1895 Empire 1 #5995
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Martin Howard (MartinHoward)
Created: 11-07-2020 at 11:43AM
Last Edit: 11-07-2020 at 01:04PM
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Description:
Another great and successful design by Parker Wellington Kidder, who had previously designed the Franklin (seen in this collection).
The type bars on the Empire are spread out like a fan (see detail below) and thrust straight to the platen, to converge at a single point, when typing. With a double shift, each key gives three functions, uppercase, lowercase and a figure.
To learn more about the Empire 1 please visit my website www.antiquetypewriters.com
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Hunter: Martin Howard (MartinHoward)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 255
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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