New On The Shelf

One of the rarest typewriters in my collection, the America No.10 is (currently) the only known example. It’s one of many name variants on the famous Chicago typewriter. Other name variants are Draper, Conover, Yale, Baltimore, Galesburg, and Munson No.3. More are certainly yet to be found!

The Chicago employs the use of a type-sleeve, which rotates around a guide shaft. When a key is pressed, the sleeve will travel left, or right, along the guide. As the key is depressed, a corresponding stopper will rise, and catch the type-sleeve. Simultaneously, a type hammer swings from the rear of the machine, and presses the paper into the ribbon, and type-sleeve.