Close-up photograph of typewriter keys, including a SHIFT KEY – Vintage Photo Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Close-up photograph of typewriter keys, including a SHIFT KEY. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Close-up photograph of typewriter keys, including a SHIFT KEY
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The keys in this picture are shown close enough that the lettering on each one stands out, and the shift key is the detail that draws the eye. Shift keys were a key innovation of the typewriter: pressing one raised the type bar so a single letter could strike the page in capitals or in the upper symbol of a two-character key, rather than requiring a separate lever for each character. That small mechanical change let a typist switch between upper and lower case without changing the whole machine's layout, and it became standard on nearly every typewriter that followed. For writers and clerks of the late 19th and 20th centuries, that worn lever and its neighboring keys were the daily tools of composition.
| Original scan | 2,461 × 3,061 px · prints to 8 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif05985_Typewriterkeys |
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