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The Wryteezy Railway Writing-Desk, 1890. Creator: Unknown.

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The Wryteezy Railway Writing-Desk, 1890. Victorian invention. 'Many railway passengers have found it difficult or inconvenient to write in a carriage going at express-train speed, with the paper resting, perhaps, on one knee, or on a book held in the left hand. It is always fatiguing; and the apparatus shown in our Illustration, patented by the Wryteezy Company, 25, Cross-street, Manchester, promises an effectual easement. One end of the supporting cord, attached to the small wooden desk, is furnished with a hook, which can readily he fixed overhead by aid of the usual hat-rack: the other end is fastened round the lower part of the writer's arm. The desk, which is six or seven inches wide, contains a pad made to fit in its frame, with sheets of writing-paper; and sheets of carbon-paper can also be had, for writing manifold copies'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A51_068

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6,7Mo (365,3Ko) / 10,9cm x 15,4cm / 1288 x 1813 (300dpi)

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