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1891 Pearl (Searing) Pearl Serial # no serial number 1891 Pearl (Searing) Pearl typewriter, Serial # no serial number Martin Howard's 1891 Pearl (Searing) Pearl typewriter. 2020-11-07 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Martin Howard: 1891 Pearl (Searing) Pearl Serial # no serial number The Pearl is a beautiful index typewriter with a handsome celluloid dial for selecting the characters. It only typed in uppercase characters.

The inventor of the Pearl, Theodore W. Searing of New York, N. Y., states his intentions for its design - its object being to make the operation of the machine automatic by the action of one key and cause a direct movement of the type characters against the paper destined to receive the impression.

Despite his success with these two goals, the Pearl did not sell well.

On its wooden box is written - The Pearl, a Practical Typewriter, only $5.00.

To learn more about the Pearl please visit my website www.antiquetypewriters.com

1891 Pearl (Searing) Pearl #no serial number

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Martin Howard (MartinHoward)
Created: 11-23-2019 at 01:08PM
Last Edit: 11-07-2020 at 12:18PM


Description:

The Pearl is a beautiful index typewriter with a handsome celluloid dial for selecting the characters. It only typed in uppercase characters.

The inventor of the Pearl, Theodore W. Searing of New York, N. Y., states his intentions for its design - its object being to make the operation of the machine automatic by the action of one key and cause a direct movement of the type characters against the paper destined to receive the impression.

Despite his success with these two goals, the Pearl did not sell well.

On its wooden box is written - The Pearl, a Practical Typewriter, only $5.00.

To learn more about the Pearl please visit my website www.antiquetypewriters.com

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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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