07 Sep 2010
Collection: Powerhouse Museum
H9788 Typewriter, 'golf ball', metal/wood, Blickensderfer Manufacturing Co, USA, c. 1892 (OF).
Description
Typewriter, 'golf ball', Blickensderfer Manufactuing Co., USA, c. 1892.
Production notes
manufacturedHistory notes
The Blickensderfer was first manufactured in 1893 and employed a type-wheel for impressions. Over 100 different keyboards were thus available and the machine proved so durable that it was marketed in most countries of the world. It was the first really lightweight typewriter produced in quantity.Registration number
H9788Production date
1893