The Typewriter

By Lynncomm22

  • Invention of the Practical Typewriter

    Inventors tried to develop a practical typewriter.
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    The Typewriter

  • Invention of the Practical Typewriter

    Inventors tried to develop a practical typewriter.

  • First Practical Typewriter

    In 1867, Christopher Latham Sholes, an inventor from Milwalkee, designed the first practical typewriter.

  • First Electric Typewriter

    The first typewriter to be sold worldwide-the Blickensderfer Electric-produced.

  • L. C. Smith and Brothers Typewriter Co.

    L. C. Smith and Brothers Typewriter Co. formed. (it became Smith Corona in 1926)

  • The Manual Portable Typewriter

    Corona makes the manual portable typewriter.

  • First Electric Typewriters

    The first electric typewriterscame into use in the early 1920's.

  • Electronic Typewriters

    Some manufacturers developed the electronic typewriters durng the 1970's

  • Personal Computers and Printers

    Beginning in about 1980, personal computers and printers came into use and replaced typewriters.