1893 Remington 2 #92364
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Martin Howard (MartinHoward)
Created: 11-07-2020 at 11:58AM
Last Edit: 11-07-2020 at 01:00PM
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Description:
The Remington 2 was the ‘Model T’ of typewriters: simple, reliable, practical and was the first typewriter to be produced in great quantity. It introduced the world to typewriters and laid the path for the explosion in typewriter design and manufacturing that was just around the corner.
The Remington 2 appeared on the market in 1878 and was first typewriter to have a shift key, giving two characters for each key. The machine pictured here, dates from 1893.
The Remington 2, like its predecessor the Remington 1 or Sholes and Glidden, is an understrike or blind typewriter. To see what you have typed, one lifts up the hinged carriage and looks at the underside of the platen.
To learn more about the Remington 2 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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