1890 Odell 2 #no serial number
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Martin Howard (MartinHoward)
Created: 06-17-2017 at 08:59AM
Last Edit: 11-07-2020 at 01:19PM
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Description:
The exquisite nickel-plated Odell 2 has a distinctive and beautiful Art Nouveau design cast into its base.
Model 2 has a shift lever in place for upper and lowercase characters and a bell for signaling that the right hand margin of the page had been reached. The shift lever can be seen just below the letter ‘H’.
This typewriter became very popular due to its beauty, portability, and price of only $20 compared to $60 to $100 for a keyboard typewriter. Models 2 through 5 were manufactured and sold very well until around 1906, when the full keyboard typewriters became the obvious choice for full efficiency and the Odell along with the other index typewriters ceased being made.
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Hunter: Martin Howard (MartinHoward)
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I am a collector of 19th century typewriters and have built a collection that shows the remarkable ingenuity and beauty of the world's first typewriters. I have always been interested in the beginnings of a machine when there is an eruption of approaches to making it. Early typewriters are an exceptional example of this incubation period.
My collection can be seen at antiquetypewriters.com
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