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Typewriter Collection

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Carl Laemmle, President of Universal Studios

Carl Laemmle, President of Universal Studios

Background imageTypewriter Collection: A Young Woman with an Early Typewriter

A Young Woman with an Early Typewriter
The daughter of typewriter inventor Christopher Latham Sholes is seen with one of her father's early typewriters

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Christopher Latham Sholes Sitting at Typewriter

Christopher Latham Sholes Sitting at Typewriter
Christopher Sholes sits before his invention, the typewriter

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Engraving of the Williams Typewriter by E. Poyet

Engraving of the Williams Typewriter by E. Poyet
John N. Williams typewriter, 1890. Undated engraving

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Lady Wonder The 'Talking Horse'

Lady Wonder The "Talking Horse"
(Original Caption) Lady Wonder the "talking horse" of Richmond Virginia at her "typewriter". Police confirmed that the horse answers to questions leading them to missing children

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Lois Weber Dictating To Her Secretary

Lois Weber Dictating To Her Secretary
(Original Caption) 1/5/1926- A few points to the aspiring playwrite may be gained from this photo, as it shows how one famous writer and director of her own plays, works

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Baby boy (2-3 years) typing on typewriter

Baby boy (2-3 years) typing on typewriter
(Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTypewriter Collection: George Roy Hill

George Roy Hill
(Original Caption) George Roy Hill film director

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Helen Hiett Working At Her Desk

Helen Hiett Working At Her Desk
(Original Caption) 9/25/1940- Quite unusual is the distinction of Helen Hiett (shown here in file photo). She is the "most bombed US woman" and that might go for men too

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Worker Kicking Up Her Feet

Worker Kicking Up Her Feet
(Original Caption) The careless typist. Photograph, 1901. BPA2# 3390

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Pretty Blonde Leaning On Typewriter

Pretty Blonde Leaning On Typewriter
(Original Caption) Pretty blonde poses with head on crossed hands leaning on typewriter. Undated pphotograph

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Portrait Of Rosalind Russel @ Typewriter

Portrait Of Rosalind Russel @ Typewriter
Scene from the 1940 film His Girl Friday

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Richard Wright Seated at Typewriter

Richard Wright Seated at Typewriter
(Original Caption) Richard Wright, 1908-1960, American writer, shown at his desk in his home, using his old typewriter. Undated b/w photo

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Tony Randall and Jack Klugman in The Odd Couple

Tony Randall and Jack Klugman in The Odd Couple
From the television show The Odd Couple. Aired: 1970-1975

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Ts Eliot at Desk Inspecting Manuscripts

Ts Eliot at Desk Inspecting Manuscripts
(Original Caption) T. S. Eliot: British poet, inspecting manuscripts. Undated photograph

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Secretary Ready to Take Dictation

Secretary Ready to Take Dictation
(Original Caption) 1902: "The Remington Girl, " a typist ready to take dictation

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Secretary at Typewriter Smiling

Secretary at Typewriter Smiling
(Original Caption) 1904- Picture shows a secretary at a typewriter, from a mutoscope still

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Large Office Typing Pool

Large Office Typing Pool
1907-General View of a large office with a large typing pool of women office workers

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Secretary Seated on Boss's Lap

Secretary Seated on Boss's Lap
(Original Caption) 1909-Office Romance: "I love my wife, but oh you typewriter." (Contrary to present usage, not the machine, but the secretary was called the typewriter.)

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Three Women Typing

Three Women Typing
(Original Caption) Tight quarters for the typists. In typical 1920's get up

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Girls Seated At Typewriter

Girls Seated At Typewriter
(Original Caption) 10/25/1922: Although born above the Arctic Circle of Eskimo parents, the two Eskimo girls shown here are very much Americanized after a three month sojourn in Seattle, Washington

Background imageTypewriter Collection: World Champion Typist Miss Birdie Reeve

World Champion Typist Miss Birdie Reeve
(Original Caption) 3/30/1923- Photo is of Birdie Reeve, 16 year old typist of Chicago who holds the World's record of 29, 000 strokes an hour

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Radio Engineer Reginald Fessenden

Radio Engineer Reginald Fessenden
Inventor and physicist, Fessender invented many devices such as the radio compass and sonic depth finder

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Louella Parsons Seated at Typewriter

Louella Parsons Seated at Typewriter
(Original Caption) 9/13/1927- Louella Parsons, motion picture editor and Universal Services special writer, who is to be one of the reporters of the Dempsey-Tunney bout

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Typing Contest

Typing Contest
Contestants in a typing contest held in Philadelphia, in 1929, sponsored by the Bundy Typewriter Company. The winner was the youngest entrant, Catherine E. Moran, 19, of German Town, PA

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Louella Parsons Talking On Phone

Louella Parsons Talking On Phone
(Original Caption) 1929- Louella Parsons, Hollywood gossip columnist, seated at her typewriter, miming talking on the phone. Miss Parsons says talking movies are a stimulus to theater

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Typewriter

Typewriter
A Royal typewriter outfitted with the protographer, a device two make three to seven copies

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Typewriter

Typewriter
A Royal typewriter outfitted with the protographer, a device two make three to seven copies

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Woman Typing

Woman Typing
Portrait of a female typist seated at a typewriter. Undated photograph

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Loading Paper into Typewriter

Loading Paper into Typewriter
Typewriter showing correct way to take paper out with right hand and ready to insert next sheet with left hand

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Newspaper Reporter At Typewriter

Newspaper Reporter At Typewriter
(Original Caption) Newspaper reporter at typewriter smoking a cigarette. Undated photograph

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Reporter Typing Story- Ny Daily News

Reporter Typing Story- Ny Daily News
(Original Caption) 5/10/1930-New York, NY: New York Daily News reporter typing stories

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Beulah Louise Henry

Beulah Louise Henry
Photo shows Beulah Louise Henry, with her invention, the protograph, at the exposition of Womens Arts and Industries at the Hotel Astor

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Jean Toomer and His Wife Margery Latimer

Jean Toomer and His Wife Margery Latimer
3/26/1932-Carmel, CA-:Jean Toomer, poet and psychologist, with his wife, Margery Latimer. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann via Getty Images)

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Woman Transcribing From a Dictaphone

Woman Transcribing From a Dictaphone
(Original Caption) 11/2/1933: A young woman transcribing from a dictaphone

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Young Woman Types from Shorthand Book

Young Woman Types from Shorthand Book
(Original Caption) 11/2/1933: A young woman transcribing from a shorthand notebook

Background imageTypewriter Collection: First Female Warrent Officer in the Army

First Female Warrent Officer in the Army
(Original Caption) 12/13/1933-New York, New York- Miss. Olive Hoskins, the only woman Warrent Officer in the United States Army, pictured at her typewriter in the Army building here. Miss

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Eleanor Roosevelt with Journalists

Eleanor Roosevelt with Journalists
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt types as newswomen watch. Gathered around the First Lady (l to r) are Marjorie Shules, Emma Bugbee, and president of the Newspaper Women's Club, Helen Warden

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Upton Sinclair Typing

Upton Sinclair Typing
Novelist Upton Sinclair looks to the side as he types on his typewriter on September 17, 1934. He is preparing his Epic newspaper, after meeting with President Roosevelt

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Reporters Set Up to Report Bruno Hauptmann Trial

Reporters Set Up to Report Bruno Hauptmann Trial
(Original Caption) Flemington, New Jersey: Wires Ready For Hauptmann Trial. The Press is ready for the Hauptmann murder trial

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Mary Eunice Mccarthy At Work In Studio

Mary Eunice Mccarthy At Work In Studio
(Original Caption) 12/18/34: Called the "Joan of Arc of Democracy, " for her fiery Democratic political speeches, Mary Eunice McCarthy

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Damon Runyon Typing

Damon Runyon Typing
(Original Caption) 1935-Damon Runyon (1884-1946), American journalist and writer, is shown typing at a typewriter. Picture taken at Flemington, NJ

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Dictaphone demonstration at business show

Dictaphone demonstration at business show
The newest dictaphone equipment, with foot control, exhibited by the Dictaphone Company at Commerce Hall of the Port Authority Building, New York City

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Reporter Dorothy Killgallen Sitting at Typewriter

Reporter Dorothy Killgallen Sitting at Typewriter
(Original Caption) Dorothy Killgallen, the female reporter who was racing two men around the world is shown here

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Ed Sullivan with Typewriter On Boardwalk

Ed Sullivan with Typewriter On Boardwalk
(Original Caption) 8/1936-Atlantic City, New JerseyEd Sullivan, Broadway columnist of the Daily News

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Bookkeepers with Typewriters in Office

Bookkeepers with Typewriters in Office
(Original Caption) 12/16/1936-New York, New Yor- The new system of maintaining checking accounts in the National Safety Bank and Trust Company, of New York, known as the "Checkmaster

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Edward R. Murrow at a Typewriter

Edward R. Murrow at a Typewriter
CBS correspondent Edward R. Murrow at his typewriter in London during World War II

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Businessman using typewriter

Businessman using typewriter
8/8/1939- Rye, NY- ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Sidney B

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Actress Ona Munson

Actress Ona Munson

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Writer Sally Benson

Writer Sally Benson
Sally Benson, short story writer of New York City

Background imageTypewriter Collection: CBS News Analyst Elmer Davis

CBS News Analyst Elmer Davis
CBS news analyst Elmer Davis prepares to broadcast from the Democratic National Convention

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Boss Yelling at His Secretary in Office

Boss Yelling at His Secretary in Office
(Original Caption) 4/4/1941- This is Miss Smith, who is suffering from an extremely virulent variety of spring fever

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Underwood Typewriter

Underwood Typewriter
(Original Caption) 1942: An Underwood typewriter. BPA2 #3386

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Elizabeth Hawes

Elizabeth Hawes
Photo shows Elizabeth Hawes, American dress designer, shown with typewriter and dress form

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Women Marine Adjusting Cryptograph

Women Marine Adjusting Cryptograph
US Marine Sergeant Norma Lindsay manipulates a cryptograph, an intricate cylindrical device on which letters of the alphabet are embossed for use in decoding communications

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Hal Royle and Enrie Pyle Sit at Typewriter

Hal Royle and Enrie Pyle Sit at Typewriter
(Original Caption) 9/8/1944- Paris, France- Seated on the balcony of a room in the Grand Hotel in Paris overlooking the Opera House, war correspondents Hal Royle (left) of the Associated Press

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Marguerite Higgins Buckling Helmet

Marguerite Higgins Buckling Helmet
(Original Caption) This is Marguerite Higgins while in Germany in 1945

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Tyrone Power Typing a Letter

Tyrone Power Typing a Letter
(Original Caption) 6/15/45-Saipan: Like all men away from home, Marine 1st Lt. Tyrone Power, former film star, spends his free time on Saipan Island typing a V-mail letter to his wife, Annabella. Lt

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Agatha Christie Typing At Home

Agatha Christie Typing At Home
English detective novelist, Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976) typing at her home, Greenway House, Devon, January 1946

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Typist Sits At First Chinese Typewriter

Typist Sits At First Chinese Typewriter
(Original Caption) 6/30/46-New York: A typist sits at the first electro-automatic Chinese typewriter, designed and developed by the International Business Machines Corporation

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Dizzy Dean at a typewriter

Dizzy Dean at a typewriter
Dizzy Dean by the typewriter in the press box at Sportman's Park

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Close-Up Of Remington Typewriter & Paper

Close-Up Of Remington Typewriter & Paper
(Original Caption) A close-up of a Remington typewriter with a sheet of paper ready for typing. Undated photograph. (Photo by �� Bettmann/CORBIS/Bettmann Archive)

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Mail Order Office With Women At Typewriters

Mail Order Office With Women At Typewriters
Office in large American mail order house

Background imageTypewriter Collection: IBM Personal Computer and Printer

IBM Personal Computer and Printer
The IBM Personal Typing System (TM) is designed for secretaries who require a typewriter and a computer

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Typewriter

Typewriter
(Original Caption) PICTURE SHOWS ROBERT'S TYPEWRITER.UNDATED PHOTOGRAPH

Background imageTypewriter Collection: College student typing homework

College student typing homework
archival, retro, vintage, snapshot, high angle view, working, caucasian, 1960s, indoor, sitting, three-quarter length, bed, bedroom, blonde, books, college life, dorm room, eye contact, homework

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Upton Sinclair with Typewriter

Upton Sinclair with Typewriter
Muckraking author and journalist Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle, sits outside with a typewriter

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Early Typewriter

Early Typewriter
(Original Caption) The first commercially sold typewriter, the Remington Model I

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Crime Novelist Mickey Spillane

Crime Novelist Mickey Spillane
Mickey Spillane, creator of the Mike Hammer crime novels, sits atop his desk next to his typewriter

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt reads from a piece of wire copy, carrying convention news, from a teletype machine during her visit to United Press International's headquarters in the Biltmore hotel

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Helen Thomas with Pad and Pencil

Helen Thomas with Pad and Pencil
(Original Caption) Helen Thomas, UPI Washington Reporter is shown here at the White House in an earlier photograph

Background imageTypewriter Collection: J.B. Priestley in His Workroom

J.B. Priestley in His Workroom
(Original Caption) J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) in his workroom in the 1920's. Photograph

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Large Office Showing Men/Women Working

Large Office Showing Men/Women Working
(Original Caption) Large office showing men and women at work. Photograqph

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Womam Typing On Typewriter; Telegraph

Womam Typing On Typewriter; Telegraph
(Original Caption) Sending a message on a Western Union Automatic Telegraph Typewriter. These machines are located in thousands of business offices and also in the telegraph offices. Undated photo

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Jack Dempsey Trying To Type

Jack Dempsey Trying To Type
(Original Caption) Jack Dempsey, using the "hunt and peck" system on a typewriter at training camp. Dempsey sitting in his uniform trying to type. Undated Photograph

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Very Early Typewriter

Very Early Typewriter
(Original Caption) Development of the Typewriter. This, while not the original typewriter, brought about the present-day physical looks of the machine heard around the world. It is the R. T. P

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Typewriters Being Inspected; Ibm

Typewriters Being Inspected; Ibm
(Original Caption) Poughkeepsie, NY: Inspecting typewriters at the IBM plant, Poughkeepsie, NY. The 1950's

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Univac Remington Rand Computer and Operators

Univac Remington Rand Computer and Operators
The Remington Rand computer is made of multiple components and requires two computer operators

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Secretary At Desk Typing

Secretary At Desk Typing
(Original Caption) Secretary seated at her desk typing. She is shown in profile. Ca. 1930s

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Hands on Manual Typewriter

Hands on Manual Typewriter
Journalist typing newspaper copy on manual typewriter

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Early IBM Electric Typewriter

Early IBM Electric Typewriter
Undated commercial illustration depicting an early IBM "Electromatic" typewriter

Background imageTypewriter Collection: 19th-Century Woodcut of a Young Woman Typing

19th-Century Woodcut of a Young Woman Typing
An illustration of a woman working at a Sholes & Glidden typewriter invented by Christopher Sholes. Published in the periodical Scientific American on 10th August 1872

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller sitting in his office in 1949. He won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for the best play for Death of a Salesman which opened to rave reviews on Broadway

Background imageTypewriter Collection: Tell It to Santa

Tell It to Santa
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