The Golden Age of Typewriter Evolution: 1870 to 1970

Typewriters from John Wherry's Collection


1925 Mignon AEG
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The Mignon uses a stylus to select the character to be typed

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1925 Mignon AEG

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1925 Mignon AEG

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This lever types the character

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View of the mechanism from the rear of the typewriter

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1925 Mignon AEG

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1925 Mignon AEG

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1925 Mignon AEG

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The user points at the character to be typed

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1925 Mignon AEG

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1925 Mignon AEG

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The sleeve containing the characters can be removed and swapped for another in a different font or language

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1925 Mignon AEG

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1925 Mignon AEG

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1925 Mignon AEG

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1925 Mignon AEG

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