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Automatic was blind (could not see print as you were typing), universal
keyboard( 3-bank), portable, manufactured in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1883. The
inventor: E. M. Hamilton. |
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Barr Universal was a visible standard keyboard
portable manufactured in New York, New York in 1926 |
The Bennett was a visible, with a universal 3
bank keyboard portable manufactured in in Harrisnonburg, PA in 1910. |
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The Blickensderfer was a visible with a universal
3-bank keyboard portable manufactured in Stamfiord, CT, manufactured in
1893. The inventor was G. C. Blickensderfer.
This was a typewheel, or type cylinder machine.
This unit as well as others of it's class, such as the Crandall (1879),
Hammond (1886), and Chicago (1890).
Machines of this type were competitive into the
1920's. |
| The Dayton was a visible, had a standard keyboard
portable, manufactured in Dayton, OH.
This typewriter entered the market in 1924. This
4-bank visible weighed 12 lbs. and was priced to sell for $35.00 retail. |
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The Fox Baby was a visible portable typewriter
with a universal keyboard (3- bank). Manufactured in Grand Rapids, MI in
1917, it was invented by Henry P. Nordmark |
| The Remington No. 1 Portable was a visible with
a standard keyboard. It was manufactured in Elmira, NY in 1923.
This portable had a 4-bank single shift standard
keyboard. Office sized machines influenced the trend toward this style
of keyboards on portables.
The trend toward this type of keyboard influenced
the manufacture of machines such as the Corona and Dayton 4-banks in 1924
and the Royal and Underwood with similar machines in 1926.
His sounded the "death knell" for the 3-bank universal
type keyboards. |
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The Sun was a visible portable, with a universal
3-bank keyboard, double shift mechanism. It was invented by Less S. Burridge
and manufactured in 1885. A 1901 Model is shown here. |