- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Manufactured by
- Remington Rand, American, 1927 - 1955
- Used by
- Franklin, B. C., American, 1879 - 1960
- Date
- March 1947
- Medium
- metal, plastic, rubber
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 9 1/2 × 17 1/4 × 14 5/8 in. (24.1 × 43.8 × 37.1 cm)
- Description
- Remington Rand model seventeen typewriter with keyboard margin controls used by Buck Colbert Franklin, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, in his legal practice. The typewriter is black with silver lettering. “Remington Rand” is written on the paper table of the typewriter and “Remington” is on the body of the typewriter below the ribbon cover plate. “Remington” is also found on the back of the typewriter at center. The Remington Rand logo is on the back of the typewriter at bottom center. The typewriter has a 4-bank universal keyboard. On the top left of the keyboard is a type bar unjammer lever and ribbon reverse lever, above the KMC key which controls the left margin. On the right, above the KMC key for the right margin, are a 3-position touch regulator and the ribbon height control, including a setting for using the middle of the ribbon. The serial number for the typewriter is J1122912.
- Place made
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- typewriters
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Communication
- Law
- Race riots
- Technology
- Tulsa Race Massacre
- U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John W. and Karen R. Franklin
- Object number
- 2013.238.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




