The Safir Office Machines Museum is a private museum located in

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. It was founded in 2008 by Frashad Kamalkhani, the museum owner. It includes a collection of early office machines.

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There are more than 80 unique and early devices such as

typewriter A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced on paper by striking an inked ribbon selectivel ...

s, check writers, pencil sharpeners, duplicators, calculators,

cash register A cash register, sometimes called a till or automated money handling system, is a mechanical or electronic device for registering and calculating transactions at a point of sale. It is usually attached to a drawer for storing cash and other ...

telegraph Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas p ...

equipment,

telephone A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into e ...

s, etc., in the collection. File:Keaton Music Typewriter.JPG, ''Keton Music'' Typewriter, 1953 U.S.A File:Lambert Typewriter.JPG, ''Lambert'' Typewriter, 1900 U.S.A File:Franklin typewriter.JPG, ''Franklin 7'' Typewriter, 1897 U.S.A File:United States Check Punch.JPG, ''United States'' Check Punch,1888 U.S.A File:Perfect Pencil Pointer.JPG, Perfect Pencil Pointer Pencil Sharpener, 1890 U.S.A File:Otis King's.JPG, ''Otis King`s'' Calculator, 1921 England File:Underwood.JPG, ''Underwood'' Duplicator, 1908 U.S.A File:L.M. ERICSSON.JPG, ''L.M. ERICSSON'' Telegraph, 1908 Sweden File:AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC.JPG, ''AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC'' Telephone, (early 20th century) U.S.A File:National Cash Register.jpg, ''NCR'' Cash Register, 1911 U.S.A File:Simplex Time Recorder.JPG, ''Simplex'' Time Recorder, 1928 U.S.A File:U.S. Automatic Pencil Sharpener.JPG , ''U.S. Automatic'' Pencil Sharpener, 1906 U.S.A

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