Elliott Fisher, book typewriter, 1920, USA The first book typewriter was the Elliott Book Typewriter produced by Elliott & Hatch Book Typewriter Co., New York, NY (1897). With the book opened and the writer typing, the typewriter moved on a rail. In 1903 Elliott & Hatch merged with Fisher to form Elliott-Fisher, that produced typewriters...
Heady, 1920, France Imitation of the Mignon typewriter, for a certain period the machine was called Stella typewriter, later Eclipse typewriter. Starting from 1920 it was called Heady typewriter.
Franz Hübl, Tip Tip, 1936 Curios: first typewriter produced in the former Czechoslovakia; exchangeable type carrier.
Keaton, Music Typewriter, 1953, United States
Nippo, 1950, BH Type, Japan Checkwriter
VEB Optima, 1950, Bambino, Germany Toy typewriter produced by VEB Optima Büromaschinenwerk of Erfurt.
Mercedes, 1930, Germany Typewriter with a 4-row keyboard and frontal typing similar to the Underwood. The keyboard, the lever basket and the writing unit can be removed very easily, therefore it is possible to write in different languages and the cleaning of the machine is just as easy. Curiosity: since you could choose the distance...
Smith Premier, 1900, N°4, USA
Mechanical calculator, 1910, Germany
Remington, 1908, N°10, USA
Remington, 1907, N°9, USA 2014 Videoclip “Ma che vita la mia“, Roby Facchinetti
Remington, 1908, N°7, USA
Remington, 1896, N°7, USA
Pittsburg, 1890, N°9, USA Invented by James Daugherty from Kittanning (USA) in 1891, the Model 10 was produced by the Pittsburgh Writing Machine Company. The Pittsburg is the improved version of the Daugherty, which appeared on the market 5 years earlier.
Monroe, 1940, L200X, USA The Monroe Calculating Machine Company was founded by Jay R. Monroe in 1912 in order to make calculators based on the latest design by Frank Baldwin. Baldwin had invented many different calculation machines, but was unable to market them successfully for many years. The first Monroe calculator was the model A...
Mignon, 1913, N°3, Germany Invented by: Dott.Friedrich Von Herfner and made by A.E.G. di Berlino. Curios: This Model used the so-called “index” writing style. The letters were selected by moving the “index” device to the selected character. When the key is pressed the “character support” cylinder lowers and prints the letter on the page. Only...
Ducati, Manual Printer, Italy
This Braille Writer was produced by V.L. Martin & Co Ltd of Southall for “The Royal National Institute for the blind” of London.
Città dei Motori and Motorsport Museums
Alfa Romeo “1750 Berlina”, 1968 In the late 60s Alfa Romeo had basically a complete range of cars to fulfill the sporty ambitions of their customers. The last cars taht needed to be replaced were the so-called “Alfone” (big Alfas), flagships of the Biscione brand. The need to build a new model was born and it needed...
Museo Nicolis ist PET Friendly!
Art, culture and events. How can we start again?
Il sogno di Luciano Nicolis.
Carriage, Fiesso Umbertiano, 1890s In the early days of motoring, the automobile was basically a horseless carriage. There was now an engine to move it, but the building process was the same. This carriage was built around 1890 by Fiesso Umbertiano, strictly in black, it coexisted with the first motorized cars. For many years, that “marriage” was not...
International Women's Day
Nema TD, 1948, Swiss Encryption for military use
Bar Let, Model 2, 1925 The Bar-lock is essentially the same machine originally produced in 1922, in Germany, as Mitex. In 1923 the machine changed name into Tell, produced by Tell Schreibmaschinen Srl. The machine came back as Bar-Let in England, made by Bar-Lock Co. (1925) in Nottingham. The case was made of vulcanizedfiber, that apparently gave...
Dial Typewriter Toy, 1920 Tin toy from Louis Marx and Company. Like other tin toys produced during this time period, the typewriter was fabricated using thin sheets of steel covered (or plated) with a thin coat of tin. Despite appearances to the contrary, the dial typewriter is fully functional. It operates by turning the large...
