Keystone 1 Typewriter
The beautiful Keystone 1 typewriter uses a rotating type wheel, shaped like a section of a wagon wheel. The characters are molded onto the outer surface of this wheel, which…
Cahill Electric typewriter
The Cahill Electric typewriter was an early American electric typewriter that appeared in 1899. It used an electromagnet to operate the keys, carriage return and ribbon advance actions. It was…
Phonix typewriter
The Phonix typewriter is a strange 3-row, type-wheel machine from Germany, dating from 1908. The keyboard is just below the type-wheel, and on pressing a key, the whole keyboard, along…
Cash Typograph typewriter
The Cash Typograph was patented in 1887. It printed on a flat platen riding underneath the whole assembly. In many ways, it looks like a book typewriter, which had the…
Columbia Music Writer typewriter
The Columbia Music Writer typewriter is an ingenious and simple device for printing music notes. It was designed by the great typewriter pioneer Charles Spiro who also invented the Columbia…
Postal 7 typewriter
The Postal 7 typewriter of 1908 was the last of the successful line of Postal portable typewriters which first appeared in 1902. Model 7 was quite different though in its…
Thurey typewriter
The Thürey appeared in 1909, quite late for such an unorthodox design. It was beautifully built but with such a radical arrangement of the keys, it was doomed to failure…
Travis typewriter
The Travis typewriter appeared on the market in 1895 and was named after the president of the Travis Typewriter Co.The Travis uses a type wheel which rotates into position as…
Velograph typewriter
The Velograph was the first typewriter made in Switzerland. It is a most beautiful machine and solidly made. It appeared on the market in 1886 and was apparently exported to…
Taurus Typewriter
The Italian Taurus typewriter is a remarkable little typewriter that is only slightly larger than a pocket watch. It types onto a narrow strip of paper that feeds out…