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
Place of Creation
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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