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A red plastic portable, an office machine with a spinning type element, and an early model decorated with painted flowers show how much the typewriter changed. These photos focus on the details you can see, from exposed typebars to a portable carriage that folds into its case.

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Olivetti Valentine
Olivetti Valentine: Ettore Sottsass and Perry A. King set black keys and orange ribbon spool caps inside a bright red…
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Sholes and Glidden Typewriter
Sholes and Glidden Typewriter: Floral decoration covers the tall black body, with four rows of keys tucked low on the…
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IBM Selectric I
IBM Selectric I: The broad shell stays in place while an interchangeable ball-shaped type element moves across the paper…
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Hermes 3000
Hermes 3000: The curved gray-green shell and pale green keys soften the shape of this Swiss portable. At the top, a cutout…
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Olivetti Lettera 22
Olivetti Lettera 22: The Lettera 22 sets its round black keys into a low case with a wide opening above for the typebars…
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Underwood No. 5
Underwood No. 5: Underwood put the fan of typebars just below the platen, where each letter could be read as it appeared on…
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Smith-Corona Silent
Smith-Corona Silent: This 1947 portable puts round keys below a recessed opening for the typebars. Its Floating Shift moves…
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Royal Quiet De Luxe
Royal Quiet De Luxe: Royal’s portable sits in its open case, with glass-topped keys set into a two-tone shell. Its…
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Hansen Writing Ball
Hansen Writing Ball: Brass keys rise from a dome in a layout that looks nothing like a modern keyboard. Each key operates a…
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Hammond No. 1
Hammond No. 1: The keys wrap around a wooden base in two curved rows. Inside, a curved type shuttle carries the characters…
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Remington Standard No. 2
Remington Standard No. 2: The exposed frame reveals the mechanism below the paper roller. Remington added a shift key so…
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Blickensderfer No. 5
Blickensderfer No. 5: Slender key levers reach back toward a small type wheel. Its unusual keyboard puts the letters D, H…
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Corona No. 3 Folding Typewriter
Corona No. 3 Folding Typewriter: Three rows of keys sit close together under the typebars. The carriage hinges forward over…
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Caligraph No. 2
Caligraph No. 2: Rows of pale and dark keys fill the open frame. The Caligraph provides separate keys for uppercase and…
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AEG Mignon Model 4
AEG Mignon Model 4: The small panel at left is a character index. The typist points to a character on the grid, then…
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Double Pigeon Chinese Typewriter
Double Pigeon Chinese Typewriter: Instead of a letter keyboard, this Chinese machine has a tray of individual character…
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Groma Kolibri
Groma Kolibri: The thin burgundy shell and low-set keys let this East German portable sit almost flush with its open…
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Olympia SM3
Olympia SM3: On this West German portable, a long carriage-return lever sits to the left of the paper roller. A black lower…
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Olivetti Lettera 32 With Kana Keyboard
Olivetti Lettera 32 With Kana Keyboard: This green Lettera 32 shows how Olivetti’s compact case could serve a different…
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IBM Model B
IBM Model B: A broad paper carriage and a fan of metal typebars distinguish this 1957 IBM electric from the later…
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IBM Selectric II
IBM Selectric II: The squared green body marks a change from the rounder Selectric I. On versions equipped for dual pitch…

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