Sholes, Glidden, & Soule Typewriter Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1868-06
label: patent date
content: 1868-06-23
name: label: inventor
content: Sholes, C. Latham
label: inventor
content: Glidden, Carlos
label: inventor
content: Soule, Samuel W.
notes: label: Description
content: This Sholes, Glidden, & Soule typewriter patent model was awarded patent number 79,265 on June 23rd, 1868. C. Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule were living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin when they began to make progress towards a commercially viable type-writing machine after several aborted attempts. The improvements named in this patent include a “better way of working type bars, of holding the paper on the carriage, of moving and regulating the movement of the carriage, of holding and applying the inking ribbon, a self adjusting platen, and a rest or cushion for the type-bars.” Many early typewriters used piano keys in their designs, including this model with only six keys.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Typewriters
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content: Computers & Business Machines
label: Exhibition
content: Inventing In America
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.251210
label: catalog number
content: 251210
label: patent number
content: 79265
label: accession number
content: 48865
label: patent number
content: 79,265
label: accession number
content: 48865
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, typewriter
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model, typewriter; typewriter; Manual
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 12 1/8 in; 13.335 cm x 31.115 cm x 30.7975 cm