Author:Remington Typewriter Company(1902-1926)

Category：Industry

Material:Mixed media

Year：1920s

Introduction：Between 1900 and 1910, office typewriters evolved from the inconvenient “upstrike” design to the highly popular “frontstrike” design, which allowed typists to type and view their typing at the same time. Such a change was enthusiastically received by the market. In 1908, Remington had a breakthrough with its production of Remington Standard Typewriter No.10, which featured the “frontstrike” design. Another major manufacturer of “upstrike” typewriters, Smith Premier Typewriter Co., also introduced a “frontstrike” model in the same year. By the end of that year, the sales of upstrike typewriters sharply declined and the production of such typewriters was ultimately discontinued around 1914.

The Remington Standard No.11 Typewriter you are seeing is a “frontstrike” desktop typewriter with a “QWERTY” keyboard that has shift keys allowing the switch between upper and lower cases.

(Research and Edit: National Science and Technology Museum, Jun-Fu Huang, Associate Researcher)

Accession Number:0005583002

Place of Orgin：USA