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Typewriter of Marija Jurić Zagorka

Antique store Charlestone, South Carolina(photographed by Zoran Kirchhoffer)

  • Category:
    Tehnika pisanja i umnožavanja teksta
  • Type of item:
    Typewriter 'Remington portable No. 1'
  • Year:
    1924.
  • Materials:
    Remington
  • Materials:
    metal, wood, paper, fiber, leather
  • Type of action:
    restoration and conservation
  • Condition:
    restored, whole and functional
  • Location:
    Center for Women's Studies in Zagreb

  • Typewriter of Marija Jurić Zagorka

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Zagorka's typewriter was, considering the equipment, a simpler model, Remington brand, produced in year 1924. He belonged to the so-called Model 1, and was characterized as the best typewriter of his time. At that time at the US market it costed around $ 60, which was not negligible amount.


S. Kirchhoffer, Did Zagorka used a typewriter? Around the world: the Zagorka, kindred and place: Papers from scientific conference Marija Juric Zagorka - life, work, heritage / 'City, boundary geography' on 25 and 26 November 2011 in Zagreb within five Days of Marija Juric Zagorka, (ed.) Anita Dremel, Zagreb, 2012, 213-239.