Text transcribed from caption: PIUS XII FIRST PONTIFF TO USE A TYPEWRITER #1789 ROME-- Pope Pius XII, first pontiff to use a typewriter, is shown working on his Italian-made machine in the library at the Vatican. A moderately speedy typist, he rarely makes a mistake. The machine is a portable model, lacquered white. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-20-6-C)

Press Association, Inc. (publisher)

1946
February 16, 1946

still image

photographs

photograph : black-and-white ; 7 x 9 inches

Religious News Service--Archives.
Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.

Popes--Italy--Rome
Typewriters--Italy--Rome.

Italy
Rome
Rome.
Rome (Italy)
Europe--Italy--Lazio--Roma--Rome

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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

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RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 5, image no. 1789; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

RNS-RG1_1789

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