Typewriters
Iconic Machines from the Golden Age of Mechanical Writing
Chronicle Books LLC (Publisher)
Published on 17. October 2017
208 pages
978-1-4521-5574-6 (ISBN)
Description
From the creation of the QWERTY keyboard to the world's first portable typing machine, this handsome collection is a visual homage to the golden age of the typewriter. From the world's first commercially successful typewriter-the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer of 1874-to the iconic electric models of the 1960s, eighty vintage devices are profiled in elegant photographs and fascinating text that highlights the design modifications, intricate details, and peculiar quirks that make each typewriter unique. From functional advances like noiseless machines to luxurious details such as mahogany covers and inlaid mother-of-pearl, a century of design innovation and experimentation is charted in these pages. Packed with visuals and rich with history, Typewriters is the essential story of a writing invention that changed the world.
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Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Eleven Reasons to Use a Typewriter
- A Collector's Story
- The History of the Typewriter
- 80 Vintage Writing Machines
- The Sholes & Glidden Type Writer 1874
- The Standard Type-Writer No. 2 1878
- The Caligraph No. 1 1881
- Hall 1881
- Hammond (Model No. 1) 1884
- Mcloughlin Brothers Typewriter 1884
- Columbia (Index) 1885
- World Type-Writer (Model 1) 1886
- Automatic 1887
- Boston 1887
- Crandall New Model 1887
- Odell's Type Writer (First Model) 1887
- The Fitch 1888
- Anderson's Shorthand Typewriter 1889
- National 1889
- Victor Index 1889
- Merritt Type Writer 1890
- The Franklin 1891
- Williams (Model 1 with Curved Keyboard) 1891
- The Dollar 1892
- Duplex 1892
- The Simplex 1892
- The Daugherty Visible 1893
- Crown Index 1894
- Bar-Lock No. 4 1895
- Edison Mimeograph Typewriter No. 1 1895
- Ford 1895
- Travis 1895
- The Oliver (No. 1) 1896
- Remington-Sholes 1896
- The Waverley 1896
- Blickensderfer No. 7 1897
- Commercial No. 5 1898
- Keystone 1899
- Sholes Visible 1899
- The Chicago 1900
- Lambert 1900
- American Visible 1901
- American Model No. 7 1901
- Sun Standard No. 2 1901
- Underwood No. 5 1901
- Moya (No. 1) 1902
- Monarch Visible No.2 1904
- Royal Standard 1906
- Imperial 1907
- Junior 1907
- Postal No. 7 1908
- Standard Folding Typewriter 1908
- Mccool No. 2 1909
- Sterling 1911
- Corona No. 3 1912
- Victor No. 3 1912
- Hammond Multiplex (Green) 1913
- Imperial (Model B) 1915
- The Noiseless 1917
- Molle No. 3 1918
- Roberts Ninety 1919
- Underwood Standard Portable 1919
- The Noiseless Portable 1921
- Woodstock Electrite (Model E) 1924
- Remington Electric 1925
- Bing No. 2 1927
- Smith-Corona Portable (Sterling Silver) 1931
- IBM Electromatic 1935
- Corona Standard with Animal Keyboard 1935
- Remington 3B 1935
- Royal Deluxe (Stainless Steel) 1935
- Corona Sterling with Musical Keyboard 1936
- Bantam 1938
- Remington Rand Deluxe Portable (Chrome Plated) 1949
- The Golden Royal Portable 1949
- Smith-Corona Silent (Gold Plated) 1949
- Keaton Music Typewriter 1953
- Royal Quiet Deluxe 1955
- Olivetti Graphika 1957
- Smith-Corona Electric Portable 1957
- Underwood Deluxe Portable 1957
- Princess 300 (Gold Plated) 1960
- IBM Selectric (Model 721) 1961
- Olivetti Valentine 1969
- Glossary of Typewriter Terms
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
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