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Remington Portable No. 2 typewriter belonging to Damien Parer, Paramount News

Remington Portable No. 2 typewriter belonging to Damien Parer, Paramount News

Remington Portable No. 2 typewriter belonging to Damien Parer, Paramount News

1928

Remington Typewriter Co Ltd

R 857


Damien Parer became famous for his wartime cinematography. He brought the terrible realities of war to the Australian people through his remarkable sensitivity with a camera. Along the way he was the pivotal member of the team which won the first Oscar for an Australian film. Finally fed up with his treatment by Australia’s Department of Information, from early October 1943 until his death on 17 September 1944 he was employed as a war correspondent for Paramount News covering US Marines in action in the Pacific.


Lettered on the typewriter

Chartres Business Service and Remington Portable lettered in gold above the keyboard.

V123126 (serial number) on base indicates that this typewriter is a Remington Portable No. 2 and manufactured in the US from September to December 1928.

Remington Made in USA is lettered in gold at the rear of the typewriter.