Historical information

During the 1940's students learnt typing as part of a Commercial Course. This book enabled students to complete a practical course by following the graded Exercises and Lessons and by testing their progress.

Significance

Historical: Typing was taught at Intermediate level during the 1940's for students living in the Kiewa Valley.

Physical description

Green hard cover book bound at the top with black border, title, author & symbol of Pitman's on the front. Towards the bottom of the book (front and back) is an eyelet with a hole enabling a brown cord to pass through (held by a metal T stopper). This enables the book to be stood up next to the typewriter for easy to see copying. The back cover of the book has 3 white stickers with typed information.

Inscriptions & markings

On the back cover -typed - 'Janice Burnett (nee Seager)...
Also "1946 George Seager (Ted) was in Intermediate Commercial "A" ...
Some pages have penciled markings