Typewriters from the Martin Howard Collection (page 6/8)

Bar-Lock 4 (1892) 1

The ornate copper shield in this Victorian typewriter makes it look a bit like a prop from a steampunk version of Star Wars. The double keyboard means that no shift key is needed. [more...]

Bar-Lock 4 (1892) 2

Bar-Lock 4 (1892)
Columbia Typewriter Co., New York, USA [more...]

Crandall New Model (1886) 7: overview

general view of this beautiful antique typewriter.

Franklin 2 (1892)

An early attempt at an ergonomic keyboard perhaps? Or the octopus school of design; a Victorian typewriter with tentacles.

Franklin 2 (1892)

Franklin 2 (1892)
Franklin Typewriter Co., Boston, USA [more...]

Mignon 2 (1905) 1

A fascinating Victorian machine that looks like it might be a torture device or a steam-punk telegraph communications device, but in fact is a typewriter. You moved the needle to point to the character you wanted, pressed [more...]

Mignon 2 (1905) 2

A slightly different view.

Mignon 2 (1905) 3: caption

Mignon 2 (1905)
A.E.G. Berlin, Germany. [more...]

Underwood 1 (1896) 1

The Underwood typewriter was the first widely successful American typewriter.

Underwood 1 (1896) 2: caption

Underwood 1 (1896)
Wagner Typewriter Co., New Jersey, USA [more...]

Oliver 2 (1895) 1

A victorian typewriter; you can see that in this photograph the “W” key is partly depressed, and, in order to cheer it up, the type, on a metal loop, is descending from the left of the typewriter toards the ribbon and the roller. Some letters [...] [more...]

Oliver 2 (1895) 2: caption

Oliver 2 (1895)
Oliver Typewriter Co., Chicago, USA [more...]