Mignon Typewriter, 1904-1915
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This German-made index typewriter remained popular long after typewriters with QWERTY keyboards were thought to have conquered the market. On the Mignon, the user would select a letter with the pointer and push down to print from a cylindrical typewheel. Though most index typewriters' popularity peaked around 1890, the Mignon was still being manufactured and sold into the 1930s as an inexpensive business machine, not a novelty.
This German-made index typewriter remained popular long after typewriters with QWERTY keyboards were thought to have conquered the market. On the Mignon, the user would select a letter with the pointer and push down to print from a cylindrical typewheel. Though most index typewriters' popularity peaked around 1890, the Mignon was still being manufactured and sold into the 1930s as an inexpensive business machine, not a novelty.
Artifact
Typewriter
Date Made
1904-1915
Creators
Hefner-Alteneck, Friedrich von
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Invented by Friedrich von Hefner-Alterneck and manufactured by Allgemeine Elektricita¨ts-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
00.4.2081
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 7 in
Width: 12 in
Length: 12 in
Inscriptions
front of case: MIGNON
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