finch studios » typewriters http://www.finchstudios.net design & innovation Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:57:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Typewriters The Writing Machines Of A Time Past http://www.finchstudios.net/2009/05/30/typewriters-the-writing-machines-of-a-time-past/ http://www.finchstudios.net/2009/05/30/typewriters-the-writing-machines-of-a-time-past/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 02:44:27 +0000 admin http://www.finchstudios.net/?p=90 Before Apple Computer gave us the iMac, mechanical desktop typewriters known as “writing machines” were standard issue in offices and newsrooms throughout America. The electric typewriter first built by Thomas Edison in 1872 and later proliferated in the 1950s by companies like Remington soon took over the office landscape. Later models such as IBM’s Selectrics introduced in 1961 featured typeballs instead of pivoting typebars. It became a workhorse and as a result captured the majority share of the market.

The portable typewriter first introduced by the Blickensderfer Manufacturing Company, of Stamford, Connecticut, was unveiled in 1893. But success wasn’t in the cards as larger companies like Remington and Corolla eventually produced their own driving Blickensderfer out of business. Today most people use a keyboard that is associated with a personal computer.
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