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Bar-Lock 4 (1892) 2 Bar-Lock 4 (1892) |
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Crandall New Model (1886) 7: overview general view of this beautiful antique typewriter. |
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Franklin 2 (1892) An early attempt at an ergonomic keyboard perhaps? Or the octopus school of design; a Victorian typewriter with tentacles. |
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Franklin 2 (1892) Franklin 2 (1892) |
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Mignon 2 (1905) 1 A fascinating Victorian machine that looks like it might be a torture device or a steam-punk telegraph communications device, but in fact is a typewriter. You moved the needle to point to the character you wanted, pressed down a knob, and the letter would be marked onto the paper. It may seem that writing a book with this would be almost unbelievably [...] [more...] |
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Mignon 2 (1905) 2 A slightly different view. |
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Mignon 2 (1905) 3: caption Mignon 2 (1905) |
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Underwood 1 (1896) 1 The Underwood typewriter was the first widely successful American typewriter. |
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Underwood 1 (1896) 2: caption Underwood 1 (1896) |
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Oliver 2 (1895) 1 A victorian typewriter; you can see that in this photograph the “W” key is partly depressed, and, in order to cheer it up, the type, on a metal loop, is descending from the left of the typewriter toards the ribbon and the roller. Some letters [...] [more...] |
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Oliver 2 (1895) 2: caption Oliver 2 (1895) |
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Williams 1 (1891) 1: Rear view A shiny and mysterious piece of Victorian machinery that in fact is a typewriter seen from the back. |
