Stories

Bob Moran – Engineer

Object Lesson

‘The only certainty is the certainty of change.’

Bob Moran

Part of Mignon 'Stylus' typewriter — 1/3
Mignon 'Stylus' typewriter
Object No. H5159-1

Portable index typewriter with a wooden body — 2/3
American Typewriter Co index typewriter
Object No. H7198-1

Typewriter, Sholes & Glidden Type Writer, glazed metal and black paint with gold details — 3/3
Typewriter by E Remington & Sons
Object No. H4286

Having a favourite machine is a problem, I like the index machines because they’re simple, some of the very early machines were super complex.

Figure sits at a desk writing on an illuminated surface, at a birds eye view

Object Lesson

Object Lesson is a Powerhouse digital content series that upends and inverts the legacy of a set of lesson cards held in the collection since 1880. Named for English educator. Elizabeth Mayo’s 1831 publication Lessons on Objects, the series is underpinned by a desire to learn more about the objects in our collection from people and communities who have special relationships with them.

‘Knowledge stems not only from teacher or institution or object alone — but at the intersection of all.’
Agatha Gothe-Snape, Powerhouse artistic associate