The typewriter – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic print of The typewriter brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Rather than a view of a place or person, this item is a print of an advertisement for a typewriter, published in the March 1896 issue of *Illustrated Photographic World*. Its appearance in a photography journal suggests the machine was being marketed to a broad readership, not only to office clerks. By the mid-1890s typewriters had become a common tool in businesses, and advertisements of the period often promised speed and clean, legible pages. The date and magazine come from an older caption card and have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | Advertisement in Illustrated Photographic World, Mar. 1896. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,128 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108168 |
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