The Hammonia was the first German typewriter, and the first European typewriter to be produced in any significant numbers.It takes its name from the Latin word for Hamburg, the city…

This Hammond typewriter is referred to by collectors as the Model 1b. Mechanically similar to the Model 1, it takes on a whole new look with the wooden top deck…

This striking and gorgeous Hammond 1 is encased in golden oak with solid ebony keys. It is a masterpiece of design and function. (The Hammond 1 was offered in three…

  James B. Hammond (1839 to 1913) was an American journalist, inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. It is his typewriter, though, that he is largely associated with today.Hammond was one of the…

The Hall Braille-writer was invented by Frank H. Hall, superintendent of the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind. It was the first successful and widely used mechanical point-writer…

  Thomas Hall, a Brooklyn engineer, invented this first index typewriter -- a typewriter with no keyboard that requires the use of a selector to choose characters when typing. It is…

 When Wellington Parker Kidder was just fifteen years old, he patented an improvement in rotary steam engines and went on to study applied mechanics and drawing in Boston. He became…

The Ford is a most impressive typewriter and a prime example of late 19th-century mechanical aesthetic, with its beautiful two-toned anodized, ornate grill and gracefully integrated keyboard. It was a…

 The Fitch typewriter is a remarkable looking machine and was one of only four typewriters built with the typebars positioned behind the platen. The other three typewriters with this fascinating…

 Another excellent and successful design by Parker Wellington Kidder, who had previously created the Franklin.The Empire is a lateral thrust machine, with typebars arranged in a fan-like configuration (see detail…