Invention of the Typewriter historical marker

Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI), US

INVENTION OF
THE TYPEWRITER

At 318 State Street,
approximately 300 feet
northeast of here, C.

Latham Sholes perfected
the first practical type-
writer in September, 1869.

Here he worked during the
summer with Carlos Glidden,
Samuel W. Soule, & Matthias
Schwalbach in the machine
shop of C.F. Kleinsteuber.

During the next six years,
money for the further
development of the type-
writer was advanced by
James Densmore, who later
gained the controlling
interest and sold it to E.

Remington & Sons of Ilion,
N.Y.

Invention of the Typewriter historical marker

Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI), US

This historical marker was placed here in 1956 to mark the invention of the first "practical" typewriter in 1869. After a few more years of redesigning the invention, it would be mass-produced for sale beginning in 1873.

The historical marker reads:

INVENTION OF
THE TYPEWRITER

At 318 State Street,
approximately 300 feet
northeast of here, C.

Latham Sholes perfected
the first practical type-
writer in September, 1869.

Here he worked during the
summer with Carlos Glidden,
Samuel W. Soule, & Matthias
Schwalbach in the machine
shop of C.F. Kleinsteuber.

During the next six years,
money for the further
development of the type-
writer was advanced by
James Densmore, who later
gained the controlling
interest and sold it to E.

Remington & Sons of Ilion,
N.Y.

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By: milwhcky