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the typewriter in wisconsin by frederic heath seventy-six years ago such a thing as a typewriter was un known throughout the world — unknown that is except for one little spot on the earth's surface that spot was in the city of milwaukee where the first crude typewriter was assembled in 1867 and patented in june of the year following had we been able to look in at the little two-story machine shop of charles kleinsteuber on tamarack street now west state street in 1867 we would have seen a smiling white-haired man seated before a wooden box-like model having two rows of piano keys along its front one row of ivory keys and a second one of ebony keys this man was looking toward a tall younger man also smiling not to keep you guessing the man who was seated bore the name of christopher latham sholes the inventor the other was charles weller who was superintendent of the local western union telegraph office there were other people in the room also i have decided to call the machine a typewriter mr sholes was saying it now works perfectly and rapidly i'll show you pick up the morning paper and find a short striking sentence " i have just the thing weller said a moment later.1 " listen now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party will that answer " " that's capital said sholes " you write it with a pencil and frederic heath is a curator of the wisconsin historical society the president of the milwaukee county historical society and a member of the milwaukee county board of supervisors a friend and ardent admirer of c latham sholes mr heath has done much to bring deserved recognition to the inventor this article was read before the second annual convention of the state historical society at milwaukee on september 16 1943 1 charles e weller early history of the typewriter la porte ind 1918 263
Object Description
| Title | Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 27, number 3, March 1944 |
| Article Title | Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 27, number 3, March 1944 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Series | Wisconsin Magazine of History ; v. 27, no. 3 |
| Format-Digital | xml |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol27no030000 |
| Description | This issue includes articles on the typewriter, the cranberry industry, and the experiences of the German-American community in Milwaukee. |
| Volume | 027 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year | 1943-1944 |
Description
| Title | 263 |
| Page Number | 263 |
| Article Title | The typewriter in Wisconsin |
| Author | Heath, Frederic, 1864-1954 |
| Page type | Article home |
| Format-Digital | jpeg |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol27no030009 |
| Description | The Typewriter in Wisconsin: The first typewriter was assembled in the shop of Charles Kleinsteuberin in Milwaukee in 1867 and was patented in 1868 by the inventor Christopher Latham Sholes (1819-1890). The article tells the story of how Sholes' typewriter was eventually produced by the Remington Arms Company of Ilion, New York, and its rapid growth in popularity at the turn of the 20th century. The latter part of the article is a tribute to Sholes and his invention that the author claims revolutionized writing in the same way as the sewing machine revolutionized sewing. (13 pages) |
| Volume | 027 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year | 1943-1944 |
| State/Province | Wisconsin |
| County | Milwaukee County; |
| Community | Milwaukee |
| Decade | 1860-1869; |
| Personal Name | Sholes, Christopher Latham, 1819-1890 |
| Organization Name | Remington Arms Company |
| Subject | Machinery; Inventors; Typewriters; |
| Full Text | the typewriter in wisconsin by frederic heath seventy-six years ago such a thing as a typewriter was un known throughout the world — unknown that is except for one little spot on the earth's surface that spot was in the city of milwaukee where the first crude typewriter was assembled in 1867 and patented in june of the year following had we been able to look in at the little two-story machine shop of charles kleinsteuber on tamarack street now west state street in 1867 we would have seen a smiling white-haired man seated before a wooden box-like model having two rows of piano keys along its front one row of ivory keys and a second one of ebony keys this man was looking toward a tall younger man also smiling not to keep you guessing the man who was seated bore the name of christopher latham sholes the inventor the other was charles weller who was superintendent of the local western union telegraph office there were other people in the room also i have decided to call the machine a typewriter mr sholes was saying it now works perfectly and rapidly i'll show you pick up the morning paper and find a short striking sentence " i have just the thing weller said a moment later.1 " listen now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party will that answer " " that's capital said sholes " you write it with a pencil and frederic heath is a curator of the wisconsin historical society the president of the milwaukee county historical society and a member of the milwaukee county board of supervisors a friend and ardent admirer of c latham sholes mr heath has done much to bring deserved recognition to the inventor this article was read before the second annual convention of the state historical society at milwaukee on september 16 1943 1 charles e weller early history of the typewriter la porte ind 1918 263 |