Antique Typewriters Photos

The technology to speed & extend the distribution of the printed word has created interesting typewriters.

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Edison Printing Telegraph machine at Edison Estate Museum. Fort Myers, FL.Sholes & Glidden typewriter & army telegraph box at South Dakota State Historical Society Museum. Pierre, SD.Remington no.I typewriter at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Hammond 1 typewriter by Hammond Typewriter Co., NY at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Edison Printing Telegraph machine (c1873) at Edison Estate Museum. Fort Myers, FL.Sholes & Glidden typewriter (1873) & army telegraph box (1871) at South Dakota State Historical Society Museum. Pierre, SD.Remington no.I typewriter (1878) at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Hammond 1 typewriter (1881) by Hammond Typewriter Co., NY at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Caligraph 2 typewriter by American Writing Machine Co., NY at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Crandall New Model typewriter by Crandall Machine Co., NY at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Victor typewriter with lever instead of keys at Fort Beauséjour museum. NB.Odell 2 typewriter by Odell Typewriter Co., Chicago at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Caligraph 2 typewriter (1882) by American Writing Machine Co., NY at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Crandall New Model typewriter (1886) by Crandall Machine Co., NY at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Victor typewriter with lever instead of keys (c1889) at Fort Beauséjour museum. NB.Odell 2 typewriter (1890) by Odell Typewriter Co., Chicago at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Williams Typewriter by Brady Manuf. Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y. in office of farm house at Billings Farm & Museum. Woodstock, VT.Williams 1 typewriter by Williams Typewriter Co., CT at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Bar-Lock 4 typewriter by Columbia Typewriter Co., NY at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Franklin 2 typewriter by Franklin Typewriter Co., Boston at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Williams Typewriter (c1890s) by Brady Manuf. Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y. in office of farm house at Billings Farm & Museum. Woodstock, VT.Williams 1 typewriter (1891) by Williams Typewriter Co., CT at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Bar-Lock 4 typewriter (1892) by Columbia Typewriter Co., NY at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Franklin 2 typewriter (1892) by Franklin Typewriter Co., Boston at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Hammond no.2 typewriter at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Adler model 7 typewriter by Adlerwerke of Frankfurt/Main at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.Oliver "bat ears" typewriter & Underwood #5 typewriter at Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site. Indianapolis, IN.The Oliver Standard Visible Writer from Chicago at Calaveras County Downtown Museum. San Andreas, CA.
Hammond no.2 typewriter (1893) at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France.Adler model 7 typewriter (after 1901) by Adlerwerke of Frankfurt/Main at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.Oliver "bat ears" typewriter (1898) & Underwood #5 typewriter (1920s) at Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site. Indianapolis, IN.The Oliver Standard Visible Writer (typewriter) (1902-07) from Chicago at Calaveras County Downtown Museum. San Andreas, CA.
Oliver Standard Visible typewriter at Carillon Historical Park. Dayton, OH.Oliver typewriter from Chicago at Historic Lyme Village Museum. Bellevue, OH.Roll top desk with Oliver typewriter at Bidwell Mansion house museum. Chico, CA.Mignon 2 typewriter by A.E.G., Berlin at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Oliver Standard Visible typewriter at Carillon Historical Park. Dayton, OH.Oliver typewriter from Chicago at Historic Lyme Village Museum. Bellevue, OH.Roll top desk with Oliver typewriter at Bidwell Mansion house museum. Chico, CA.Mignon 2 typewriter (1905) by A.E.G., Berlin at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Lucy Maude Montgomery's typewriter & lap desk at Green Gables. Cavendish, PE.Postcards of Palace of Liberal Arts exhibit by Underwood shows giant 28,000 pound working typewriter at Panama-Pacific International Exposition at California Historical Society. San Francisco, CA.Multiplex manual typewriter by Hammond Typewriter Co. at National Museum of the American Indian. Washington, DC.Tubular steel typewriter table B21 by Marcel Breuer with Thonet Brothers at Musée des Monuments Français. Paris, France.
Lucy Maude Montgomery's typewriter (1906) & lap desk at Green Gables. Cavendish, PE.Postcards of Palace of Liberal Arts exhibit by Underwood shows giant 28,000 pound working typewriter at Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) at California Historical Society. San Francisco, CA.Multiplex manual typewriter (c1915) by Hammond Typewriter Co. at National Museum of the American Indian. Washington, DC.Tubular steel typewriter table B21 (1928) by Marcel Breuer with Thonet Brothers at Musée des Monuments Français. Paris, France.
Detail of woman at typewriter on Social History of Missouri mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Olympia typewriter & case used by Waffen-SS in Caen at Caen Memorial. Caen, France.Olivetti portable typewriter used by New York Times reporter to chronicle civil rights era at Newseum. Washington, DC.IBM Selectric typewriter by Eliot Noyes of New York at Pinakothek der Moderne. Munich, Germany.
Detail of woman at typewriter on Social History of Missouri mural (1935) by Thomas Hart Benton at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Olympia typewriter & case used by Waffen-SS in Caen (1944) at Caen Memorial. Caen, France.Olivetti portable typewriter (1960s) used by New York Times reporter to chronicle civil rights era at Newseum. Washington, DC.IBM Selectric typewriter (1961) by Eliot Noyes of New York at Pinakothek der Moderne. Munich, Germany.
Typewriter aboard Boeing VC-137C SAM 26000 presidential Air Force One at National Museum of USAF. Dayton, OH.Bennett typewriter with early variation of QWERTY keyboard at Lightner Museum. St Augustine, FL.Edison Mimeograph typewriter for cutting Mimeo stencils at Edison Estate Museum. Fort Myers, FL.Lowell native Jack Kerouac typewriter & books at Boott Cotton Mills Boarding House immigrant gallery. Lowell, MA.
Typewriter aboard Boeing VC-137C SAM 26000 (1962) presidential Air Force One at National Museum of USAF. Dayton, OH.Bennett typewriter with early variation of QWERTY keyboard at Lightner Museum. St Augustine, FL.Edison Mimeograph typewriter for cutting Mimeo stencils at Edison Estate Museum. Fort Myers, FL.Lowell native Jack Kerouac typewriter & books at Boott Cotton Mills Boarding House immigrant gallery. Lowell, MA.
Lowell native Jack Kerouac typewriter & On the Road backpack at Boott Cotton Mills Boarding House immigrant gallery. Lowell, MA.Smith Premier No. 2 typewriter which belonged to Susan B. Anthony at Susan B. Anthony House. Rochester, NY.Remington typewriter in Gun Room at Roosevelt's House Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.Desk & typewriter at O.Henry House Museum. San Antonio, TX.
Lowell native Jack Kerouac typewriter & On the Road backpack at Boott Cotton Mills Boarding House immigrant gallery. Lowell, MA.Smith Premier No. 2 typewriter which belonged to Susan B. Anthony at Susan B. Anthony House. Rochester, NY.Remington typewriter in Gun Room at Roosevelt's House Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.Desk & typewriter at O.Henry House Museum. San Antonio, TX.
Typewriters & office equipment in General Store at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX.Typewriter, adding machine & office safe in General Store at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX.Typewriter & sewing machine in carriage house at McFaddin-Ward House. Beaumont, TX.Antique Blickensdereer typewriter from Stamford, CT at East Terrace House. Waco, TX.
Typewriters & office equipment in General Store at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX.Typewriter, adding machine & office safe in General Store at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX.Typewriter & sewing machine in carriage house at McFaddin-Ward House. Beaumont, TX.Antique Blickensdereer typewriter from Stamford, CT at East Terrace House. Waco, TX.
Mill works office typewriter at Verdant Works Museum. Dundee, Scotland.Desk with typewriter in Edwardian Library at Falkland Palace. Falkland, Scotland.Collection of antique typewriters & radios at Riverside Museum. Glasgow, Scotland.
Mill works office typewriter at Verdant Works Museum. Dundee, Scotland.Desk with typewriter in Edwardian Library at Falkland Palace. Falkland, Scotland.Collection of antique typewriters & radios at Riverside Museum. Glasgow, Scotland.
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