Object Details
- inventor
- Sholes, C. Latham
- Glidden, Carlos
- Soule, Samuel W.
- Description
- This Sholes, Glidden, & Soule typewriter patent model was awarded patent number 79,265 on June 23rd, 1868. C. Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule were living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin when they began to make progress towards a commercially viable type-writing machine after several aborted attempts. The improvements named in this patent include a “better way of working type bars, of holding the paper on the carriage, of moving and regulating the movement of the carriage, of holding and applying the inking ribbon, a self adjusting platen, and a rest or cushion for the type-bars.” Many early typewriters used piano keys in their designs, including this model with only six keys.
- 1868-06
- patent date
- 1868-06-23
- ID Number
- ME.251210
- catalog number
- 251210
- patent number
- 79265
- accession number
- 48865
- patent number
- 79,265
- accession number
- 48865
- Object Name
- patent model, typewriter
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- patent model, typewriter; typewriter; Manual
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 12 1/8 in; 13.335 cm x 31.115 cm x 30.7975 cm
- associated place
- United States: Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanisms
- Typewriters
- Computers & Business Machines
- Exhibition
- Inventing In America
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_850123
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-8c59-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
