The Safir Office Machines Museum is a private museum in
Tehran
Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
,
Iran
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. It was founded in 2008. It includes a collection of office machines.
Collection
There are more than 80 devices such as typewriters, check writers, pencil sharpeners,
duplicators, calculators, cash registers,
telegraph
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas ...
equipment, telephones, etc., in the collection.
File:Keaton Music Typewriter.JPG, ''Keton Music'' Typewriter, 1953 U.S.A
File:Lambert Typewriter.JPG, ''Lambert'' Typewriter, 1900 U.S.A
File:Franklin typewriter.JPG, ''Franklin 7'' Typewriter, 1897 U.S.A
File:United States Check Punch.JPG, ''United States'' Check Punch, 1888 U.S.A
File:Perfect Pencil Pointer.JPG, Perfect Pencil Pointer Pencil Sharpener, 1890 U.S.A
File:Otis King's.JPG, ''Otis King`s'' Calculator, 1921 England
File:Underwood.JPG, ''Underwood'' Duplicator, 1908 U.S.A
File:L.M. ERICSSON.JPG, ''L.M. ERICSSON'' Telegraph, 1908 Sweden
File:AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC.JPG, ''AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC'' Telephone, (early 20th century) U.S.A
File:National Cash Register.jpg, ''NCR'' Cash Register, 1911 U.S.A
File:Simplex Time Recorder.JPG, ''Simplex'' Time Recorder, 1928 U.S.A
File:U.S. Automatic Pencil Sharpener.JPG , ''U.S. Automatic'' Pencil Sharpener, 1906 U.S.A
See also
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Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art ( Persian: موزه هنرهای معاصر تهران), also known as TMoCA, is among the largest art museums in Tehran and Iran. It has collections of more than 3,000 items that include 19th and 20th century ...
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Iran Cultural Heritage Organization
References
External links
Safir Office Machines Museum(in
Persian)
{{coord missing, Tehran Province
Museums established in 2008
Museums in Tehran
Technology museums
Office equipment
2008 establishments in Iran
Tourist attractions in Iran