Invention of the Typewriter
N 43° 02.575 W 087° 54.970
16T E 425376 N 4765987
The first practical typewriter was perfected 300 feet northeast of here in September 1869.
Waymark Code: WM1TXJ
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2007
Views: 57
At 318 State Street, approximately 300 feet northeast of here, C. Latham Sholes perfected the first practical typewriter 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 typewriter was advanced by James Densmore, who later gained the controlling interest and sold it to E. Remington & Sons on Ilion, N.Y.
Erected 1956
Located on the southwest corner of 4th and State Streets.
County: Milwaukee
Location: Other
MarkerID: 43
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