[muawiyah]

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/modelb/modelb_history.html ~ great site for typewriter history. 1914 ~ by IBM’s estimation ~ that’s the year the first electric typewriter of value was introduced. BEFORE WWII, and actually BEFORE WWI ~ that’s 1915 ~ August or thereabouts eh.

[bvw]

Lookie at this monster manual office model! The Model introduced in 1966.

The 1966 Royal 440.