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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. 51913No longer in collectionRoyal 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. 8late 1915 - early 1916Decimal tabulator, finger winding nut spoolNo longer in collectionL.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 CarriageOliver No. 91920-1921No longer in collectionCorona No. 3late 1921^≈FoldingErika (S&N) Model 3?1922Folding, converted Hungarian layoutAdler Klein Adler No. 11923Thrust actionNoiseless 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 finishRemington Portable 2Feb 1928No longer in collectionAdler Mod. 71929ThrustAdler Klein Adler No. 21930ThrustBar-Let No. 11931BlueContinental Klein1932Tip 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 platenSmith Corona Clipper1946No longer in collectionSmith Corona Silentmid-late 1946^≈"floating shift"No longer in collectionRemington Rand KMCAug 1946Keyboard Margin Control, EliteUnderwood Leader1948Budget model of its body styleNo longer in collectionRoyal Quiet De Luxeearly 1949^≈Two-tone DreyfussUnderwood Champion Finger-Flite1951-1952high-tier modelNo longer in collectionOliver Portable1954British madeToshiba 1400FL1954^≈Japanese IndexSmith Corona Skyriter1955classic ultraportableUnderwood Quiet Tab De Luxe195650s Southwest styling, eliteAlpina SK241957Removable carriageGroma Kolibri1957Iconic UltraportableRoyal Aristocrat1957Royal Quiet De Luxe1957Gray, button openingNo longer in collectionCole Steel Portable1958GreenCole Steel Portable1958GrayNo longer in collectionJunior (Spain) 581958Junior (Spain) 581958whiteOlympia SM41959"Professional Elite" typeface, 11 cpi, #41Smith Corona Electric (5TE)1959script typebar electric, whiteNo longer in collectionRoyal Royalite1960No longer in collectionSmith Corona Sterling (5 Series)1960No longer in collectionOlympia 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

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