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- Edison No. 1 Mimeograph, 1887 - Thomas Edison received a patent in 1876 for "Autographic Printing," covering the electric pen and flatbed press; a patent for "Autographic Stencils" followed in 1880. The mimeograph was invented by Albert Blake Dick in 1887, who licensed and refined Edison's patents. This low-cost, stencil-based printing technology was popular until displaced by photocopying machines and offset printing in the 1960s.
- 1887
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Edison No. 1 Mimeograph, 1887
Thomas Edison received a patent in 1876 for "Autographic Printing," covering the electric pen and flatbed press; a patent for "Autographic Stencils" followed in 1880. The mimeograph was invented by Albert Blake Dick in 1887, who licensed and refined Edison's patents. This low-cost, stencil-based printing technology was popular until displaced by photocopying machines and offset printing in the 1960s.
- Corona Portable Typewriter, 1921 -
- 1921
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Corona Portable Typewriter, 1921
- "Writer's Cramp: A Review in Little" Marionette Show at the A.B. Dick Company Exhibit at the New York World's Fair, 1939 -
- 1939
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"Writer's Cramp: A Review in Little" Marionette Show at the A.B. Dick Company Exhibit at the New York World's Fair, 1939
- Operating the Marionettes in "Writer's Cramp: A Review in Little" Marionette Show at the A.B. Dick Company Exhibit at the New York World's Fair, 1939 -
- 1939
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Operating the Marionettes in "Writer's Cramp: A Review in Little" Marionette Show at the A.B. Dick Company Exhibit at the New York World's Fair, 1939
- Conductor's Score from "Writers' Cramp" Marionette Show, A.B. Dick Company Exhibit, New York World's Fair, 1939 -
- 1939
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Conductor's Score from "Writers' Cramp" Marionette Show, A.B. Dick Company Exhibit, New York World's Fair, 1939
- Remington Standard Typewriter, Model No. 11, 1916 - Sholes & Glidden introduced the first practical typewriter in 1874. By the 1880s, there were several companies mass producing these machines, including rifle manufacturer Remington & Sons. Typewriters were part of the "information explosion" that included technologies like the phonograph and telephone. They modernized offices by helping workers--increasingly women--reproduce and organize information more neatly and quickly than handwriting.
- 1916
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Remington Standard Typewriter, Model No. 11, 1916
Sholes & Glidden introduced the first practical typewriter in 1874. By the 1880s, there were several companies mass producing these machines, including rifle manufacturer Remington & Sons. Typewriters were part of the "information explosion" that included technologies like the phonograph and telephone. They modernized offices by helping workers--increasingly women--reproduce and organize information more neatly and quickly than handwriting.
- Sun Standard Typewriter, Model 2, 1901-1907 -
- 1901-1907
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Sun Standard Typewriter, Model 2, 1901-1907
- Remington Desk Typewriter, Model No. 2, 1892 - Sholes & Glidden introduced the first practical typewriter in 1874. By the 1880s, there were several companies mass producing these machines, including rifle manufacturer Remington & Sons. Typewriters were part of the "information explosion" that included technologies like the phonograph and telephone. They modernized offices by helping workers--increasingly women--reproduce and organize information more neatly and quickly than handwriting.
- 1892
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Remington Desk Typewriter, Model No. 2, 1892
Sholes & Glidden introduced the first practical typewriter in 1874. By the 1880s, there were several companies mass producing these machines, including rifle manufacturer Remington & Sons. Typewriters were part of the "information explosion" that included technologies like the phonograph and telephone. They modernized offices by helping workers--increasingly women--reproduce and organize information more neatly and quickly than handwriting.
- Simplex Typewriter, 1892-1900 - Truth in advertising: the Simplex typewriter is very simple. This index typewriter was sold throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, sometimes as a toy and sometimes as a serious typewriter, but it was always the same product. On the Simplex, typists used a pointer to choose letters on a type wheel, and then pressed down to print.
- 1892-1900
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Simplex Typewriter, 1892-1900
Truth in advertising: the Simplex typewriter is very simple. This index typewriter was sold throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, sometimes as a toy and sometimes as a serious typewriter, but it was always the same product. On the Simplex, typists used a pointer to choose letters on a type wheel, and then pressed down to print.
- Sholes Visible Desk Typewriter, 1901-1905 - Christopher Latham Sholes, a Milwaukee journalist, politician, and printer, invented the first commercially successful typewriter, the Sholes and Glidden, in the 1860s. He continued to make improvements in typewriter design throughout his career. This Sholes Visible, manufactured by a Wisconsin typewriter company, has an unusual feature: typebars at angles to the platen. This was Sholes' last patented typewriter design, ending a mostly successful career.
- 1901-1905
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Sholes Visible Desk Typewriter, 1901-1905
Christopher Latham Sholes, a Milwaukee journalist, politician, and printer, invented the first commercially successful typewriter, the Sholes and Glidden, in the 1860s. He continued to make improvements in typewriter design throughout his career. This Sholes Visible, manufactured by a Wisconsin typewriter company, has an unusual feature: typebars at angles to the platen. This was Sholes' last patented typewriter design, ending a mostly successful career.