Jun 23, 2018
Sholes, Glidden & Soule. Type-writer. June 23, 1868
Series: Patent Case Files, 1/1/1836 - 12/31/1976. Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978
The predecessor of the first commercially successful typewriter, C. Lantham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel W. Soule received a patent for their "type-writer” 150 years ago on June 23, 1868. In their application, they wrote that “the type-writer is the simplest, most perfectly adapted to its work…and in every way the best of all machines yet designed for the purpose.”
