1945 Triumph German Typewriter Handmade metal

The first commercial typewriters were introduced in 1874 but did not become common in offices until after the mid-1880s. The typewriter quickly became an indispensable tool for practically all writing other than personal handwritten correspondence. Our 1945 Triumph Typewriter model is elegantly handcrafted out of tin. It features many intricate details such as typebars, keytop, shifts key, space bar, type lever, feed roller, platen knob, planten, paper finger, carriage release lever, unique Triumph decal, and much more. Display this vintage typewriter anywhere you like and it will surely spark a conversational piece. A must-have for any typewriter collector or enthusiast!

History

A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing characters similar to those produced by a printer's movable type. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced on the paper, by means of a ribbon with dried ink struck against the paper by a type element similar to the sorts used in movable type letterpress printing. With older typewriters, a separate type element (called a typebar) corresponds to each key; more recent ones use a single type element (such as a typeball or disc) with a different portion of it used for each character. At the end of the nineteenth century, the term typewriter was also applied to a person who used a typing machine.