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Code: H199
Blickensderfer No 5 typewriter Serial No.56093 in original pine case, this is an early model Circa 1893-5.
Inside case lid signed Colonel Craig RJA, Cacique, Weymouth, 109th Brigade RJA
it has the scientifically developed "ideal" keyboard layout DHIATENSOR
George C. Blickensderfer invented and produced these small portable typewriters which were technically and practically ahead of their time. The type-wheel passes over a small ink roll to print on the paper. These were a large variety of keyboards and type-wheels which were interchangeable.
A must-have in any typewriter collection
Seviced by a typewriter technician 2019.