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Typewriters from the Martin Howard Collection (page 6/8)

[picture: Bar-Lock 4 (1892) 1]

Bar-Lock 4 (1892) 1

The ornate copper shield in this Victorian typewriter makes it look a bit like a prop from a steampunk version of Star Wars. The double keyboard means that no shift key is needed. [more...]

[picture: Bar-Lock 4 (1892) 2]

Bar-Lock 4 (1892) 2

Bar-Lock 4 (1892)
Columbia Typewriter Co., New York, USA [more...]

[picture: Crandall New Model (1886) 7: overview]

Crandall New Model (1886) 7: overview

general view of this beautiful antique typewriter.

[picture: Franklin 2 (1892)]

Franklin 2 (1892)

An early attempt at an ergonomic keyboard perhaps? Or the octopus school of design; a Victorian typewriter with tentacles.

[picture: Franklin 2 (1892)]

Franklin 2 (1892)

Franklin 2 (1892)
Franklin Typewriter Co., Boston, USA [more...]

[picture: Mignon 2 (1905) 1]

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...]

[picture: Mignon 2 (1905) 2]

Mignon 2 (1905) 2

A slightly different view.

[picture: Mignon 2 (1905) 3: caption]

Mignon 2 (1905) 3: caption

Mignon 2 (1905)
A.E.G. Berlin, Germany. [more...]

[picture: Underwood 1 (1896) 1]

Underwood 1 (1896) 1

The Underwood typewriter was the first widely successful American typewriter.

[picture: Underwood 1 (1896) 2: caption]

Underwood 1 (1896) 2: caption

Underwood 1 (1896)
Wagner Typewriter Co., New Jersey, USA [more...]

[picture: Oliver 2 (1895) 1]

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...]

[picture: Oliver 2 (1895) 2: caption]

Oliver 2 (1895) 2: caption

Oliver 2 (1895)
Oliver Typewriter Co., Chicago, USA [more...]


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