Williams Desk Typewriter, 1895

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Artifact Overview

The Williams was part of the incredible flowering of diverse writing machines around the turn of the twentieth century. John Newton Williams' typewriter design featured a central platen with type bars arranged around it front and rear which struck the paper with a unique hopping "grasshopper" movement.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Typewriter

Date Made

1895

Creator Notes

Invented by John Newton Williams and manufactured by the Williams Typewriter Company in Derby, Connecticut

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

32.285.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Dimensions

Height: 7 in
Width: 14 in
Length: 12 in

Inscriptions

front nameplate: WILLIAMS (patent information) (serial number)
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