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Caligraph No. 21883^≈upstrike, wood key leversHall (Index) Salem1887^≈First commercially successful indexMerritt1890^≈Linear index, steel typeNew American No. 51906, 1890^≈Index (basically an Odell)American No. 21893IndexBlickensderfer No. 51898Colombia Bar-Lock No. 89/1898 - 12/1900^≈bar lockBlickensderfer No. 7Jan-Mar 1904^≈Odell No. 41904^≈IndexIdeal (S&N) A31906Carriage and basket shift, unique carriage returnHammond No. 121907 or 1908^≈Fox No. 231908Multiple rows of typebarsHelios1909-1914triple shiftSmith Premier No. 10 (10-A)late 1909^≈Only front-strike with full keyboardKanzler 31910^≈swing/thrust action, multi-key slugsBennett1911-12^≈Smallest typewriter with a full keyboardErika (S&N) Model 11911FoldingErika (S&N) Model 11911Folding, Italic typefaceChicago No. 11913-1918, likely latertypesleeve w/ keyboardEmerson No. 31913^≈Side-facing typebarsRoyal No. 5 "Flatbed"1913Mignon Modell 21914-1921^≈2D IndexRemington Junior1914-1919^≈first segment double shift, ribbon spools hiddenStoewer Elite1914tipped spoolsVirotyp1914^≈Hand-held indexBlickensderfer Home1915^≈Imperial B1915curved keyboard, replaceable actionL.C. Smith No. 31916-1920^≈Long Carriage (14")Hammond Multiplex Portableprobably 1919-1921^≈MathematicalMolle No. 31919Easy to service, rare MT logoUnderwood No. 5July 1919First commercially successful visible typewriterFox Portable No. 21920FoldingOliver No. 91920-1921Long CarriageCorona No. 3late 1921^≈FoldingErika (S&N) Model 3?1922Folding, converted Hungarian layoutAdler Klein Adler No. 11923Thrust actionMarchant XL1923^≈large sizeNoiseless Portable1923Steel Platen, noiseless mechanismRemington Portable 2Dec 1925Underwood Standard Portable "3 Bank"Feb 1926Very small, early portableBing No. 21927-1929^≈Toy/EducationBing No. 21927-1929^≈Toy/EducationLaSalle Master Model 41927-1949^≈StenotypeRoyal P1928Wood grain finishAdler Mod. 71929ThrustAdler Klein Adler No. 21930ThrustBar-Let No. 11931BlueContinental Klein1932Rico A11932^≈Rare 2D index toyWalther RKZ1933small sizeSmith Corona Smith Corona "Flattop"1934Tip Tip1936?^≈small 2D indexUnderwood Champion1937Tripod caseRheinmetall PortableLate 1937QWERTY with Yen, Dollar, and PoundBar-Lock Portable1938Combined escapment and mainspringHispano-Olivetti Studio 461938^≈Calanda Luxe1943-1944^≈Hermes competitorImperial Good Companion1944cork platenRemington Rand KMCAug 1946Keyboard Margin Control, EliteRoyal Arrow1949Royal Quiet De Luxeearly 1949^≈Two-tone DreyfussOliver Portable1954Swiss-made (Patria) for British OliverToshiba 1400FL1954^≈Japanese IndexSmith Corona Skyriter1955classic ultraportableUnderwood Quiet Tab De Luxe195650s Southwest styling, eliteAlpina SK241957Removable carriageGroma Kolibri1957Iconic UltraportableRoyal Aristocrat1957Cole Steel Portable1958GreenJunior (Spain) 581958Junior (Spain) 581958whiteOlympia SM41959"Professional Elite" typeface, 11 cpi, #41Olympia SF De Luxe1964Script typeface #69Smith Corona Sears Constellation1964^≈Elite Double Gothic typefaceIBM Selectric 723196511in platen, fabric, 12cpiAdler Tippa 11967Smith Corona Secretarial 250 Office Electric1971?^≈Cubic typeface, power return and backspaceSmith Corona Super G1977Karmann Ghia stylingSilver-Reed 87001978ElectricSilver-Reed Color PenGraph EB501984+^≈Electronic, plotter-like pens

18 machines in this selection have no settled date, so they cannot be placed here. They appear at the end of the collection by year.