Typewriters from the Martin Howard Collection (page 1/8)

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Smith Premier 1 (1890) 1

A machine with a double keyboard; the black ones on top are for the upper case letters and the white ones are for the lower case (miniscule) letters. It sold for $100 in 1890. [more...]

Remington 2 (1885) 2

Another view of this Victorian writing-desk.

Crandall New Model (1886) 2: ribbon

The typewriter ribbon wheel. You can also just see the cylinder with the type on it, but there’s a better shot of it later.

Smith Premier 1 (1890) 7: links

The type rods and linkages of this Victorian-era typewriter.

Crandall New Model (1886) 6: the ribbon

The spools for the ribbon; the ribbon is not actually threaded over the type cylinder here, but you can see the small rollers that would hold it next to the paper, just this side of the roller. [more...]