Caligraph Typewriter - Early Mechanical Writing Machine | Historical Tech Archive #3455139 (License: Personal Use)

This black-and-white engraving depicts the Caligraph typewriter, an early American typewriter model introduced in the 1880s by the Caligraph Company-later merged into the Remington Rand conglomerate. Its distinctive features include a circular typebar basket, dual shift keys, and a robust cast-iron frame, reflecting the transitional engineering between hand-copiers and mass-produced office machines. The machine’s keyboard layout differs from QWERTY, using a “double keyboard” system for upper and lower case.

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