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The first patent for a 'writing machine' was given to Henry Mill. Sadly there are no surviving details to prove its existence as a working machine.
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The first known typewriter was invented by William Burt in the U.S. It was called the typographer.
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The first commercial for typewriters in the United States.
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Christopher Shole invented the first commercial typewriter.
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Underwood No. 1 typewriter was invented, creating the style of typewriter we know today.
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J.F. Smathers invented the first power operated typewriter.
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Nearly 5 million Underwood typewrites were produced and sold all around the world.
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Late 1970's and early 1980's the first word processor came on the market rapidly declining the sale of typewriters.
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The Daisy Wheel concept was invented have all the characters for a typewriter on a flower petal-like wheel.
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The last factory in the world that produced typewriters is now closing. They manufactured 10,000 to 12,000 machines a year. Now, they are down to their last 200.
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IBM went into the Typewriter market, putting down a million dollars to redesign the first Electromatic Typewriter.
