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.
Restoration of headwear from the National Museum of History of Moldova
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. VIII [XXIII], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
The subject of this article is the restoration of objects from the Clothing and Accessories Collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova. The collection, which began to form from the fi rst years of the museum’s existence, is diverse in terms of typology and chronology. Among its components the sub-collection of military uniform and accessories, containing 300 headwear items, occupies a special place. By country of origin these military headwear items originate from Russia, Prussia, France, Italy, Romania, Poland, Hungary, etc. In 2010, there were restored 30 headwear items, including: grenadier cap, Prussia, 1740-1785; Cavalry Guards officer’s helmet, Russia, 1811- 1817; Uhlan officer’s cap, Russia, 1837; infantry officer’s helmet, Prussia, 1914-1918; artillery officer’s cap, France, 1914-1918; sub-lieutenant’s cap, model 1934, Romania. The author analyzes the restoration techniques used in the process of working on some items from the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova.
List of illustrations:
Photo 1. Grenadier cap, Prussia, 1740-1785: a - before restoration; b - in the process of restoration; c - after restoration.
Photo 2. Cavalry Guards offi cer’s helmet, Russia, 19th century: a - before restoration; b - after restoration.
Ecaterina Bondarenco
The restoration of a lăicer from the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th century from the National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova’s collections
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. III [XVIII], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
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.