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Typewriters: Mechanical Brilliance

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The Underwood Typewriter

The underwood was the first front stroke visible typewriter to hit the market invented by france exavier in 1890. It set the design standards until the ibm selector came out in 1961 basically you know 70 or the 65 years later i guess. In 1870 2.5 of the clerical workforce were women in 1870 and in 1930 thanks to the typewriter that rose to 52.5 percent man.

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