notable typewriters

These typewriters from my collection all mark their place in history by having new and notable design features.

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Photograph of the Stenograph 1st form.

Stenograph 1

First machine for typing shorthand – 1879

Photograph of the Hammonia typewriter.

Hammonia

First European typewriter, Hamburg Germany – 1884

Photograph of the Hall 1 typewriter.

Hall 1

First index typewriter (no keyboard) and the world’s first portable – 1881

Photograph of the Crandall 1 typewriter.

Crandall 1

First typewriter to use a single type element instead of type bars – 1883

Photograph of the Columbia 1 typewriter.

Columbia 1

One of the few early typewriters to use proportional spacing – 1885

Photograph of the Victor typewriter.

Victor

First typewriter to use a daisy wheel – 1889

Photograph of the McLoughlin Bros typewriter.

McLoughlin Brothers

First typewriter to be marketed for children – 1890

Photograph of the Blickensderfer 5 typewriter.

Blickensderfer 5

First portable keyboard typewriter – 1893

Photograph of the Daugherty typewriter.

Daugherty

First typewriter to have the three design elements that would define the modern typewriter – 1894

Photograph of the Ford typewriter.

Ford

The first typewriter to use the new metal aluminum in its construction – 1895

Photograph of the Underwood 1 typewriter.

Underwood 1

The typewriter that set the standard design for the 20th century – 1896

Photograph of the Hall 1 Braille-writer.

Hall Braille-writer 1

The first successful mechanical point writer for the blind – 1892

Rapid,-lightbox

Rapid 

The first typewriter to have the lateral thrust type bar design – 1890