BENNETT


Bennett Typewriter Company, New York 1910, Serial #32404

The smallest keyboard typewriter ever built, at about the size of a box of a chocolates.

Interchangeable cylindrical type elements, allowed for many fonts.

This typewriter sold for $18.00.

"Economy as applied to the Bennett means two things. First – the price is one-fifth that of other typewriters. Second – the cost to maintain and repair is reduced to almost nothing in comparison with other makes. It has less than 250 parts, while other machines have from 1,700 to 3,700. Is it reasonable, therefore, to pay $125, or even $65, for a typewriter when it saves 80% of your money to buy a Bennett?"

"In general it adds an atmosphere of prosperity to all transactions."

 

© , Martin Howard