Blickensderfer No. 6 Portable Typewriter

Description:

This is the case for the Blickensder No. 6 typewriter. The Blickensderfer typewriter No. 6 was manufactured by the Blickensderfer Manufacturing Company of Stamford, Connecticut from 1910 to around 1928. The Blickenderfer No. 6 was essentially the Blickensderfer No. 5 in an aluminum frame, and could be ordered with either a standard QWERTY keyboard or a DHIATENSOR keyboard. Blickensderfer called the latter their “scientific” keyboard because the most used letters—“D, H, I, A, T, E, N, S, O, and R”—were on the bottom row nearest the space bar to minimize necessary hand movement. The aluminum frame of the No. 6 made it exceptionally portable, weighing only 5 pounds, and came in a leatherette case for easy carrying, seen here.

Date Made: ca 19001895

Maker: Blickensderfer Manufacturing Company

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Work and Industry: Mechanisms, Typewriters, Computers & Business Machines

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Credit Line: Gift of Thomas H. Dawson

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: ME.310701.BCatalog Number: 310701.BAccession Number: 125450

Object Name: typewriter case

Measurements: overall: 8 in x 12 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 31.75 cm x 24.13 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-9456-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_849904

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