Trade Card for American Typewriter Co., circa 1900
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The American Typewriter Company used this trade card to market their American Visible typewriter as inexpensive and lightweight. It was an index typewriter masquerading as a keyboard typewriter: users moved the metal indicator to choose a letter on the QWERTY index, which printed from a strip of hard rubber type. Many typewriters of the day printed on the back of the paper; "visible" was also a marketing term.
The American Typewriter Company used this trade card to market their American Visible typewriter as inexpensive and lightweight. It was an index typewriter masquerading as a keyboard typewriter: users moved the metal indicator to choose a letter on the QWERTY index, which printed from a strip of hard rubber type. Many typewriters of the day printed on the back of the paper; "visible" was also a marketing term.
Artifact
Trade card
Date Made
circa 1900
Subject Date
circa 1900
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
89.0.541.89
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 5.5 in
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