1909 Helios Portable #4455
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Maxim Suravegin (Gardenmax)
Created: 09-03-2017 at 10:48PM
Last Edit: 03-04-2018 at 06:07AM
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Description:
The Helios is an odd little machine with a two row keyboard with only 20 keys to produce a full character set of 80 characters. Three different shift keys on the left side of the keyboard opened the way to all these characters.
The Helios was first introduced in 1908 by Justin Bamberger in Munich. In 1909 production was taken up by the Kanzler typewriter factory in Berlin, that set up the Helios company for this machine. When both Kanzler and Helios dissolved, production was resumed by the Ney company in 1914.
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Hunter: Maxim Suravegin (Gardenmax)
Maxim Suravegin's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 10044
Max. Live in Moscow. Russia.
Owner Typewriter Museum in Moscow
Typewriter collector. Father of 7 children, grandfather of 2.
4 dogs, 4 cats.
Start collect typewriters very late in September 2016.
Contact: gardenmax@yandex.ru
max@besttypewriter.com
www.besttypewriter.com
Instagram: Besttypewriters
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