Antique Typewriters
The Martin Howard Collection
Crandall, New ModelCrandall Machine Company, Croton, New York
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Lucien S. Crandall was born in Broome County New York in 1844. He would become one of the great early typewriter pioneers during the 1860s and 1870s. He patented perhaps ten typewriters with six or so being manufactured. All of his designs are very intriguing and brilliantly imagined machines. The Crandall - New Model was his third typewriter to be manufactured but the first to have success in sales, becoming the first commercially successful typewriter to print from a single element or 'type cylinder', well before IBM's Selectric typewriter of 1961 with its 'Golf ball' single element. The Crandall's type cylinder is about the size of ones finger (see photo below), which rotates and rises up one or two positions before striking the roller, achieving 84 characters with only 28 keys. The type cylinder is easy to remove, allowing for change of font style and character size.
This typewriter sold for $50.00 and $75.00.
"A first class two handed typing machine."
"Writing in plane sight, even to the last letter."
"Time is Money!!! We can save you both. Only high grade Machine on the market sold at a reasonable figure.."
Detailed Typewriter Image
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Typewriter Letterhead
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