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- Title
THE DATING OF TYPEWRITING.
- Authors
Swett, George G.
- Abstract
This article explores all methods of dating typewritten documents. Frequently, it is possible to date a typewritten document through a study of the typewriting; a study combining the typewriting and the physical properties of the document upon which the typewritten material appears; or a study of properties wholly outside the typewriting itself. In rare instances relatively definite dates may be fixed, but in most cases a date will be a rough approximation and most frequently the principal evidence to be derived from such studies is a conclusion that a document was not typewritten until after its purported date. The evidence is negative. Nothing is proven by revelation that a document dated two decades previously was executed on a typewriting machine which existed then, but much is proven by revelation that a document of such date was executed on a typewriting machine which did not exist until a year or so previous to the examination. Though this is true, it is possible in many cases to establish that an older document executed on a typewriting machine which actually existed on its date, could not, in fact, have been written then. It is considered that there could be a few isolated instances where fabric ribbon condition might assist in the solution of a dating problem.
- Subjects
TYPEWRITING; HISTORICAL chronology; ARCHIVES; TYPEWRITER ribbons; TYPEWRITERS
- Publication
Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology & Police Science, 1959, Vol 50, Issue 1, p86
- ISSN
0022-0205
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1140885