This is a Remington Noiseless Typewriter Model 7. It was manufactured under Noiseless Patent #1471.152 and other U.S. and foreign patents.

Internet Resources: Here are some links which will get you started in your quest for knowledge. The Internet is growing at an astounding rate. This list does not include every Website on the history of communication, only the best of the sites that we visited! The Media History Project Homepage at: http://www.mediahistory.com/ American Pioneer Broadcasters Homepage at: http://www.oldtimeradio.org Hobbes' Internet Timeline Web page at: http://info.isoc.org/ guest/zakon/Internet/History/HIT.html Bass & Associates Brief History of Networking Web page at: http://www.silkroad.com/ net-history.html

Museum Loan Kits: A kit is available for the topic of the history of communications. Artifact Kit - History of the Telephone Kits can be checked out by Illinois School Teachers free of charge. For a complete list of kit topics please visit: educational loan kits For more information please contact Bob DeHoet at (618) 453-5388 or email him at: drhoet@siu.edu

Printed Resources: At this time, the Museum Explorers Library contains no books on the history of communication. Please check back. Books in this special library can be checked out by Museum Explorer teachers free of charge. Please see our Museum Explorers Library Web page. The following is a list of printed materials about the history of communications which may be available through your library: No materials available at this time. Please check back.

Previous Explorer Projects: This is a list of Museum Explorer Projects completed by teachers and students in the last three years. There are no previous school projects on the history of communications. To view other school pages please visit our Museum Explorers School Pages.

This is an Edison Fireside phonograph combination type manufactured under the patents of Thomas A. Edison at Orange, New Jersey, October 27, 1896.