige Überblick der Şoldănești-Kultur-Funde (bzw. Basarabi- Şoldănești-Kultur) im Mitteldnestgebiet vorgestellt, die die östlichste Ausbreitung des Basarabi-Kultur-Komplex darstellt (8.-7. Jh. v.Chr.). Der gegenwärtigen Zustand der Quellen ist als die Hauptbetonung des Artikel vorgenommen. 22 Fundstelle (19 Siedlungen und 3 Gräberfelder) werden als die Denkmäler der Şoldănești-Kultur identifiziert. Die Klassifikation der Häuser mit der ausführlichen Charakteristika und einem Rekonstruktionsver- such wird vorgestellt. Es können drei Haupttypen von Grabanlagen unterschieden werden, die ihrerseits noch in sechs Varianten zu unterteilen sind. Die Brandbestattungen herrschen absolut mit 95% vor. Das Keramikspektrum der Kultur bilden die Gefäße von 22 Typen: Typen I-V – die Töpfe, Typen VI-XXII – die Feinkeramik. Zur stufenspezifischen und epochenspezifischen Leitfunde gehören 32 Gegenstände aus Bronze und Eisen, die in der Gräber deponiert sind. Die erhaltenden Materialien zeigen die chronologischen Rahmen der Şoldănești-Kultur in 8. – der Anfang des 7. Jh. v.Chr. Es werden die östlichen Importe des Basarabi-Kultur-Komplex und der Basarabi-Şoldănești-Kultur in der Waldsteppenzone und Steppen des Nordpontikum akzeptiert. Der Fundstoff der Basarabi-Kultur ist zugleich geeignet, Synchronisierungen der einzelnen regionalen Chronologieschemata für Osteuropa (Stufe der späten vorskythischen Zeit) sowie Südost- und Mitteleuropa (Stufe HaC1) vorzunehmen.

Майя Кашуба, Игорь Сапожников, Мария Медведева
The collections of Antiquities of the Northern Black Sea Region, acquired by the Imperial Archaeological Commission from P.A. Mavrogordato in 1903
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XV [XXX], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică, Chişinău, 2021
Игорь Сапожников, Майя Кашуба
(“Royal Tomb” of the necropolis of Tyras, discovered in 1895: documental evidence of the Imperial Archaeological Commission Archives and cartography data
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XVI [XXXI], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică, Chişinău, 2022
Игорь Сапожников, Майя Кашуба
“We have the honor to declare that we’ve found a treasure”: Treasure hunters in the southern Bessarabia in the end of 19th c. - beginning of the 20th c.
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XV [XXX], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
Maja Kașuba, Aurel Zanoci
Der Wohnungsbau im hallstattzeitlichen Milieu der ostkarpatischen Region im 12. - 8. Jh. v. u. Z. (Traditionen, kulturelle Unterschiede und die Aussichten einer Vergleichsstudie)
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. IV [XIX], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
Игорь Сапожников, Майя Кашуба
«Corpus of antiques and archaeological findings in Bessarabia» by N. Mogilyansky and Ya. Ebergardt
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XIII [XXVIII], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică



 

 

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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