1905 Mignon 2 #22404
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Martin Howard (MartinHoward)
Created: 06-16-2017 at 02:26PM
Last Edit: 11-07-2020 at 01:23PM
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Description:
Despite its unusual appearance the Mignon embodied a very clever design, facilitating a smooth and fast operation for a typewriter with no keyboard. One's thumb and forefinger pinch the black button to move the pointer to a character. This moves the type-cylinder into position over the paper before the black key in front is pushed down to type. The second black key gives a space.
The index plate and the type-cylinder could be changed, allowing for different languages and fonts. The Mignon was popular for three decades and was produced into the early thirties.
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Hunter: Martin Howard (MartinHoward)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
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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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